2009-06-22

Viper

Viper

First official "good-looking" shot from my D90!
During a walk in the local downtown, I spotted this nice Viper parked in front of the marina. It was sunset, so I shot in raw and darkened the sky in post processing.

I kinda like the result... what about you?

Time to relax...

2nd Shooter

Hello all, after being inactive with phography for quite a while (winter can get pretty boring), I am now back... with a new camera! I bought a Nikon D90 a few weeks ago. Here is the last picture from my beloved Canon Powershot S5, which I just sold to my sister!
This shot was taken during a photo shoot. Before packing up I asked the subjet if he could hold still for a few seconds.
Well he did! 3.2 seconds exposure. SB-80DX shoot through umbrella Camera left.

2009-01-31

Deja vu..

Déja vu..

Well the name says it all. It's been done countless times by coutless people. But I just had to do it.

It's a good thing though, because I've learned a lot with just this little experience. Wanna know what I learned the best? CLEAN GLASS BEFORE SHOOTING. Yep. Took me about an hour in PP to remove all this dust.

Strobist: SB-80DX in light table underneath, studio strobes in softboxes on each side of subjects. You can see a similar setup here, taken by a super strobist, Nick Wheeler. Check out his photostream, he's simply awesome.

If you want to build this light table I am talking about, see this article on DIYphotography.net called Floor Lit Table Top Studio Project

2009-01-28

Lemonade

Lemonade

Another shot from my strobist weekend. This must have been done thousands of times by other strobists, I just wanted to try it myself. One of the best one I've seen is from bald monk

Bubbles were made possible thanks to using sprite!

Strobist: SB-80DX in home made light table underneath subject, Studio strobes with softbox CR (camera right) AND CL (camera left) at about 1/4, on each side of the glass.

Mmmm.... Moka!

Mmmm Moka


Another shot from my strobist weekend. I wanted to shoot coffee beans for a while now, finally got the chance to do it.
The mini coffee cup, got it from the dollar store. It's actually a candle (removed the tip in PS).

See setup shot here.

Strobist: Studio strobe at 1/4 camera right, white reflector camera left.

2009-01-18

Ikea.... Bright!

Ikea... bright!

Well it's been a while since I've posted pictures on my blog. I've been either busy or did not had any pictures worth posting.

This weekend I had an opportunity of borrowing our local photoclub studio strobes set, I a did a series of product/food pictures, which I will be posting in the next few days.

Hope you like this one, it is actually a remake of a similar picture I saw on flickr (if you click on the picture you will get to my flickr page where the link to the other photo is...).

Strobist: SB-80DX behind subjects at 1/64. Black cardboard cut in the shape of the objects to prevent light spilling out on the sides.