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May 8 2010 12:16am
Finally saved up enough for a small simple home studio. Some of you know i'm like a major major techie that also likes to mod so i take alot of photos of um.. electronics of all sorts, be it video cards, liquid nitrogen blocks, modded cases etc etc.

Got it for mainly product photography, portrait for myself and my family, and also for the learning experience!







Also have another white umbella with black blacking not hooked up yet. :P


Did some self portrait.. The lights are definitely softer.. yet with some "harsher" spot. The outcome is still kinda.. Meh. Got any tips?

Yes i know.. i don't have perfect skin kk -_-







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May 8 2010 01:31am
I do not know the photography studio but I can say that everything you've done good. With curiosity if it cost you to build such studies?
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May 8 2010 05:40am
looking great. I´d do the same if I´d have the space here at home :P
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May 8 2010 06:55am
Quote (Eek @ May 7 2010 11:16pm)
Finally saved up enough for a small simple home studio. Some of you know i'm like a major major techie that also likes to mod so i take alot of photos of um.. electronics of all sorts, be it video cards, liquid nitrogen blocks, modded cases etc etc.

Got it for mainly product photography, portrait for myself and my family, and also for the learning experience!

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m223/Jdmhoodz/IMG_1598.jpg

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m223/Jdmhoodz/IMG_1603.jpg

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m223/Jdmhoodz/IMG_1600.jpg

Also have another white umbella with black blacking not hooked up yet. :P


Did some self portrait.. The lights are definitely softer.. yet with some "harsher" spot. The outcome is still kinda.. Meh. Got any tips?

Yes i know.. i don't have perfect skin kk -_-

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m223/Jdmhoodz/IMG_1577.jpg

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m223/Jdmhoodz/IMG_1581.jpg

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m223/Jdmhoodz/IMG_1595.jpg


You need another light :D
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May 8 2010 11:56am
And you said that I was the only one having one...
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May 8 2010 03:48pm
Looks good man and congrats ;)

One problem... don't shoot with the interior lights on :)
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May 8 2010 03:55pm
Quote (Procent @ May 8 2010 03:31am)
I do not know the photography studio but I can say that everything you've done good. With curiosity if it cost you to build such studies?


Um.. i don't quite understand your question.. but if you mean does it cost anything to learn photography.. then the answer is No (well technically yes b/c you need a camera). I learned everything from reading books and forums.

Quote (RoOkieTeRra @ May 8 2010 07:40am)
looking great. I´d do the same if I´d have the space here at home :P


You can take it apart.. it's fairly compact when you tear it down.

Quote (onepagememory @ May 8 2010 08:55am)
You need another light :D


Planning on getting a used 580 EXII or a new one off eebay when Bing cashback comes back.

But right now.. The cheaper Yongnuo 460 II flash are really really catching my eyes. The the price of a single 580EX II. I can get 4 of those beasts :O

Quote (CitizenScuba @ May 8 2010 01:56pm)
And you said that I was the only one having one...


Film is more fun! :rolleyes:

Quote (lithfkn @ May 8 2010 05:48pm)
Looks good man and congrats ;)

One problem... don't shoot with the interior lights on :)


Hey thanks! I'll turn the lights off when i get home from work tonight and experiment more. Is my umbrella/ reflector setup'd at good positions? Seems like the light could be improved from my photos... i just dunno how to improve it. Guess it's time to go to Barnes&Noble and pick up a few books on lighting.
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May 8 2010 04:03pm
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Hey thanks! I'll turn the lights off when i get home from work tonight and experiment more. Is my umbrella/ reflector setup'd at good positions? Seems like the light could be improved from my photos... i just dunno how to improve it. Guess it's time to go to Barnes&Noble and pick up a few books on lighting.


Can see the ugly colour cast of tungsten light :(

Try bouncing the flash inside the umbrella onto the subject, not shoot through it. Should be nice and soft. Here's a pic (shitty I know haha)

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May 8 2010 04:12pm
Quote (lithfkn @ May 8 2010 06:03pm)
Can see the ugly colour cast of tungsten light :(

Try bouncing the flash inside the umbrella onto the subject, not shoot through it. Should be nice and soft. Here's a pic (shitty I know haha)

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b252/mustangnicko/untitled-3.jpg


Stick figures ftw! And you get softer lights by using a reflective umbrella? Both Scott Kelby and David Hobby seems to prefer shoot-thru rather then reflective. But i can't replicate their sample pictures using the same setup. There pics are alot better looking >_< I'm such a noob -_-

Meh I'll experiment tonight with reflective setup like you mentioned ^_^

Thanks!
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May 8 2010 04:34pm
Quote (Eek @ May 9 2010 08:12am)
Stick figures ftw! And you get softer lights by using a reflective umbrella? Both Scott Kelby and David Hobby seems to prefer shoot-thru rather then reflective. But i can't replicate their sample pictures using the same setup. There pics are alot better looking >_< I'm such a noob -_-

Meh I'll experiment tonight with reflective setup like you mentioned ^_^

Thanks!


You'll get even softer light with a big soft box :)
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