Mar 222010
Taken with the Nikon D90 and the Tamron 28-75mm 2.8, F5, 60 mm, ISO 200, 1/200 sec, Flash Fired. Image not edited.
Today’s photo is of a silly piece of rock I bought in Japan more than 20 years ago. It has the word Nintai, the Japanese word for patience, written on it. I keep it at my desk where ever I work as a reminder to be patient. I’m not sure it works. In fact, it looks like it was made in quite a hurry with very little attention to detail.
The cool part about today’s photo (at least for me) is how this photo was created. I’ve included a snapshot of ‘the studio’ (AKA, my desk at work) that shows just how you can take a relatively ugly location and turn it into something that is unrecognizable. It’s hard to believe that the above photo was taken just from where I sit at work with nothing but an off camera flash and two pieces of paper.
Using a piece of paper as a snoot over the flash, I pointed it right at the object. turned the exposure up to 1/200 to get rid of any ambient light and viola. I added another sheet of paper on the other side of it to reflect some light back onto the edge. The photo to the right shows what it looked like without the edge lite.
This experiment today makes me want to see what else I can do with various light modifiers made from common stuff.
Nice one. Very clear/clean photo.
Especially the setup.
I'm quite surprised by the effect a little piece of paper can do.
Learned again something here. Time to experiment
Thanks Vampie,
I'm glad you found it helpful. That is what I was hoping for.
I've put your hint to the test in my today's photo : http://photo.vampire.be/2010/03/077-kermit-mike…
[...] About a week ago I started to experiment with using a snoot on my SB900 flash. To start with, I just used a piece of paper, and it worked great. But like any tech geek worth his pocket protector, I wanted to take it to the next step. I bought a HONL knockoff on ebay. It arrived yesterday. I payed a little of $10 for it including shipping. I’m very happy with the result. [...]