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Ringlight and the FourSquare

Yes it’s a ring light in the FourSquare. Pretty interesting with and without the diffuser. I was starting to work on a new photo project but got side tracked with one of those crisis items, like spilled milk. When things clear up a bit I am going to see what this really looks like. I...

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Work in Progress … Car Light

A project we are working on that is not finished. A local dealership needed a way to photograph there automobiles out of the “Colorado” weather. Just can’t depend on it when you need it. We have hung a 1/2 Grid Silent Silk (from the Rag Place) in LA on a 15′x30′ frame below ten color...

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Vase, Rods and a Dash of Color

  A simple set up showing how the light breaks work. I have talked in a past post about the frame with plastic cardboard sides … this was used to make the pattern on the set wall. (4′x8′) The rods are acrylic colors available from our local plastic supply with a small strobe powering through them...

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Modifiers for the Speed light … Did you think of these?

I just love hardware stores. What I have here a a square picture frame painted black that I use to mount different screens, scrims and odd materials that I find in the store. I have pictured different “bug” screens and a plastic square mesh that I found in the garden isle. They all have a...

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Chalk Macro Focus Stack

I just had to try focus stacking. As you can see the difference between the two images it really does work. I exposed 12 different images slightly changing the focus back to front. A Nikon D800 was used with a 60mm micro lens. We ran the images through Capture One to the computer so we...

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