tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:24:54 +0000flashtabletopdirect reflectionexperimentfilllightingreflectionZack Ariasangle of viewaovcolor neutral density filtercolor shiftdiffuse reflectionfamily of anglesfield of viewfill lightflowergrid gridlightlightlight modifier softbox umbrella color color-shift compare brandmacronatural lightoutdoorspushed syncstrobesync speedtechnicalThis is the place to find photography related content targeted primarily at studio photography. About light, lighting techniques, color balance, backdrops, posing, photographing objects, post processing, support equipment, light modifiers, standard practices, releases, selling, marketing, business related issues, and more.http://studiography.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)Blogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-7802885807349752796Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:45:00 +00002013-06-17T20:41:21.526-07:00angle of viewaovdiffuse reflectiondirect reflectionfamily of anglesfield of viewreflection For today's post we will cover a topic that isn't discussed a lot, but is fundamental to lighting. The term “family of angles” doesn't come up often, if at all in most circles. Is it useful for you? Read on to find out... Terms Defined Before going any farther, I want to define some of the terms that are related to this discussion, just to ensure everyone gets this bit of http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/09/family-of-angles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-6479113687039510438Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-09-01T21:03:36.128-07:00flashpushed syncsync speed Pushing the Sync Speed? Those from the B&amp;W film era will remember push processing film. In digital we used to push the ISO in the days when cameras topped out at ISO 800 or lower. Today I want to demonstrate pushing the camera's flash sync speed. The result is a bit different from pushing ISO, as it is not uniform across the frame (okay, it isn't a perfect analogy). However, the effect http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/08/pushing-flash-sync-speed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-6639003176226912773Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-08-24T03:10:00.102-07:00fillfill lightflashoutdoors Off Camera Flash Outside Today we will take a look at using off camera flash to supplement natural light. I know that someone will wonder, why would I want to do that? After all, isn't natural light the best light? In my opinion, the best light is the light that looks best. Sometimes a reflector will work wonders for an all natural light sitting, but things are not always such that one can http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/08/lighting-outside-with-flash.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-2775918671374013702Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:36:00 +00002010-08-18T15:39:13.781-07:00lightingtabletop A Last Look at Tabletop Photography More tabletop coming at you again today and it is the last installment for this tabletop series. This time we are dealing with quite a different lighting problem from what we've seen in these last few examples. The crystal pieces needed a bit of on axis light to create direct reflection for more pop. Today we have a piece for which we want to mostly http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/08/tabletop-photography-half-round-hair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-6915667898434834130Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-08-10T03:10:00.365-07:00 Even More Fun with Tabletop Photography Doing tabletop again today. I have two subjects to show this time and they are similar to what we saw in the last post. After this we move on to a different tabletop subject. The Lighting Setup This is the lighting setup used for the following shots of the crystal hair accessories. As before there is a single softbox, Photoflex Q39 (http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/08/tabletop-photography-oval-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-5405946099273252683Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-08-26T19:12:17.035-07:00direct reflectionlightlightingreflectiontabletop More Fun with Tabletop Photography Today we dive into tabletop again. Though the subject is not the most exciting, each type of item presents its own challenges that are worth documenting for discussion. Some items can be downright difficult, but I thought that we would start with something relatively straight forward, so let's get going. The Initial Lighting SetupThis is the initial http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/08/tabletop-photography-butterfly-crystal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-6363176780328410995Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:19:00 +00002010-07-31T21:19:15.702-07:00It has just come to my attention that reader comments have been disabled for all postings since the end of June. That is when I started using Blogger's new editor, which has better behavior and more posting options. Unfortunately, one of the new posting options is to allow/don't allow user comments, and for some strange reason it defaults to "Don't Allow" reader comments instead of using the http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/reader-comments-are-enabled-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-7877120110301589061Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:25:00 +00002010-07-31T20:58:07.107-07:00This is a one off post just to let you know about a great deal coming your way! I am a fan of PhotoVision and am now in my second season of PhotoVision subscriptions. I know this sounds like an advertisement, but the folks at PhotoVision sent me a code that will get you about 74% off of the list price, so I wanted to share it. I find PhotoVision to be a worthwhile investment, and at this price http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/save-74-on-photovision-2010-dvd-set.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-3892237838113136244Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-07-31T20:58:29.310-07:00color shiftexperimentstrobetechnical Back to a more technical topic for today's post. Earlier this year I conducted a short experiment to see just how much color shift my strobes (monolights) give as the power is varied from min to max. It is actually an important subject, as color shift is a bad thing if excessive and can go unnoticed for a long time, but then show up unexpectedly and catch you off guard (probably at the worsthttp://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/strobe-power-vs-color.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-8052742745248813703Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +00002010-07-31T20:58:52.228-07:00flowermacrotabletop <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> A Bit of Fun with Tabletop Photography Today I thought I would share last night's adventure on the tabletop. As you may know, I've been doing tabletop for some years now. There is always tiny something that can be photographed. Today's specimen comes from the great outdoors. Well, not http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/tabletop-photography-dried-flower-bud.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-9109347788086004795Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-07-31T21:00:53.739-07:00experimentfillflashnatural light Forward The topic of today's post is a bit odd in that it just isn't the way most people use flash for their outdoor photography. Not that it is unusual to light a background, at least in the studio, but when the background is a shady spot outdoors, the usual line of thought is to put the subject in the shade and use the flash on the subject. In this case I thought, what if I put the http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/natural-light-and-filling-background.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-4152135231444374045Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-07-31T21:01:14.245-07:00 <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> Hoffer Photography's Blog This is the last posting for this seven part series. Today's blog recommendation is a bit different from the others in that the author is not so much a celebrity, though I don't think that will last long. Read on to find out why... Who's Behind It? Tony and Amy http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/seven-photography-blogs-worth-following_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-8040913697930706924Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-07-31T21:01:50.863-07:00Zack Arias <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> &nbsp;Zack Arias' Blog Today's blog recommendation goes to the blog of Atlanta based editorial photographer, Zack Arias.&nbsp; Zack is well known in photography circles, but I'm not so sure everyone is aware of his blog. In other words, I wouldn't expect the blog to show up at the top of the http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/seven-photography-blogs-worth-following_09.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-6510674520860763230Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-07-31T21:02:36.816-07:00 Digital Photography School Today's blog recommendation goes to the Digital Photography School. I'm not really sure that this is a blog in the strictest sense. In fact, it's more like three blogs in one, as the site has three main categories with postings regularly updated in all three. Nonetheless, the postings are very blog like, so I'm including it here. One of the nice things about being in http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/seven-photography-blogs-worth-following_08.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-6684515327215713314Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-07-31T21:02:50.352-07:00 Joe McNally's Blog Today's blog recommendation goes to Joe McNally's blog. Perhaps not the most popular blog on the Internet, but certainly one of the most popular photographers on the planet. I first linked to Joe's blog via the Strobist. Of course I knew of Joe McNally, after all, who doesn't? However, I had never thought to see if he had a blog and if so, what it might be like. Well, I'm gladhttp://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/seven-photography-blogs-worth-following_07.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-5400226135927912199Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-07-31T21:03:34.954-07:00Today's blog recommendation goes to what might likely be the most popular wedding photography blog on the planet. However, you don't have to be a wedding photographer to appreciate all the content you will find here. Digital ProTalk I am a big fan of Digital ProTalk. I don't remember how I first became acquainted with this blog, probably through a photography forum, but have been quite addicted http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/seven-photography-blogs-worth-following_06.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-7800952694285012746Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:10:00 +00002010-07-31T21:03:46.857-07:00 Today's blog recommendation is one of the most popular photography blogs on the net and was included in TIME Magazine's 25 Best Blogs of 2010. Strobist I have been watching this blog for some years now. When I first heard about it I got real excited that someone else was totally into using portable flashes for lighting. At that time I had six Vivitar 285 flashes and thought I must be nearing http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/seven-photography-blogs-worth-following_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-3246742888014140519Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:03:00 +00002010-07-31T21:03:57.302-07:00Today's blog recommendation is targeted primarily for those who are either starting a new photography business or contemplating doing so. Those who already have an established photography business will also glean some useful information from this excellent blog. For that matter, nearly any photographer will find something useful in this informational treasure trove. Going Pro GoingPro2010 is http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/seven-photography-blogs-worth-following_04.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-6884819663725352697Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:33:00 +00002010-07-31T21:04:06.888-07:00 What's That? This week I would like to share with you seven of my favorite photography related blogs. I am not putting them into any particular order, as they are each the best in their own rights. I will however give you a brief review for each based on my view of universal truth. I hope that you find this series informative and worthwhile. Coming Next This series will be coming fast and http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/07/seven-photography-blogs-worth-following.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-5887926666995070862Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:43:00 +00002010-07-31T21:04:37.368-07:00grid gridlight Forward The title for today's post is a bit misleading, as a grid doesn't really increase contrast, it only increases the directionality of light giving more control over where the light will and will not appear. What is really going on here is that a small light source at a low lighting ratio is being used to give a subtle, but important contrast boost to the face. The grid lets us place http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/06/increasing-contrast-with-gridded-light.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-2203194057997617221Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:51:00 +00002010-07-04T16:36:50.180-07:00In this post I will show the setup and give a rundown for photographing a baby on location with a minimalist lighting setup. Here are a few of the processed shots from this particular shoot. There is no magic in the post processing, just normal spot edits for blems, minute eye enhancements, and a few skin enhancements to add more glow to the skin. The Location For this shoot we decided that a http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/06/photographing-baby-on-location.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-7122691117007446927Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:12:00 +00002010-07-04T16:28:54.180-07:00Forward This is the last post for this series, 16 in all. It has been a long and somewhat slow journey, so thanks to all of you who have hung in there reading each post and waiting for this thing to finally come in for a landing. Do You Need One of These? So what's the deal with a high voltage battery pack you may ask? Well, it makes the flash recycle really, really fast and adds a lot of http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/06/whats-in-bag-high-voltage-battery-pack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-2980417552235616734Sun, 16 May 2010 19:15:00 +00002010-07-04T16:36:25.969-07:00Not a whole lot to say about this, except that a lighting kit would be incomplete without a reflector of some sort and a folding reflector is very compact and can really come in handy. I have a variety of folding reflectors in my studio ranging from 12” up to 40” x 60”. Most of these are the 5-in-1 type, but in retrospect, that is not a good idea for the medium and small sizes. More on that in a http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/05/whats-in-bag-folding-reflector.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-917838595121842426Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:36:00 +00002010-07-04T16:36:12.403-07:00The prior post in this “What's in the Bag” series covered plastic spring clamps, so moving along with the theme of clamping or holding things, this short post is covering something you don't often hear about. Yes, today we talk about Ball Bungees! What Are They Good For? Just what you do with them is a mystery as deep as a person's imagination. I use one on my day backpack to hold a small http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/04/whats-in-bag-ball-bungees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490106778983762218.post-5727177939136270479Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:28:00 +00002010-07-04T16:35:59.009-07:00 Marching ahead with the “What's in the Bag” series, we now get to talk about the less oft thought of bits of kit that sometimes save the day. Yes folks, today we are going to discuss plastic spring clamps. I found a nice collection of various sized clamps at the local hardware store. It really doesn't matter where you get them, just get them. How May I Help You? Spring clamps are a solution http://studiography.blogspot.com/2010/04/whats-in-bag-plastic-spring-clamps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gene Lee)1