dc5ivtec
09-01-2008, 07:36 PM
I know there arent too many aspiring photographers in here, but this topic doesn't have to apply only to photographers as it was originally intended on another forum I frequent. The idea is to post up a few pictures of what a normal day of work is like for you. I wrote mine up with some basic info and a few photography tips, but that isn't always going to be necessary. It may be a bad idea, but I just thought I would try it and see if it catches on. So I will start...
Even though I just moved in last week, for the next few months, I will be waking up here. And no I am not conceited, I just needed something to hang on my wall and I had an excess of 13 x 19 paper. The right side of the room will soon be covered with posters from my fav photogs like Scott Chu, as Easton Chang, Scott Dukes, and Steve Demmitt.
1.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2885/room1mm4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
With any shoot, if you have time, it is always good to run some light tests. You can see me on the very left fiddling around a bit. Me and my friend Andrew realized shortly after doing this test, that it may be better shooting the car in the other direction.
2.
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/7229/jeffonshoot003ie1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The highlight of any feature car shoot is of course the rig shots. I actually managed to take a lot more than normal as the light was just right and I was using all ambient. My boom was originally two 6ft aluminum poles with an additional larger diameter aluminum pole as a coupler. However, after I left it on the ground in the garage one evening and my dad ran over it, I have had to revise it to its current state to get it to the rigidity it once had. Please don't ask me for parts numbers or anything as I really dont know them
3.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2820/jeffonshoot006er2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Good lighting relies a lot on good problem solving and you can't solve a problem if you don't know what you are dealing with. That being said, I chimp, and I chimp often.
4.
http://i37.tinypic.com/34527nn.jpg
I realized soon after that I was missing an opportunity to show off the roll cage in the shot of the spoiler and so I placed a bare strobe inside of the car to illuminate the interior.
5.
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9434/jeffonshoot007if5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
One of the pains of dealing with studio lights is managing all the wires. I have on more than one occasion not left enough slack and yanked over a light on accident.
6.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ymhs0k.jpg
I think most of you have seen me use this technique before, but foam core is awesome. Go buy some. Here I am using it to bring out the letters on the chrome Kaminari badge.
7.
http://i37.tinypic.com/2akb7yq.jpg
Eh dont look up my shorts, but here I was trying to get a picture of the exhaust. Once again using the foam core...
8.
http://i35.tinypic.com/1zxwf0x.jpg
I couldnt get the results I was looking for in the last shot, so I did a little bit of problem solving and tried something different...taking the softbox and light off its stand.
9.
http://i33.tinypic.com/a0bbrc.jpg
I dont have anymore to show, so I guess I can show you what one of the pictures looked like.
10.
http://i34.tinypic.com/b9cghg.jpg
Even though I just moved in last week, for the next few months, I will be waking up here. And no I am not conceited, I just needed something to hang on my wall and I had an excess of 13 x 19 paper. The right side of the room will soon be covered with posters from my fav photogs like Scott Chu, as Easton Chang, Scott Dukes, and Steve Demmitt.
1.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/2885/room1mm4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
With any shoot, if you have time, it is always good to run some light tests. You can see me on the very left fiddling around a bit. Me and my friend Andrew realized shortly after doing this test, that it may be better shooting the car in the other direction.
2.
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/7229/jeffonshoot003ie1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The highlight of any feature car shoot is of course the rig shots. I actually managed to take a lot more than normal as the light was just right and I was using all ambient. My boom was originally two 6ft aluminum poles with an additional larger diameter aluminum pole as a coupler. However, after I left it on the ground in the garage one evening and my dad ran over it, I have had to revise it to its current state to get it to the rigidity it once had. Please don't ask me for parts numbers or anything as I really dont know them
3.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2820/jeffonshoot006er2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Good lighting relies a lot on good problem solving and you can't solve a problem if you don't know what you are dealing with. That being said, I chimp, and I chimp often.
4.
http://i37.tinypic.com/34527nn.jpg
I realized soon after that I was missing an opportunity to show off the roll cage in the shot of the spoiler and so I placed a bare strobe inside of the car to illuminate the interior.
5.
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9434/jeffonshoot007if5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
One of the pains of dealing with studio lights is managing all the wires. I have on more than one occasion not left enough slack and yanked over a light on accident.
6.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ymhs0k.jpg
I think most of you have seen me use this technique before, but foam core is awesome. Go buy some. Here I am using it to bring out the letters on the chrome Kaminari badge.
7.
http://i37.tinypic.com/2akb7yq.jpg
Eh dont look up my shorts, but here I was trying to get a picture of the exhaust. Once again using the foam core...
8.
http://i35.tinypic.com/1zxwf0x.jpg
I couldnt get the results I was looking for in the last shot, so I did a little bit of problem solving and tried something different...taking the softbox and light off its stand.
9.
http://i33.tinypic.com/a0bbrc.jpg
I dont have anymore to show, so I guess I can show you what one of the pictures looked like.
10.
http://i34.tinypic.com/b9cghg.jpg