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Day 297 – Autumn Red

We had our first storm of the season come through overnight, and the foothills around Reno got a light dusting of snow, with much more at higher elevations, but there is still plenty of autumn to be seen.

Day 296 – Red Tech

It’s been a busy Monday! Between a full day of work and the Presidential debate and the commensurate Facebooking, Tweeting, and Talking Heads tonight, the day got away from me.

Day 241 – Still Life with Peppers

Practice, practice, practice!

UPDATE:

Set up for first two: Soft box to camera left at a 45º angle. About 5 feet in the air, angled down slightly.  Reflector card to right of peppers.

Third shot: same but dropped soft box a couple of feet. You can see the change in direction.

Set up for wine glass shot: Moved soft box light so light reflected off backdrop through wine glass.  White reflector card held above and to right of objects for fill.

White continuous backdrop (which is a window shade, $11 at Walmart) for all.

Also, I’ve started a Still Life gallery at SmugMug which will give you all the details on ISO, aperture and shutter speed.

Day 151 – Last shots

Nothing I shot today was worth posting and I missed working with my lights, so when I got home tonight I set up one soft box and had some fun. There wasn’t a lot to choose from, but I found an onion and a partial head of garlic.

With the soft box alone – just to camera right.

 

I used my reflector to get rid of some of the back shadow. This next shot is the same set up but I used a gold reflector to put some fill light behind and along the top of the onion and garlic. I especially like the warmth it gives the onion.

This next one is with a white reflector to provide back-fill.  Not as warm as the photo above.

Then I brought in a plate . . .  light in same spot (camera right) with fill provided by white reflector.

I finally got tired of produce and shot this fan my wonderful mother-in-law got for me on one of her many trips abroad.