ghetto studio setup

[swanny338]

well someone hired me to take pics of 25 shoes for a catalog... anyways, I was gunna go buy 4 lights (1000Watts total)

1. cause I wanted them anyways
2. This gave me a reason to get them...

but when I went to go buy them... the camera store was sold out, anyways I still had to have the pics by tomorrow sooooo.......

[chomp_rock]

lol... We all have to start somewhere

[swanny338]

yip

[Rifleman]

Back in the late 70's I did a fair bit of small prod photography, and found that when I used the dining room table pushed up against the large window sill, I had the best lighting.  By using the natural light in addition to my floods, I needed very little colour correction in processing, and the balance to remove shadows was easily attained.  Best yet, if you don't have to use colour, then B/W is so simple to do, that every job was done in a flash, ...so to speak.....

[swanny338]

hey rifleman
I didnt have the luxory of using light from outside, i got the shoes at 8pm and had to have them done by 12 today, I just dropped the shoes back off

anyways, here is the sample image i showed him... not the final version of this specific shoe... I quickly cut out the green and did the tiny bit of color correction i needed, btw I was using a custom white balance on my canon digital rebel, so colors were almost perfect

anyways




btw, camera settings

50mm,  Shutter: 1/100 apeture: f/8, Custom White Balance...

[chomp_rock]

What ISO setting?

[swanny338]

400, i wanted to shoot at 100iso, but i dont trust my tripod to not shake from me moving around after i set the timer

[Craig.]

good shots:)
why not use a cable shutter release?

[Ben_M_K]

Interesting shots.

[Jared]

definately a cool photo shoot! :-)

[swanny338]

good shots:)
why not use a cable shutter release?

cause I dont have one, and no reason if I have the timer :-P

thanks for the comments

[chomp_rock]

Not to mention most modern SLRs don't have a port for a cable release, you need to buy an expensive electronic remote .

[Craig.]

well the 300d uses the electronic one but mine cost $10's and works like a treat.

[swanny338]

yea it does, but I spend all my money on other cam stuff :-P

[Scottler]

If you're ever looking for a light, but don't have access to one, an EXCELLENT (and relatively inexpensive) alternative is something like this:



Not only do they give off good light, but the swivel head and the clamp-on mounting make for very convenient positioning

You can get them at most hardware stores or large department stores.