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Avery Beverages – 2024 Presidential Campaign Bottles
I was impressed by Avery Beverages marketing approach with the 2024 presidential campaign labels on their pop bottles. As a result, I took an image and made a video. Sony A7RV, 61mp mirrorless camera and a Sony 90mm f2.8 lens were used int the making of the video and image. Image: 1/10th, f8, ISO 100, MANUAL MODE Red colored back light, (2) font/side lights. White reflective board on sides, back and top.
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Miniature Car in a Big City
This is not a real scene. It is a composite photo from (5) different images. The only thing that is from an actual image is the setting itself consisting of the three buildings and parking lot. The signs, person and car were added. The car was a 1/24th scale diecast aluminum car photographed in my studio then inserted into the image. The individual is not real and was AI created in photoshop to try and tell a story. CAR photographed in studio: Sony A74V, Sony 90 mm f2.8 GMII lens.1/60th, f8, ISO 800, MANUAL MODEOverhead light, background light and foreground light. Video: Same equipment but with an electric turntable.
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Miniature Truck in a Big World
For this shot I photographed a 6″ metal diecast model of a 1940 Ford Pickup truck that I bought new for $23.00 at a flea market. I video taped it on a 360 deg. turnstile and also shot still photography images. I then inserted the tabletop shot of the truck into a previous picture of a tobacco barn that I had taken. I did add the signage on the side of the truck from an image I found on google images (garageartsigns.com). The barn is located somewhere in north central CT which is rich in tobacco barns. I didn’t record where the picture was taken. Settings for the diecast model…
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Product shot – Chic Watch
This “Chic” watch came from my wife’s Grandmother who passed many years ago so we’re not sure when she purchased the watch. However, based on her ownership of it and the fact that she lived 93 years the watch was manufactured anywhere from 50-100 years ago. I cannot find anything on the internet with respect to Chic watch manufacturing in Singapore. Photographed with a Sony A7RV 61mp mirrorless camera and a Sony 90mm F2.8 G OSS MACRO lens. One lens mounted ring light only was used. White reflective cards were strategically placed around the face of the watch to even out the light distribution. .3 seconds, f20, ISO 100, MANUAL…
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Commercial/Retail Product Shots, Featured Pictures, Macro Photography, Photography Topics, Product Shots, Table Top, Video
Product Review – GVM 7SM video lights
GVM Double Sided Mini Bi-color/RGB LED video Light, P/N GVM 7SM The best price is available at the GVM factory direct website for $159.00 (2 light kits): https://gvmled.com/product/gvm-7sm-mini-led-on-camera-bi-color-rgb-double-sided-video-light/ After purchasing (2) of these light kits from B & H for about $199.00 I saw the discount GVM direct offered. I contacted B&H and they immediately credited me the $40.00 difference. You go B&H! PHOTOGRAPHED WITH: Sony Nex 7, 24.3 mp, mirrorless camera and a Sony Carl Zeiss E -24mm F1.8, APS-C lens at the equiv. of 36mm IMAGE with interior of box/components sitting on top of closed GVM box: 3.2 sec’s, f 4.0, ISO 100, MANUAL MODE, Direct camera mounted fill…
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LED light panel – Abstract Macro
This is a close up shot of a 4″x5″ LED light panel lit with two lights using blue and red gels for color. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61mp mirrorless camera and a Sony 90mm MACRO f2.8 G OSS lens. The red you see crawling on top of each bulb are dust mites. 1/125th, f11, ISO 400, MANUAL MODE
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Tip of Flourescent light Macro
/>This is a close up (macro) photograph of the tip of a fluorescent light bulb. I used two lights and colored them with red and yellow gels. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61mp mirrorless camera and a Sony Macro 90mm F2.8 G OSS lens. 1/4 sec., f11, ISO 100, MANUAL MODE
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Flourescent Light – Abstract Macro
This shot began with a standard fluorescent light bult as seen in the “before” shot. This was photographed in my studio using three lights with various colored gels to give the results shown. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61mp mirrorless camera and a Sony 90mm macro, f2.8 G OSS lens. .3 seconds, f11, ISO 100, Manual Mode