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Reflections of a Slinky
This was a plastic slinky I purchased at the local Dollar General store for about $1.00. This proves even senior citizens can enjoy a slinky. Perhaps in a different way than a five year old but I got my dollars worth out of it. (smile) Photographed with a Sony A7RII, 42.3 MP mirrorless camera and a Sony 90 mm MACRO…
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Studio Shot – Vintage Phone Booth
This is an approximately 18″ lantern from my house. It had a candle inside which I removed. The intent was to replicate a vintage phone booth. The top had been doctored and the words “PHONE” were added. I set this shot up in a pitch dark studio light painting it by hand to life. I used a Sony A7RM2, 42…
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Macro Photography – Whisk
This image was created by using a whisk I found in my kitchen cabinet. Initially photographed without colored lights and it didn’t work so I added blue and red gels. I tried different positions and found the most interesting to be a close up shot of the very end of the whisk. Photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61MP mirrorless camera…
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Macro Photography – Potato Masher
Used a simple potato masher I got out of the kitchen cabinet. The shot didn’t work without lighting. So I added blue light coming in from the back, a red light from the left and a blue light from the right. The shot then had some depth and character. I also placed the camera in APS-C mode which gave me…
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Ninja Woman
Here I am once again fooling around with light and it’s effects on a subject. I set up a plastic head which I use for practice shots and a rubber glove. I wanted just the hand and eyes illuminated. It’s not as easy as you might think. Anyways this is the end result.
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Tabletop – Light bulb cone
Just fooling around trying to create something different on the table and this is what I came up with. Three light bulbs, three cones, the center of which was “painted” red in photoshop. Nikon D7100, 105mm macro lens, 1/60 sec; f/8, ISO 100. Two continuous output, daylight balanced, side lights. White foam core background, silver wrapping paper on table top.
