addicted

Addicted to landscapes                                            16 September 2012

Reflected

Reflected                                            21 July 2012

Wintery morning

Wintery morning                                                                       30 June 2012

Movement

Movement                                                                      27 July 2012

Startrails

Startrails                                                                 15 September 2012

The other side

The other side                                                                       14 September 2012

Willows

willows                                                                        11 Spetember 2012

The Gate

The gate                                                                         7 September 2012

Crop side

Crop side                                                                             7 September 2012

Peace in the afternoon

Peace in the afternoon                                                                 1 September 2012

Sweeping sunset

Sweeping sunset                                                                   14 August 2012

In the morning

In the morning                                                                   12 August 2012

Morning reflection

Morning reflection                                                                    8 August 2012

Solitude

Solitude                                                                          29 July 2012

mornings like these

Mornings like these                                              4 August 2012

DIY softbox

DIY Softbox - Lemon

I've been inspired.

I recently have been reading Scott Kelby's digital photography books and felt inspired to have a crack at some better product photography.

I did some research and decided, on a bit of a whim, to make a soft box for photographing small stuff about the place.  I did it on the cheap and spent some time thinking.  This is what I came up with.  I'm a little surprised at how well it worked; and a little scared about the amount of flash batteries I'm bound to go through now I have one of these.

Ingredients:
1 x cardboard box - $  0.00
4 x mini spring clamps - $ 3.00
1 x 4.5m 100mph tape - $  3.50
1 x can matt white spray paint - $  4.50
1 x outdoor chair cover (opaque clear) - $  3.00
1 x white poster cardboard - $ 2.00
sharp knife
ruler
pencil
1 hour

1. Cut a hole in both sides of the boxes.  I left a 5cm border around the edges to provide some stability and tape the 'diffuser' to.
2. Cut a small hole, the length of the box less 1cm on each side at the very back of the top of the box (roof).
3. Spray pain the inside of the box; paying particular attention to the top/roof (with the hole at the back.
4. Tape 'diffuser' to box; making sure it's pulled tightly.  I used two layers; pulling both tight to eliminate wrinkles.
5. When paint is dry, insert cardboard through hole in the roof and use clamps to attach to the top back and front bottom of the box.

Seamless background complete.

Uses off camera flashes, with wireless flash triggers; on either side of the box. 

For Dad

For Dad                                                                                            3 August 2012

silhouette of the country

Grassy silhouette                                                                  1 August 2012

mornings like these

Mornings like these                                                        31 July 2012

on the rocks

On the rocks                                                                                          29 July 2012