valho's shooting small stuff, can use small setup.

for me, i snap bigger stuff, like graphic card.

so i use a foldable table + white cloth + whatever my family's standing light with white bulb.

play around with exposure and whatever else. limited but nice. saving up for more proper lights that i saw at some shop the other day.

can you take a snapshot of your setup when you are free?

what you see valho use, mine is same la. just everything else bigger only. same concept.

i see i see, let me go try that soon

try using mahjong paper. i don't think calendar is good since calendar (those big ones with white back) are generally glossy.

stick the mahjong paper to a corner one of the empty walls.

in fact, try to find an place where 2 walls join, 90 degree angle that part.

yup white light
that is tracing paper, i use it to diffuse the top light, for my setting i need the light at the side to be brighter than the one on top but since the bulb is same power, I use a few layer of tracing paper as diffuser

ahh good point there. lighting requirement depends on subject.

mine are computer parts, lights from top is sufficient.

as for valho's case, he shoots his toy collection. lights coming from the top wouldn't bring out the feature of the toys as good as lights from the lower angles.

erm... how do i know which light should be brighter?

sometime I just use one light , depending on the effect and mood I want

well that will depends on how you want the photos to look like and the kind of effect that you want. You can play around with the light strength and position to get different effect for your shoot, it's really like what they do when doing studio shoot

1. number of lights
2. distance between lights and subject (intensity)
3. colors of the light
4. angle of light

interesting leh? it's like when you use studio strobes. depending on what kind of setup you want.

1 flash you bring nearer to highlight facial feature.

then another you bring further back to add a bit of light for the less emphasized portion.

then you can have whatever else you want to add some colors la. mana tau you suddenly feel like having yellow filters on the light to give it a warm feel.

it is indeed very interesting. I guess i need to get a few more lights.

like this one

This post has been edited by rayzy22: Apr 4 2008, 05:47 PM

Railway Track

Photoshop: Color adjustments.

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i like the color...maybe if yr free can try duotones or quadtones...the effect also very nice

what is duotones and quadtones? can u explain to me?

duo tones is 2 tones color or 2 color, and quadtones is 4 tones, these terms are use mostly in printing
btw the photos looks pretty good, I like the colors too

thanks valiant. i need to go and find out how to do those tones.

This is a picture with duotone.

i like the first effect the most, 2nd and 3rd wow. so sharp!
walaoweh soo freakin nice

I like no 2 n no3! Keepy it up!