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Assignments and Challenges : Photos I have subumitted for Assignments and Challenges on the Digial Grin forums.

Assignments and Challenges

Photos I have subumitted for Assignments and Challenges on the Digial ...

Updated: Mar 16, 2009 7:59pm PST

Martini Glasses : Exercises in lighting and composition with a martini glass. See here for a description of how I lit these shots.

Martini Glasses

Exercises in lighting and composition with a martini glass. See here f ...

Updated: Jul 03, 2007 12:58pm PST

Smoke : I have been seeing shots of smoke around the photography forums, so I got it into my head to try to capture smoke from an recently extinguished candle.

Smoke

I have been seeing shots of smoke around the photography forums, so I ...

Updated: Feb 09, 2007 7:03pm PST

A Cat's Tale : The making of Ghost Catcher

A Cat's Tale

The making of Ghost Catcher

Updated: Oct 29, 2007 2:11pm PST

Photographing Glass : Lighting glass is difficult because glass, well, its transparent. Glass lacks the diffuse reflections which are the dominate optical property of the vast majority of materials we shoot. To effectively light glass we need to take advantage of different optical properties; here we examine the two most common: specular reflection and refraction. There are many ways to create these lighting effects. I have chosen a very simple approachs which can be achieved with just a single off camera flash and diffuser with the idea of providing a simple starting point for the beginner. The real key to getting the best light for a particular subject is to pay close attention to both the light location and how you diffuse the light. There is an infinte range of possible images of a single subject by just varying the light sources. The best light sources are usually doubly diffused and often cleverly crafted to suit the specific needs of a particular photograph.

Photographing Glass

Lighting glass is difficult because glass, well, its transparent. Glas ...

Updated: Aug 10, 2007 9:43am PST

Lighting Modifiers : Testing lighting modifiers for portrait lighting. Each of these was shot with essentially the same setup changing only the lighting modifier used on my 580EX flash. All shots include a 430EX flash above to camera right as a hair light and a gray muslin background.

Lighting Modifiers

Testing lighting modifiers for portrait lighting. Each of these was sh ...

Updated: Feb 26, 2007 5:08pm PST