Post your best lamp shot!

[24Peter]

... using ambient light. It's harder than I thought it would be... natural window light from behind either side, plus 23 watt CFL (90-100 watt tungsten equiv.) in the lamp itself.

http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/uploads/postuploads1/large/goldlamp2.JPG

[deadman]

Would be nicer if you explained what you did in order to achieve this result :)

[Rhys]

Yes that kind of shot is quite tricky. Here's a shot I did a while ago of a bottle... It needs some work.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/2808987936_b954b2f7f1.jpg

[Mark_48]

Peter,

How did you achieve the white balance on your lamp shot?

[deadman]

Peter,

How did you achieve the white balance on your lamp shot?

Yes. Please tell us your secrets. I want to learn the Jedi master ways. ;)

[cdifoto]

Yes that kind of shot is quite tricky. Here's a shot I did a while ago of a bottle... It needs some work.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/2808987936_b954b2f7f1.jpg
Good thing you pointed out that it's a bottle. Otherwise I would have mistaken it for a Winnie the Pooh touch lamp.

[Rhys]

Good thing you pointed out that it's a bottle. Otherwise I would have mistaken it for a Winnie the Pooh touch lamp.

Keep taking the yeast tablets. One day, with enough study, you might even be able to recognise a bottle without my having to tell you what it is.

[24Peter]

Yes. Please tell us your secrets. I want to learn the Jedi master ways. ;)

OK... but first another example, this time using all flash, rather than ambient.

http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/uploads/postuploads1/large/IMG_5401_1.JPG

There are four strobes being used in this pic. Can you spot them?

Here's a hint - they are all visible in this image:

http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/uploads/postuploads1/large/IMG_5402.JPG

BTW - Which do you prefer? Ambient or strobe?

[Viky]

Wow! cool setup and very nice shots!

I prefer the 1st one though:)

[24Peter]

Peter,

How did you achieve the white balance on your lamp shot?

Well I made it pretty easy on myself: the CFL bulb is daylight balanced, so along with the window light, it were easy. I do however often pick my color temp directly using the "K" WB setting. Here I think I used 5400K. A tungsten bulb would have made things tuffer. ;)

[faisal]

my only lamp shot.... :D

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q121/faisal7/400D/IMG_9018.jpg
50mm, 1/80, f2.8, ISO 200

I like the first one also.....

[24Peter]

'Nuther...

http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/uploads/postuploads1/large/IMG_4730.JPG

[24Peter]

my only lamp shot.... :D



Nicely done! :)

[faisal]

'Nuther...


yellow background :eek:....but I like this the best....maybe I'm partial cause I like black lamps....

Nicely done! :)

Thanks....

[TheWengler]

So Peter, when you bring a date home and they see all that lighting/photography equipment set up around the bed, what do they think? :p

[24Peter]

So Peter, when you bring a date home and they see all that lighting/photography equipment set up around the bed, what do they think? :p

I can show you... PM me your email address. ;) (I'd get banned if I posted the pics here. :eek: :D )

[FLiPMaRC]

I can show you... PM me your email address. ;) (I'd get banned if I posted the pics here. :eek: :D )

LOL!!! :cool: :D

[24Peter]

LOL!!! :cool: :D

Actually I wasn't kidding... ;) BUT, back to the discussion at hand. Since no one tried to guess the location of the strobes, I submit this:

http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/uploads/postuploads1/large/IMG_5402_1.JPG

The trick is to use one of these in the lamp itself - gives it a more believable effect:

http://www.adorama.com/SV45I.html or http://www.adorama.com/LTACS.html

[Nickcanada]

Peter that is soo cool! I thought that your fourth flash was a speedlight at the bottom right of the picture! but that screw in flash is freaking cool! those would be great for interior shots.

[faisal]

Let me see if I can get similar results with a single flash and some photoshop..... ;)

[24Peter]

Peter that is soo cool! I thought that your fourth flash was a speedlight at the bottom right of the picture! but that screw in flash is freaking cool! those would be great for interior shots.

Well I have to tell ya - a few strategically placed around the living room (they'll work in almost any fixture) suddenly make that bounced on-camera flash look much more natural. The biggest downside is there's no way to adjust the output directly and they're pretty bright - at ten feet you're probably at F16. But, the front element screws off and I place little circles of ND gel behind it to moderate the output. And to do the living room trick you need to be in manual mode on your Speedlite - no e-TTL since the pre-flash will fool the slave on these things. But for $25, they're well worth it and I use them all the time to light back drops, to light the outside of my light tent - or in a lamp fixture! :D

[zmikers]

Well I have to tell ya - a few strategically placed around the living room (they'll work in almost any fixture) suddenly make that bounced on-camera flash look much more natural. The biggest downside is there's no way to adjust the output directly and they're pretty bright - at ten feet you're probably at F16. But, the front element screws off and I place little circles of ND gel behind it to moderate the output. And to do the living room trick you need to be in manual mode on your Speedlite - no e-TTL since the pre-flash will fool the slave on these things. But for $25, they're well worth it and I use them all the time to light back drops, to light the outside of my light tent - or in a lamp fixture! :D

Ya those would be ideal for lighting backdrops, especially white backdrops as you want them blown out anyways.

[Nickcanada]

Well I have to tell ya - a few strategically placed around the living room (they'll work in almost any fixture) suddenly make that bounced on-camera flash look much more natural. The biggest downside is there's no way to adjust the output directly and they're pretty bright - at ten feet you're probably at F16. But, the front element screws off and I place little circles of ND gel behind it to moderate the output. And to do the living room trick you need to be in manual mode on your Speedlite - no e-TTL since the pre-flash will fool the slave on these things. But for $25, they're well worth it and I use them all the time to light back drops, to light the outside of my light tent - or in a lamp fixture! :D

That's brilliant! I can't believe this is the first time I've heard of this!