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Chris Hayward
{K:1519} 9/1/2001
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Bev-
Strobe is a small battery operated unit with built-in slave capability. It isn't very big (fits in a large coat pocket) and the light output isn't very big either - Guide number about 50 for ISO 100. I have had trouble with the
sync cable staying in the PC connector, but other than that haven't had much problem. There is very little output control. There is a high/low switch which is good for one stop. There is a snap on diffuser that is good for perhaps another stop. Anything more and you have to improvise.
The 'setup' I used was to put the bottle on an inverted stainless steel bowl to get it above the table. There is a 52" circular diffuser to the right about 6" away from the bottle (just out of the frame). The Morris is fitted with its diffuser and put about 10 feet in back of the diffuser. I checked the light on the diffuser by actually taking a photo directly at the diffuser (with the strobe turned down). There is some light fall-off at the edges, but it is not too bad. To the left of the bottle is a 1x4 foot styrofoam reflector - about 4" away. It is oriented so it is 1 foot high -- this is probably why the left shoulder is a little dim. Black velvet backdrop. We tried with and without a top reflector. At the time I couldn't see much difference, but it may have helped with the left shoulder lighting as well.
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Beverly Gustafson
{K:1572} 9/1/2001
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Chris this is great. Tell me more about that strob! and your setup if you dont mind.
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Chris Hayward
{K:1519} 9/1/2001
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Debbie - Go get 'em.
Artie-
This was done with a Morris battery fill strobe (the $40 kind) with a small diffuser placed a long way from a 52" diffuser. That was our softbox. The reflector on the left was a sheet of styrofoam. Biggest challenge for me (other than the obvious one of trying to get the picture correct) is to predict what is going to happen (no modeling light on the strobe). Fortunately Mary Sue's digital camera is a terrific learning tool. Biggest thing I've learned so far - it takes a lot of light to make even a small bottle look good.
I'm not done yet eh -- one more -- with the left shoulder lit.
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Debbie Groff
{K:9569} 9/1/2001
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Much, much better. Can't wait to get started on my project. I'll be pulling my hair out, I'm quite sure and will take forever to get to this stage? Then again, this may be an area I may achieve more successfully than moving objects? You did fine here Chris.
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Artie Colantuono
{K:12275} 9/1/2001
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prety much nailed the light on this bottle Chris..rim light done pretty well and label is good....messy interior of bottle around the shoulders but I understand this isnt a product shot but A lighting experience....needs just a bit more seperation on the camera left shoulder to pull it off the background..tilt the reflector a bit more up to rim off the rest of that shoulder..excellent job Chris....another person nailing a very difficult object and you did it with hot lights very proud of your persistance....Well done...
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