I’ve been asked so many times about what strobe, camera shutter speed, etc can be used to freeze a liquid splash action and I’ve decided to put this little post together for you guys. What the minimum needed to start shooting liquid in motion?
Complete gear list for action tabletop photography 1. Camera. Any camera which can trigger
Leica X1 vs Fuji X100: in studio test This is a second part (read first part here) of my review of Leica X1 and Fujifilm X100 P&S cameras. I still call them this way, as having a viewfinder does not change a nature of the camera, IMO :-) Now
Just want to make sure you do not miss my last post on Pixiq.com: Studio equipment buying guide for beginners Sort of ‘starter’ list for those who are looking what to buy to setup product photography studio. Very basic and non-expensive list which will let you to learn and do small photography job.
Most of my equipment I buy on B&H Photo Video.com and Paul C. Buff web-stores. On B&H I have these wish lists, where I keep everything I was buying or going to buy. I am a long-term customer of B&H, and I think they have one of the best customer support + reasonable pricing. Also,
I was waiting for this monolight for a long time, and eventually got it few days ago. Talking about latest Paul C. Buff invention (intervention to hi-speed strobes market? :-), all digital Einstein 640 monolight. I’ve ordered few of these units back in spring 2010 “to try”, ordered separately (meaning soon I’ve receive another
How important the camera and lens for a photographer? This is our bread and butter, all our work depends from it. A good camera and high quality lens can do wonders in a good hands. In this post I would like to talk about camera for those of you who just entering a photography field, working
It was a long time since I’ve decided to write this article, and eventually I’ve got enough time to finish big piece of it and publish. This suppose to be the complete list of gear we use for our photography business: cameras, lighting, support, light modifiers, etc. This should be relatively interesting topic for those
This week I’ve got 2 additions to my studio gear I was waiting for a long time: heavy, solid and huge Fatif studio stand and amazingly fast workstation laptop, Lenovo W700ds. Both of them are really monstrous creatures:
Fatif studio stand: Old, by still strong as my red pepper Ukrainian vodka I brought 8 years
I rarely shoot on locations, always feel more comfortable working in the studio. In most cases there is a power outlets on location, I had only a few where it was too far from the lights (warehouse freezer, for example). With no external power I’ve used 4 Canon speedlites, but they too weak to be
I continue to use my tilt-shift adapter for DSLR, and now I explore the limits of the system. Below is the watch, at a very narrow angle, shoot by using Rodenstock Rodagon APO 80mm F4 lens at aperture set to F16.
The lighting schema is simple: two narrow soft boxes on top, each highlighted top and
Well, I did not have flash meter back 10 years ago, while was shooting on film. But I was not a professional photographer that time, and camera exposure meter plus my prediction along with experience was working well for me. When I start asking money for my photography, I start feeling that I really need to
I am not an event photographer, but like any of you I enjoy shooting events I participate in. Let me show what I use to get studio-like lighting in any regular size room (for a bigger ceilings, 30 and more feet it won’t work that good).
This Sunday we were lucky with nice and warm weather, so I’ve took some photos outside a studio, picturing our twin toddlers playing on a backyard. I was playing with my newly built tilt-shift adapter for Canon EOS to tilt Rodenstock enlarging lens (80 f4).
The photos were taken with wide open (f4) aperture,
Few weeks ago I was working on a tilt-shift adapter for Canon EOS cameras, (see my previous post). Now I have first in studio test – review of this system.
Lens: Rodenstock APO Rodagon N 80 F4. Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds mark III. Lights: White Lightning 1800, various light modifiers. Camera/lens setting: 1/250 sec, F8.
Inspired by a tilt-shift adapters like Cambo X2 -PRO and Cambo Ultima 35 Kit with desire to have ability to use virtually any medium/large format lens but not willing to spend almost $2000 for a ready to use system, I decided to build my own version of such device. At the
Questions and Answers. Quite often I receive interesting questions about the particular lighting setup or issue with the particular shot that other photographers are dealing with and such questions is not directly related to any post I have here in the blog. Read More->>
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(C)Philip (www.80eight.co.uk) Get inspired, post your results here! This post inspired by the readers who used materials published on this blog to do their own shots. Similar technique, different results. Thank you, guys!
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