Comments on: Watch photo shoot: advantages of using tilt-shift camera adapter

By: Alex Koloskov

Alex Koloskov — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:25:30 +0000

Cool, glad it helps:-)
Ydachi!

By: Igor

Igor — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:57:00 +0000

Алексей, спасибо огромное за Ваши уроки. Особенно с водой – очень помогли понять процесс!!!

Игорь

By: Alex Koloskov

Alex Koloskov — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:17:14 +0000

Callum,
Usually I just add more power to the lights to compensate light loss when tilting the lens… This is why I like to work without ambient light in the studio:-)
Thanks!

By: CallumW

CallumW — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:40:23 +0000

Hi
Do you find that you need to compensate for the drop in aperture caused by the distance of the lens to the focus plane and the tilt/shift/swing?

I believe it used to be called Bellows Extension Factor.

By: Alex Koloskov

Alex Koloskov — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:45:05 +0000

Habeeb,
Thank you.

By: Habeeb

Habeeb — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:51:25 +0000

Dear Mr. Alex,

WOW! I am amazed by the quality of your photography. Your tips and tutorial are very informative and very easy for beginners like me to understand.
Thanks a lot.

Habeeb

By: Salman

Salman — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:42:04 +0000

Thanks a lot for the tips

By: Alex Koloskov

Alex Koloskov — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:46:08 +0000

Salman,
I use only flash (strobe) lighting in 99% cases. I do not have continuous light, except a flashlight, use them for light brush technique. Sorry, can’t recommend any continuous lights, but if I would need one, I’ll look at LED type of light kits: no heat issues, constant color temp. They less powerful then halogen, but for watch/jewelry you do not need fast shutter speed and powerful light. I know for jewelry this type of kits are really good: MK Digital Direct Ultra Bright LED , I will buy this or similar soon.

I use strobes because I shoot liquids and other moving object, so only strobe will work for me.
I would say if you are going only for watch/jewelry: get LED, if any type of studio work, get strobes.

Hope this will help.

By: Salman

Salman — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:09:57 +0000

Dear Alex
can you please advise which kind of light is best for watch photography flash or continuous (through soft box )
Thanks

By: admin

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:08:16 +0000

Antony, It is easy to fake images taken with lens tilt, if you are reducing focus deepness. For example, this is what I've took with my tilt-shift adapter: Tilt-Shift adapter for 35mm Digital cameras: on the field test. However, on a photo like watch, where focus was tilted to spread the whole object, there is no way you can fake it in Photoshop. Only multiple pictures (focus bracketing) can do the same.

By: Anthony Lovato

Anthony Lovato — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:31:57 +0000

Are there advantages using a tilt-shift adapter as opposed to faking a tilt-shift photograph? Here is an example of my fake tilt-shift: my image on a flickr