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TristanP
Jan-09-2005, 06:25 AM
I've been doing a lot of still life work for a current Challenge elsewhere, and have come up with a variety (so to speak) of shots. I was thinking of maybe printing and framing some of these (small of course) and hanging them in our kitchen. Any critique or comments? Thanks in advance.
http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/apples3.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/mortar4.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/spice.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/wine_study4.jpg
GREAPER
Jan-09-2005, 06:34 AM
Very nice, I am impressed. They definatly look worth hangin on the wall.
Ann McRae
Jan-09-2005, 06:39 AM
They are really, really nice, Tristan.
ann
I've been doing a lot of still life work for a current Challenge elsewhere, and have come up with a variety (so to speak) of shots. I was thinking of maybe printing and framing some of these (small of course) and hanging them in our kitchen. Any critique or comments? Thanks in advance.
They look very nice to me, but why small of course?
Sam
TristanP
Jan-09-2005, 07:24 AM
They look very nice to me, but why small of course? Not a lot of wall space, that's all. We have a 6-8 inch ceiling drop along two of our walls for can lights - I think they'd fit there nicely. Thanks for the kind words, everyone.
pathfinder
Jan-09-2005, 08:48 AM
I've been doing a lot of still life work for a current Challenge elsewhere, and have come up with a variety (so to speak) of shots. I was thinking of maybe printing and framing some of these (small of course) and hanging them in our kitchen. Any critique or comments? Thanks in advance.
http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/apples3.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/mortar4.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/spice.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/wine_study4.jpg
Nice clean, spare, graphical design. I like your use of a mirror surface and your use of color. These are very lovely images.
Welcme to dgrin! Would you care to describe how you set up the lighting for these shots? I think that would be very informative for our readers.
ian408
Jan-09-2005, 09:04 AM
Tristan, nice job!
I like the simplicity of the shots. Are you lighting them with bounce
from an on camera flash?
Ian
TristanP
Jan-09-2005, 09:28 AM
Nice clean, spare, graphical design. I like your use of a mirror surface and your use of color. These are very lovely images.
Welcme to dgrin! Would you care to describe how you set up the lighting for these shots? I think that would be very informative for our readers.Thanks for the comments. I have to give some inspirational credit to Dan Koyanagi and WillemD - they have some wonderful images out there.
Lighting - all shots done in the garage (white walls and low ceiling) with Sony F717. Flashes used were either one or two Sunpak 383s (one on hot shoe, one on lightstand with optical slave).
Apple - single ceiling-bounced flash on hot shoe (IIRC).
Mortar and Pestle - both flashes used, the camera-mounted one aimed backwards and up (both to trigger the slave and to add some fill from the front) and the other on camera right bounced off the ceiling. That one took MANY tries to minimize glare and get fairly even lighting. I like the way the background fades darker from bottom to top.
Spice - both flashes, ceiling-bounced from front and right. Spoons on white foamcore.
Wine & Glass - 15W bulb behind 32" Photogenic Eclipse umbrella, 2 second exposure, subjects again on foamcore.
Now, if I can get the kids to sit still long enough, maybe I can do some protraits. I think these type of shots are easier (for me) since I can take as much time as I want to tweak.
wxwax
Jan-09-2005, 10:15 AM
Terrific work, Tristan. :bow I think the spices shot is a real winner. The wine glass is a close second. Be nice if there was a way to make the wine in the glass a little richer, maybe a backlight of some kind? :dunno The mortar and pestle is really nice. The apple is beautifully composed, maybe a little more atmosphere? Anyway, hope this doesn't sound like carping, you're way past my skill level at lighting objects. Nice work.
TristanP
Jan-09-2005, 10:27 AM
Be nice if there was a way to make the wine in the glass a little richer, maybe a backlight of some kind?It's a really dark red wine (that's the extent of my wine knowledge), but at this point, I'm not sure how I'd do that - possibly a snoot of some sort. It's something on my list to look into. Thanks for the comments.
wxwax
Jan-09-2005, 10:36 AM
It's a really dark red wine (that's the extent of my wine knowledge), but at this point, I'm not sure how I'd do that - possibly a snoot of some sort. It's something on my list to look into. Thanks for the comments.
Great work. Is this your first attempt? Sure doesn't look like it.
jwear
Jan-09-2005, 10:40 AM
how about if you water the wine down some and make it more opaque would that work???
TristanP
Jan-09-2005, 12:27 PM
Great work. Is this your first attempt? Sure doesn't look like it.It's the first occasion I've put the time and effort towards such specific shots. They represent spare time over a week or so. I've done some other studio/product-type shots, but I just got the second Sunpak and the other lighting gear (stand, umbrellas, slave) for Christmas and found the time to get to know them. The perfect timing of the current Challenge (Still Lifes) over at STF was a plus, too.
TristanP
Jan-09-2005, 12:29 PM
how about if you water the wine down some and make it more opaque would that work??? You mean less opaque? :wink I never thought of that. Great idea.
You mean less opaque? :wink I never thought of that. Great idea.
Again I think they wpould all look great framed and hung on the kitchen wall. After some of the comments with regard to the color of the wine, I took a shot at it in PS. If you or anyone objects to my playing with thier photos. PLEASE let me know. I don't know how this will look on your monitor, but here is a quick try at it.
Tim Kirkwood
Jan-09-2005, 03:08 PM
Tristan,
Love this one!!
http://home.comcast.net/~sarahpanek/stf/spice.jpg
Nice work.
TristanP
Jan-09-2005, 04:24 PM
If you or anyone objects to my playing with thier photos, PLEASE let me know. I don't know how this will look on your monitor, but here is a quick try at it.Nah, I don't mind. Honestly, all I see is less of the reflection in the glass. Is that what you were going for? My monitor is an almost 5-year-old 19" CRT and I need to replace it, so maybe I'm missing something.
Nah, I don't mind. Honestly, all I see is less of the reflection in the glass. Is that what you were going for? My monitor is an almost 5-year-old 19" CRT and I need to replace it, so maybe I'm missing something.
That's what I ment about different monitors. The red is a little deeper, and the yellow is more pronounced, giving it a warmer tone, I think. The changes were not humungus, but if I put them up side by side on my monitor the difference is very noticable,
Again these are great shots! Keep sharing.
Sam
lovely images
re red wine-from what I know about food photography-not much..read a book-is that food photographers usually substitute red wine for something lighter- I would consider something like a red berry cordial with water and experiment with concentration to get the right amount of "glow"
greg
It's a really dark red wine (that's the extent of my wine knowledge), but at this point, I'm not sure how I'd do that - possibly a snoot of some sort. It's something on my list to look into. Thanks for the comments.
dkoyanagi
Jan-13-2005, 08:02 PM
Thanks for the comments. I have to give some inspirational credit to Dan Koyanagi and WillemD - they have some wonderful images out there.
Wow! I'm very flattered. I'm usually the one that gets my inspiration from other photographers. Thank you Tristan, you've just made my week. :D
TristanP
Jan-13-2005, 08:23 PM
Dan, you're more than welcome.
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