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A new lighting setup to try for table top photography
On a recent rainy Saturday afternoon I decided to take some time to experiment with a new lighting setup that I learned at a recent macro photography seminar. The idea is to surround the subject with light from all angles, so that the subject see the light as if from one giant light source. This…
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Good things happen when you play with your food!
A brief article about photographing chocolate cup cakes in a studio environment
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Project52 – Still Life
For assignment number 3 of Project 52, a great photography learning project run by Photographer Don Gianatti over at Lighting Essentials we had to create a still life photograph. It sounds simple and straight forward doesn’t it? This should be a piece of cake! And like the commercials always say, “But wait! There’s more!” Isn’t…
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How You Can Make Paint Dance?
One of my favorite photos is this image, a capture of a few drops of paint. While a few drops of paint may not sound like they would be an interesting subject, but when you apply a little bit of noise to the mix things can start to get pretty interesting rather quickly. This started…