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A Nice Little Set of Studio Lights
A Nice Little Set of Studio Lights
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Challenge: Langdon's Birthday (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Good - Average
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Easton, CT
Date: Mar 21, 2007
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/15
Date Uploaded: Mar 21, 2007

 I really cut this one close! I'm used to shooting entries at the last minute, but I didn't start making this one until 8pm on deadline day. Whew!

The monolights are composed of silver cocktail umbrellas, and mini Christmas lights wired to a 6v battery. The tripods are bamboo skewers I cut and hot-glued together, then painted silver, and the monolight bodies are Play Doh wrapped in electrical tape. Cute little lights, but I didn't leave myself enough time to work on a good scene with them. :-(

I had a modeling light overhead to help illuminate this setup. Processing was minimal since I was downloading files at 11:30pm... convert from RAW, USM, HSL, spot saturation, dodge the orange rinds and lens, and clone the faint edges on the electrical tape.

In retrospect, I should have started this earlier so I could devote more time to the composition and lighting. It would have been MUCH better with just the lights and a large red bow between them. The other elements just add clutter. :-(

Statistics
Place: 25 out of 107
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Votes: 183
Comments: 14
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 03/29/2007 08:14:47 AM
this would have done better if you had included an itsy-bitsy guide to lighting ;-)
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 03/29/2007 01:03:15 AM
So how much will those go for on eBay? ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/28/2007 10:41:01 PM
What a great idea ... : )
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 03/26/2007 06:10:43 AM
You are missing the table tripod... nice idea!
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 03/24/2007 09:01:18 PM
10 for humor! HAHA
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 03/23/2007 10:51:43 PM
Spectacular lights and umbrellas! It's pretty fitting, because I think I have the same camera and lens. :)
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 03/23/2007 05:57:09 PM
Darn, I want to see how the photo turned out.
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 03/23/2007 01:16:02 PM
Those studio lights seem like the real thing, although I could also assume there is some creative work with tiki umbrellas as well. Either way, I like it.
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 03/23/2007 07:42:52 AM
nice! - Can't wait to here about these.
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 03/23/2007 01:08:41 AM
LMAO!! I love that! Can I get them?!
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 03/22/2007 09:45:18 PM
Cute!
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 03/22/2007 09:30:40 AM
Hmmm... who could this be...
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 03/22/2007 04:14:01 AM
This wreaks of scalvert. The humor, the setup, the attention to detail. Outstanding!
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 03/22/2007 12:06:19 AM
Dang, the work we go through to please the boss ;)
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