Dear reader, if this entry or my other blog entries don't answer your specific photography questions, you can call me on the phone anytime for advice by clicking here.If you don't have access to a photo studio with strobe lights, but you do have an external flash with a long sync chord, try the following set-up:
1. Hang a piece of black velvet fabric on a wall, in a fairly dark room. Pin a flower onto the fabric. Roses work well.
2. Place your camera on a tripod, and focus on the flower.
3. You will need to find a way to hang a white bed sheet directly behind you.
4. Attached to a flash synch chord (available at camera stores) to your external flash, and place the flash about 2 or 3 feet behind the white bed sheet. The easiest way to have the flash unit secure is to place it on a second tripod, or get a friend to hold it.
To summarize the set-up:
Black velvet hanging on a wall with flower pinned to it
Camera
Photographer
White bed sheet behind photographer
Flash unit a few feet behind bed sheet
The flash unit should be directed so that the light is hitting the back of the photographer (albeit through the bed sheet). The goal is to only allow perimeter light to hit the subject. Your own body acts as a light blocker, keeping the strongest light away from the subject. Place the flash unit on its fullest output setting, and take some test shots. You should end up with a nice softly-lit image, as it is only the softer light that comes from around your upper body that will illuminate the flower.
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Title : SINGLE LIGHT SOURCES
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