Bought a book yesterday titled Learning to Light: Easy and Affordable Techniques for the Photographer by Roger Hicks and Frances Schultz. It was written in 1998 so doesn't discuss what would be newer technology today but still has some great tips and tricks. Tricks like using tin foil to create a gobo for creating patterns and using basic desk lamps for lighting. Nice book for budget minded photographers.
Using some examples from the book I played around with bouncing light off a reflective surface to light this clove of garlic. It is sitting on a piece of clear plastic on black fabric.
4 comments:
wow. never would have thought u could do that with a sheet of plastic.. looks great!
Terrific technique, terrific photo, and talk about saving money two for the price of one, no make that three, it'll go in the spaghetti and keep away vampires too - Bargain!
Super result.
Thanks for the book tip, too...
indeed good stuff. I am always lighting things with flashlights and such, trying to get creative since I have no fancy lighting gear.
that's a great shot.
oh, and love the blog name, self deprecation is a good thing! (This coming from a guy who named his blog "Annoyingly Boring?"
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