Tag: tabletop photography

Used a simple potato masher I got out of the kitchen cabinet. The shot didn’t work without lighting. So I added blue light coming in from the back, a red light from the left and a blue light from the right. The shot then had some depth and character. I […]

Here I am once again fooling around with light and it’s effects on a subject.  I set up a plastic head which I use for practice shots and a rubber glove.  I wanted just the hand and eyes illuminated.  It’s not as easy as you might think.  Anyways this is the end […]

Just fooling around trying to create something different on the table and this is what I came up with. Three light bulbs, three cones, the center of which was “painted” red in photoshop.  Nikon D7100, 105mm macro lens, 1/60 sec;   f/8,   ISO 100.  Two continuous output, daylight balanced, side lights. […]

This still life was kind of fun to put together.  I simply purchased these inexpensive fruit drinks at the local grocery store and tore off the labels.  The bottles were made of plastic not glass.  Only advantage with the plastic was that they reflected light less than glass would have. I […]

I wanted to do an abstract photograph that metaphorically speaks to the theme “opposites attract”. This is what I came up with.

For my 56th birthday my wonderful wife Cheryl surprised me with a long time desired Sony Carl Zeiss 24mm 1.8 lens and a tabletop lighting setup.  Woohoo!!! The 24mm Zeiss lens will have a 35mm equiv. of 36mm due to the 1.5 crop factor.  This is a good focal length for […]