I had nothing to do last Saturday night and I tried some lighting experiment for some things I have at home. Here are some...

By the way, the 350D is really not for sale. I just placed the caption for fun.

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Nice and clean Melvin. Care to share how you set it up? What did you use as background and how did you spread the light to keep an even white background? It would be great if you could describe your light set-up as well. Thanks for sharing.

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I'm also interested how you maintained the clean backgrounds...btw, nice sets...

The white background is just white cartolina. To make it very white, just make sure some light hits the background to achieve this effect.

I used 2 lights for this setup, my SB800 mounted in a tripod as main light and a Sunpak Ultra Lite to serve as fill light. The SB800 is positioned about 2 feet above the table where the subject is and about a half-feet in front of me. I'm shooting about 3 1/2 feet away(eye level) from the subject.

To prevent harsh shadows, get something to diffuse the light. Those round diffusers are pretty useful. With the round diffuser, the flash setting is 1/8. However, it really depends on the diffuser you will be using.It was really trial and error until I got the desired effect. The egg was easy because it was a relatively small subject.

Great Work Melvin. That was cool cls.:)

Thanks Arnel! :)

Great Work Melvin. That was cool cls.:)

Nice share Melvin! :) It's motivating...

I forgot to tell you guys. I adjusted the white balance of the photos I posted earlier using levels. That's why they're that clean.

Here are some off the cam photos(no post-processing done). They're not as clean though. :

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Here is the lighting setup I'm talking about. There's a slight modification in my previous description because I move the flash around and experiment in shooting angles. This is just to give you an idea what I'm talking about. No rocket science. hehe

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Thanks Earl! Eto napapala ng walang magawa. hahahaha :D

Nice share Melvin! :) It's motivating...

Very Nice work Melvin! Thanks for sharing the entire set-up process. great shots!

Wonderful! :) thank you for sharing :)

Thanks Earl! Eto napapala ng walang magawa. hahahaha :D

Actually you helped alot here Melvin... Specially your post on the setup pic. It leaves alot of room for creativity for the rest of us and mostly for the newbies! Thanks! :)

I'm glad you guys like it. Just play with the light. That's what photography is all about anyway. I hope you guys can share your experiences as well. :)

Actually you helped alot here Melvin... Specially your post on the setup pic. It leaves alot of room for creativity for the rest of us and mostly for the newbies! Thanks! :)

share ko lang :)

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are you selling ba your kit lens? :D

The white background is just white cartolina. To make it very white, just make sure some light hits the background to achieve this effect.

I used 2 lights for this setup, my SB800 mounted in a tripod as main light and a Sunpak Ultra Lite to serve as fill light. The SB800 is positioned about 2 feet above the table where the subject is and about a half-feet in front of me. I'm shooting about 3 1/2 feet away(eye level) from the subject.

To prevent harsh shadows, get something to diffuse the light. Those round diffusers are pretty useful. With the round diffuser, the flash setting is 1/8. However, it really depends on the diffuser you will be using.It was really trial and error until I got the desired effect. The egg was easy because it was a relatively small subject.

Cool... It seems that you are enjoying with your new gadget:Grin: !! Hope to see more stuff and experiments you got in mind... Happy shooting... keep it up !!!

Definitely not! :Grin: It's a great lens! I love it!

are you selling ba your kit lens? :D

are you selling ba your kit lens? :D
hi, fyi, i thinks there's one at buyandsellph.com only for 1,500. just look for it in the camera section

wala na yata..or i am looking at the wrong section..

http://www.buyandsellph.com/buysell/cgi-bin/listads.asp?search=661

ah were you talking about the Canon? Pareho kasing kit lens yung pinost ko. :Grin: Yung isa sa D70s at yung isa sa Canon 350D.

wala na yata..or i am looking at the wrong section..

http://www.buyandsellph.com/buysell/cgi-bin/listads.asp?search=661

im talking about the nikon sir.. yung 18-70 po.. you are selling it po ba?

I thought you were searching for the Canon from Buy and Sell. Well, I'm not selling the Nikon kit lens though. I think you can buy these from the shops in Hidalgo. I heard there will be a rummage sale soon. You might want to check that out. :)

im talking about the nikon sir.. yung 18-70 po.. you are selling it po ba?

wala na yata..or i am looking at the wrong section..

http://www.buyandsellph.com/buysell/cgi-bin/listads.asp?search=661

Mukang may nauna sir