Having fun

The final photo is a lot different from my initial idea which was a scary/horror scene. Simply because I can't hide under the table as expected. So I switch to this fun idea (hah, my wife is not at home, coincidentally).

(Olympus E520, Zuiko 12-60mm. Self-timer)

The lighting is pretty simple. One light (FL-36R) behind the monitor, CTB, at full power. One light (FL-50R) on camera-left, snoot tight, CTO, at 1/8 power.

It took me one and a half hour (11pm to 0h30) for shooting. Couple of hours to process, mainly for cloning "unwanted items". Big lesson: you'd better get it right in-camera, especially the props, or wasting your time fixing it later.

Sometimes, it's just for fun & that's enough!

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Through the bus's window

It was raining heavily outside.

My favorite part when sitting on a bus under this weather is to look out through the window. I see blurred images passing by, or raindrops rolling - leaving random traces on the window's glass. Things happen subtly and everyone follow their own thoughts...

For this moody scene, simplicity works best...

(Olympus E520, Zuiko 12-60mm, manual focus)

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Finding the light

It is not always convenient to bring lighting equipments around every time you take photo. In many cases, we find ourselves in the situation of struggling on how to use available light at best. "Finding the light" to me is a technique (or a way of thinking) to connect the available light sources to create a good photograph.

The photograph below was taken by Admiré on my sister wedding (she is beautiful, right?). She sat near to the only window in the room, during her make-up. The only light source outside is the sunlight reflected on my neighbor's house which is painted in pink color. Single "soft-box" with "pink" gel! The background is lit by the same window light, just darker due to the "inverse-square law". The gradient in the background nicely lead my attention to the subject. Simple & nice!

(Canon 40D, 17-55mm f2.8)

I took the photo of Admiré (below) in Venice at around 5-6pm. I brought no flash, just a Canon 40D and 85mm f1.8 lenses. Hard sunlight positioned high above became hair-light & key. Reflective surface of the chair acted as fill light (well, you're right, red-cast needs to be removed). Few minutes later, the light was gone as the sun went down :)

(Canon 40D, 85mm f1.8)

Just some thoughts I have when going through our archived photos today. I would love to have your inputs in this topic, like let us see your photo where you "find the light" in the comment section ;)

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Some other photos I found relevant to this topic. Hope the owners won't mind :)

From DoubleVirgo

From NamTP