Picture of Dorian Gray

By Scott Lewis on February 27, 2013

This week I continued my Monday night studio project with Vincent as model and Stephanie as guest photographer. A few months ago Vincent suggested a shoot based on Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. I jumped at the chance to do this shoot as the concept fitted will to a few ideas I have had floating around in the back of my head for a while now. It also bought back memories of when I read the book during a backpacking trip from Sydney to Perth way back in the mid 90’s. The concept behind this shoot was then to portray a journey of self destruction through light and lens choice, I also wanted to keep the lighting at around constant f8 (we actually shoot between f7.1 and 9) so that there was a continuation look and feel through out the night.

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No Problem Praha….

By Scott Lewis on February 23, 2013

Last week we were in Prague (Old Town) for a few days, I don’t think the temperature got above -1°c. I intended to shoot mostly monotone (Black and White) for several reasons.

The sky was always overcast and non-existent in any colour images.
The Prague atmosphere and Monotone fit well together
Low light just makes a black and white image moody
I constantly shoot colour in the studio and wanted a total change
I find that colours can be terribly distracting in some images and can take the focus away from your subject
I wanted to shoot based on composition and contrast
You can often turn a drab colour shot into a cool black and white.
It’s classic and elegant, even romantic and special.

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This entry is filed under Photo trip and tagged "lightroom", 17-35mm, 24-70mm, 30mm, 50mm, B&W, Black, Bohemia, Bridge, Charles, czech, Karl, Karlsbrücke, Moldau, monotone, NEX, No, Old, Praha., Praug, Prauge, Problem, RAW, Republic, Sigma, Sony Alpha, Town, Vltava, White, xxx, zeiss. | 5 Comments

New Sony Cameras, Lenses and accessories announced

By Scott Lewis on February 20, 2013

70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM II

Last year I was looking at getting the 70-400 but waited when i was told there would be a new version early this year. The revised 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II is ideal for capturing wildlife and action-packed sports. The upgraded super-telephoto zoom builds further on the premium performance of its predecessor with enhanced optics and faster, more responsive auto-focus. With its new LSI drive circuit, auto-focus speed of the SSM (Super Sonic Wave Motor) is around four times quicker than before. Teamed with enhanced tracking AF, the upgraded lens is now even more suitable for capturing stills and Full HD video of fast-moving subjects.

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Tips and Tricks for using Sony Alpha SLT cameras

By Scott Lewis on February 20, 2013

Tips and Tricks for using Sony Alpha SLT cameras

Most of the instruction describe the A77 but aren’t necessarily just for the A77.

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This entry is filed under D.I.Y, Internet life and tagged A33, A37, A55, A57, A65, A77, A99, Alpha, cameras, How to, instructions, SLT, Sony, Sony Alpha, Tips, Tricks, TTips. | 2 Comments

Nosferatu

By Scott Lewis on February 18, 2013

I’m back, last week we were away and i didn’t get the blog finished in time so here are the photos from last Monday night shoot. Mr. JK joined me with 2 creatures of the night to shoot more low key based portraits.

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This entry is filed under lightGIANTS, Portrait Session and tagged 1.4, 2.8, 200ws, 24-70mm, 3.5, 400ws, 50mm, 85mm, Alpha, aperture, barn doors, barndoors, Blog, blood, Bowens, Bram Stoker, Camera, Carmilla, Colour, Dark, depth of field, diagram, Dracula Gith, eye, eyelashes, Eyes, f, flash, Flickr Klub, gell, Gothic, honeycomb grid, How to, Karlsruhe, lightGIANTS, Lighting, Lilith, Lord Byron, Low key, Manananggal, minimalistic, Monoblock, Nosferatu, open, photo, Photography, portrait, Rembrandt, setup, Soft box, Sony, standard reflector, stop, Strobist, Studio, sylights, True, Twilight, undead, vampires, Vampyre, van, von, zeiss. | 2 Comments

Applying make-up during the infancy of film

By Scott Lewis on February 8, 2013

I found this while searching for some extreme make up tips (for project shoots latter this year). For fom reason i thought it was cool and would shear it with the world. It is an early guideline for applying make-up during the infancy of film. Colors and bone structure had to be exaggerated and contradictory for the lighting and cameras to broadcast a natural look.

Translate this page with google

This entry is filed under D.I.Y, Internet life and tagged Black, Colour, during, film, infancy, Make up, White.

Cat van Dark

By Scott Lewis on February 6, 2013

This week I was in the studio with Cat van Dark and Lennart. The shoot concept was to shoot a few portraits with very minimalistic lighting. I’m a bit fan of narrow depth of field portraits and wanted to create a lighting style that had a low key look.

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This entry is filed under lightGIANTS, Portrait Session and tagged 1.4, 2.8, 200ws, 24-70mm, 3.5, 400ws, 50mm, 85mm, Alpha, aperture, barn doors, barndoors, Blog, Bowens, Camera, Cat, Colour, Dark, depth of field, diagram, eye, eyelashes, Eyes, f, flash, Flickr Klub, gell, honeycomb grid, How to, Karlsruhe, Lennart, lightGIANTS, Lighting, minimalistic, Monoblock, open, photo, Photography, portrait, setup, Soft box, Sony, standard reflector, stop, Strobist, Studio, van, von, zeiss. | 5 Comments

A Guide to Guide numbers

By Scott Lewis on February 4, 2013

Guide numbers are the common method of comparing the relative powers of different flashes. The value is found experimentally by firing the flash at maximum power at a subject which is a fixed distance from the flash. With no other source of light, a flash meter is used to obtain an optimum aperture for a “correct exposure”, which is of course slightly subjective. Similarly a camera could be used, and photographs compared for the best exposure, although there would be significant complication introduced by having to take additional account of reflectance of the subject being photographed and the distance from the camera to the subject.

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Dirndl…

By Scott Lewis on January 31, 2013

Servus und Grüß Gott… This weeks Monday night studio shoot based around the Dirndl. A dirndl [ˈdɪʁndl̩] is a type of traditional dress worn in Germany, especially Bavaria Liechtenstein, Austria, and South Tyrol. To keep things authentic dirndl designer Dianna Jones modelled her own outfits, and Austrian photographer Christian joined me for the shoot.

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This entry is filed under lightGIANTS, Portrait Session and tagged "lightroom", 85mm, 900, alpen, Alpha, Austria, Bavaria Liechtenstein, Beer, Bier, Black, Blog, blue, Bowens, Bundesflagge, Camera, Digital, dirndl, flash, Forest, foto, Germany, Gingerbread, Gold, Habsburg, Handelsflagge, Karlsruhe, lebkuchen, Lederhosen, Lederhosenträger, lightGIANTS, Lighting, München, Munich, Oktoberfest, Pink, portrait, Prussia, red, Schwarzwälder Tracht, Schwarzwäldertracht, Silk, Sony, South Tyrol, Studio, Trachtenhüte, Trachtenschuhe, Trachtensocken, Weimar Republic, zeiss. | 6 Comments

Strobist kit in a bag…

By Scott Lewis on January 25, 2013

Intro

I actually didn’t intend to “win” this item on E-Bay. It was one of those ahh just bid on it for fun. And I won at half the normal kit price.

I thought it was a cool idea for a “starter kit” (which I don’t actually need, so lets call it a “booster pack”), but I also didn’t want to pay the normal E-Bay full price of 99€. I paid just over 50€ including postage. It contains all the basics a strobist kit would need, and it all packs away in one small carry bag.

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This entry is filed under Internet life, Review and tagged Cactus, Colour, filters, flash, kit, Lighting, Magic, Mobile, PT-04, Receiver, Snoot, Softbox, Speedlight, sticky, Strobist, Studio, tape, Trigger, Tripod, Umbrella, YONGNUO.

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Picture of Dorian Gray

No Problem Praha….

New Sony Cameras, Lenses and accessories announced

70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM II

Tips and Tricks for using Sony Alpha SLT cameras

Tips and Tricks for using Sony Alpha SLT cameras

Nosferatu

Applying make-up during the infancy of film

Cat van Dark

A Guide to Guide numbers

Dirndl…

Strobist kit in a bag…

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