..MONEY EYES (formerly MOUTH)

Thinking of buying a flash gun? Well, do take a look at the below video so you will be more informed regarding your purchase. Basically, the video shows you how to use a flash gun. A flash gun is different than the external flash units which fit on the hot shoe of normal DSLRs that you see nowadays.

It’s bigger & is attached to the camera with a frame that positions the flash unit over at the site. As in the below video, the camera woman uses a manual focus lens & adjusts it to sync with the flash gun. Nowadays, many people use automatic lens except for the old school photographers. Nonetheless, one can learn a few things like using a flash meter in photography & receive some tips about using flash in photography. Tune IN!

The below left is just another photo result of me playing around with the flash lighting studio equipment. Tell me what you think, guys. I was trying to achieve a photo effect that I saw on a Tutorial Video : episode 15 , studio lighting basics for shiny metal & reflections; at prophotolife.com like on the right photo. I must admit that I did not quite get the desired effect.

More so, the dude in the video was using a wide lens & I used a normal 14-42mm lens on my DSLR which is the main reason why the photo above is missing the magic touch to transcend itself to the amazing photos level. Either that or his cheese grater is of a better make than mine & he uses a darker background.

*chuckle* )))))

Well, I don’t care much about the missing ingredient (wide angle lens) because at least I picked up a trick or two about using white boards to reflect light, camera position, & background lighting. Photography activities like in studio shooting is fun & interesting as an extra curricular activity for me. No plans to go pro; I can’t see myself as a professional photographer but it’s sure a fun hobby to tinker around with once in a while.

The above picture is one taken without any studio lighting & only a diffused on camera flash from my DSLR. Basically, I was bored & having one of those days where you run out of ideas for photo subject material. The above picture is I think, not one of the best of the Mysterious Ball series. Nonetheless, the use of only a flash diffuser provides a subtle glow for setting a centrally focused sunset mood. Oh, who am I kidding?

I just post the picture to show you readers some of the extra photos I took for stock selling online. I only select the photos which I think are the best for stock photography sales. Touching it up would not be worth my while it in my opinion because the lighting is not conceptual enough to bring out the subject matter commercially. Whoops, I’m blabbing again. Sorry. Anyway, one copy of the above subject matter did sell over at Shutterstock & it was a well lighted one.