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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.

Martin Prihoda shares more of his professional photography knowledge & experience with us. He describes his equipment used for the photo shoot of the Delirium music band. He uses a large beauty dish as an overhead for the top light. For the sides, he uses a pair of 600 watt mono lights with probably an acetate screen placed in front of them to soften & distribute the light. He probably leaves the soft boxes at his studio because I for one know that it is hard to fix together after dismantling them. Also included is Martin shoeing off his big Honda generator. He is a devout believer in bringing your own power. As you can see the photo results are dramatic, suitable for a music group album cover or magazine pages. Tune IN!

Greenfield Sanders shows us his definition & how he takes the perfect portraits of his clients in his studio. His studio is fairly large with all sorts of professional photography equipment like the large background stand & etc. In the YouTube video he also explains why to some extent that his photography seems pretty much like taking the same photos over & over again.

From my understanding of his explanation, Greenfield Sanders his ideal of the perfect portrait has a limited scope. Then again, it is probably that his clients want no more than the classic portrait style of photos. Greenfield Sanders is an accomplished portrait photographer with clients of the rich & famous like Ben Stiller, Muhammad Ali, political figures, & etc; much like how the portrait painters of the previous centuries. Tune IN!