Photographer

Behind the scenes images from the filming of 60 by venn.tv

Posted Sat, 06/20/2009 - 18:04 by Alan

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Venn.tv is due to release a new short called 60 at the 2009 Not Part of Manchester festival.

I've been involved with Venn.tv for a couple of years and progress is picking up again. You can see my previous involvement over at Award Sounds where I've mainly been the composer and audio mixer.
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Lightweight Light Stands

Posted Thu, 06/18/2009 - 12:38 by Alan
Eyeball setting

I've been using my new lightstands for a couple of weeks now. I'm impressed them for the price, but remember that, it's based on the price. They're lightweight and relatively easy, but a bit slow to put up and very, very basic.

Specifications

The stands are the Konig KN-LS10. They have a centre column supported by tripod legs with bracing. The legs fold back onto the centre column reducing the packed length to just over 80cm. Fully extended and they reach to 2m. read more »

First Impressions of the Yongnuo CTR-301p

Posted Thu, 06/18/2009 - 12:36 by Alan
Eyeball setting

I took delivery of the Yongnuo CTR-301P wireless flash trigger and receiver yesterday. So far I like the kit. read more »

Edsel

Posted Mon, 06/01/2009 - 13:30 by Alan
Edsel

Image of a Ford Edsel in Lori's Diner, San Francisco.

Part of the iPhone gallery.

Lords of Light setting2

Posted Mon, 06/01/2009 - 11:44 by Alan
Lords of Light setting2

The set-up for the Lords of Light image.

There's another set-up image at Lords of Light Setting 1.

Lords of Light

Posted Mon, 06/01/2009 - 11:44 by Alan
Lords of Light

This is the Lords of Light image. I was thinking of 1950's science fiction when I planned this. It uses four candle holder/tea-light holders, in a formation of two pairs of two. There are two flashes involved; one Nikon SB600 and one Nikon SB900.

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Stairway to Heaven setting

Posted Mon, 06/01/2009 - 11:44 by Alan
Stairway to Heaven setting

This is the image of the set-up for the Stairway to Heaven image.

In keeping with the theme of using everyday objects, I made use of a central-heating radiator as the staircase. The lights were two unmodified Nikon flashes (one SB600 and one SB900) at a low angle to the radiator. This gave the radiator more depth than you'd usually see due to the increased shadows.

Three other simple techniques were used:

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Stairway to Heaven

Posted Mon, 06/01/2009 - 11:44 by Alan
Stairway to Heaven

Another image in the Different Views series, featuring interesting images using common, everyday objects.

Stairway to Heaven

The image is Stairway to Heaven. I wanted to see lights at the top of a white staircase, with the lights shining down the staircase. read more »

Lords of Light setting1

Posted Mon, 06/01/2009 - 11:44 by Alan
Lords of Light setting1

The set-up for the Lords of Light image.

There's another set-up image at Lords of Light Setting 2.

Eyeball

Posted Mon, 06/01/2009 - 11:44 by Alan
Eyeball

Image of an Eyeball using everyday objects.

Set-up

I used a snowglobe to create this image using two flashes to create a dark background and control the light on the subject. For more information, look at the Eyeball Setting image.

Warehouse Express Generic 728x90