I found myself stuck for inspiration the other day so I thought I'd get some ideas from other images, but not in the sense of stealing (see below)
StumbleUpon
Stumbleupon was the first place I started looking. By using the toolbar I was able to select Photography (within Art) and only show photos. When I do find an image I like, apart from the thumbs up, I also tend to have a look at the rest of the site. That leads me onto some of the following sites. read more »
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. read more »
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 »
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.
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.
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.
