4 - Production Stage - Actual Shooting & Technique Discussed
by mohd sulhan
After getting the lights ready and the Subjects ready, I placed all the items as per this setup shown. Apologize for the low quality image taken with my Mobile phone.
Figure. 7 - Placements of the setup on a Kitchen top in my hotel room
The
HVL-F56AM/5600HS(D) is used as the back light as its more powerful and
allows better power control as I can manually set the flash Power in "M"
manual mode.
The HVL-F42AM is to be used as the fill in flash. I was holding it
around to get the different lighting effect with respect to the shadow
profile I wanted to get the details out of the subject.
The Two Shots - Trials and Actual
Here is the first trial shot of the Tomato with the lighting to get the lighting I wanted. I Basically held the fill-in flash around till I get the actual position of the highlights I wanted. Ideally, a two tripod setup will be useful but since I have only one, handheld is the best option.
Figure. 8 - The First tomato Trial Photo (Large Version)
After getting the consistencies of the effect I wanted, I then get to the actual shoot of the Sandwich. The sandwich was placed as shown in Figure. 7 earlier. The settings used on my camera as still Aperture Priority + Flash in Wireless.
I tool few rounds of shots, with different aperture settings, to achieve the different effects and results. Here is one of the final Sandwich shot.
Figure. 9 - Final Burger
shot of my Yummy Breakfast (Large Version)
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