http://www.photeric.com/ A supplement to Casting Shadows Photography Copyright 2008 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:07:09 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss kdknv http://www.photeric.com/archives/2008/11/27/12.07.09/ http://www.photeric.com/archives/2008/11/27/12.07.09/ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:07:09 -0500 Ok, So I've been slack on updating the blog for a while. I'll try and get back into it as much as I can. I have some fun photo shoots to show off here like the Charleston Wedding Photo Booth and the time that I spent in the creek with Sheryl and MJ. http://www.photeric.com/archives/2008/11/17/12.12.49/ http://www.photeric.com/archives/2008/11/17/12.12.49/ banter Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:12:49 -0500
Pipe Dream
Originally uploaded by Gaddy | Casting Shadows Pipes... I love them. I love the look of different pipes, I love the feel of them. I enjoy the nostalgia that surrounds the smoking of a pipe. Nothing beats the smell of a good pipe tobacco.

I try to take photos of my pipes a lot... rarely do I like how they come out. While this is not my favorite pipe shot, its one of my better ones.

I used my brown leather chair as the back drop for this. I wanted something to highlight the grain in the pipes up front. I used a DIY beauty light to the right coming just above the pipes. This gave a nice wrap around light.

I also used a flash behind a white umbrelal with a CTO gel on it high and to the right. This gave me a little color separation like an incandescent bulb. It produced some nice reflections on the bag and jar top.

In Photoshop I took it a step further. I wanted it to have an contrasty feel to it and also an old feel. I meticulously dodged and burned places on the image I wanted to either lighten or darken relatively.

After I finished that I applied an action I have saved called High Pass Contrast. You can learn about it here: johnpaulcaponigro.com

I also applied different techniques taken from this tutorial. I highly recommend it. You do not need to own LucisArts plugin to get these effects, but it does make it a lot easier.
Old Together Tutorial
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Ashton Board - Vertical
Originally uploaded by Gaddy | Casting Shadows Here is a photo I made for my brother-in-law's birthday. I used his surf board early one morning when we stayed at my wife's Aunts' and Uncles' beach house.

I think I made it to the beach around 7:00AM but I could be wrong. I carried all my lighting gear, camera gear and the surf board on my bicycle.

For this photo I used a single flash on a stand with a CTO (color temperature orange) gel on the front of it at full power. I think I used the fastest sync speed I could with my camera (1/250th second). I'm pretty sure I had the aperture bumped way up to 16 or higher. That's basically all I did for this photo to capture it.

In Photoshop I did a few things like lighten the board just a bit and darken the sand some. Not much else.

Here is a shot of on of my set ups. Just picture the light stand on the left instead of the right.
]]> http://www.photeric.com/archives/2008/06/04/14.26.56/ http://www.photeric.com/archives/2008/06/04/14.26.56/ setups Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:26:56 -0500 Photeric/think and will now be using this space to document my photo setups. A behind the scenes look at all the things I go through to get a shot.]]> http://www.photeric.com/archives/2008/06/02/15.14.25/ http://www.photeric.com/archives/2008/06/02/15.14.25/ banter Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:14:25 -0500