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Black and Light
As a commercial photographer, I often find I’m switching backgrounds at a fair rate of knots. White, black and grey being the usual suspects. Not really an issue with most things, but anything that needs to be wall mounted is definitely a challenge.
Unlike swapping a backdrop, the “wall” can become peppered with holes in a very short time. And how many boards do I keep already painted, so as the time required to switch over doesn’t include drying time for the paint?
Well, to be honest, I cheat. Yeah, who’da thought it, eh? I use one MDF sheet, and staple coloured paper to it. That’s basically it. It also means I can use wallpaper if necessary, and stapling it stretched tautly would work the same. So, after shooting on white, I simply remove the light, staple black paper, and refit the light. On the light fittings that don’t weigh a vast amlount, I find I can pull the power cable through the hole and clamp it tight from behind, negating the need to drill further holes to fix it to the board. Obviously, if it has decorative screw heads, or the fixing screws are visible, then I have to fix it in place using screws. But I don’t need to do that anywhere near as often as I used to, and it prolongs the life of my “wall” immensely. Not to mention the fact it reduces the time needed to switch the background and fitting by about 50%, sometimes more.
So, that’s how the background is sorted for wall fixed items, so lets move onto the lighting.
As usual when photographing lights, it’s not just the object that’s being sold, but the ambience and lifestyle it projects. This particular light had a very ornamental filament bulb, consequently giving a very warm glow. Quite often, to combine both the ambient light provided by the bulb, and the flash light provided by the Elinchrom studio heads, I have to use a quite slow shutter speed, as explained here :...9Jun 28, 2017 -
German impressions in Japan
My wife spent two months for research in Japan and we would like to share some of her impressions here. Please enjoy watching:
Rainbow bridge and skyline of Tokyo
(Nakasendo;
(Me-taki;
(Magome; image details)11Sep 3, 2017 -
Canada with a bit of Hong Kong
Hello world!
I went to Canada recently for a work conference and I thought... since I've travelled all the way there (about 24 hours flight from Brunei with transit in Hong Kong) might as well stay longer and visit the majestic Canadian Rockies.
I used the Olympus E-M5ii with mainly the Panasonic 7-14mm and Olympus 12-40mm. Some of the pictures I've uploaded on my instagram @syuketron (shameless plug here lol).
Anyway, here are some of pictures taken during the trip, hope you guys enjoy em
Let's start with Vancouver, it's always nice to be high up11Aug 23, 2017 -
A week in the outdoors Wyoming & Colorado 8/20-26 2017 (pic heavy)
Thought I would share some of my vacation photos/experience for anyone who might be thinking about traveling in WY, and might want to check out these fabulous places that are off the beaten path. These places were all new to me and in the case of Medicine bow SP, was something I heard a little about here or on another forum, so thanks to whomever mentioned it and my curiosity paid off.
I spent a week up in WY/CO, Primarily an eclipse chasing trip, but knowing it was only 2:30 minutes, I wanted to return to WY after my first visit 9 yrs ago, so if things went bad weather-wise, I'd still have a fun week away, exploring some of the parts of WY I had not seen. Plus the only cheap flight I could find was to Denver, so that ruled out other places that I haven't visited yet (ID, East OR). And the weather there was most likely to be clear and did not disappoint in that regard.
I had a Very Late arrival in CO, stopped at two Walmarts for supplies (first one was sold out of cheaper sleeping bags, as others had gotten there ahead of me..and many seemed to be camping in the parking lot) and then drove up towards Cheyenne. Slept a few hrs at the welcome center.
EM5 + 17mm F1.8. I hardly used this combo on the trip. Mainly brought it for video of the eclipse.
Most of the photos are with the 12-100 F4 + EM1, which served me perfectly for this trip. I only took the 9-18mm and 17mm F1.8+EM5 for video or supplemental use, but took just a handful of photos with it. Left it in the car all the time.
Sunrise outside Cheyenne7Aug 28, 2017
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