-=5D CLASSIC admirers, assemble! (4)

lostid wrote in post #10556789

the rock almost looks 3d

Bueno from Southern California.

Hotter the a well diggers butt out here but seeing my boys make it bearable. 103 in temecula yesterday. you dont need expensive studio gear to take great portraits, but it does help. for under $100.00 you can go to home depot, get some shop lights on a stand. they will light up your area to about f/11. they run about 69.00. go to the bath department and get a solid white cloth bath curtin, go to building department and get 2 foam core boards, stop by the automotive department and pick up a silver windshield relfector, stop by hardware and grab (4) .99 cent clamps.

Now go home, turn the shop lights up full blast, hang the shower curtin infront on the lights, take your 99cent clamps and clamp the shower curtin to your garage rafter, take your 2 foam boards and tape them together so they look like a V, put your girlfriend in the middle, get the curtins as close as possible so the light wraps around her and fire away. you will probably see shadows on the side of her face oppiset from the light sorce, take your $4.00 car windshielkd reflector and bounce some light back into her eyes----trust me its bulletproof. makes for awesome shots.......ask alejanddro for some pointers,,,and your on your way.

check out don Gianatti and his site. there are all kinds of free tutorials to show you how to light with this $100.00 set up

mehran.mo wrote in post #10552722
Yesterday my girlfriend and her friend had their makeup done by Clinique and wanted to enter this contest so I was to take a photo of them. Only problem is that I have nothing remotely close to a studio. This is totally makeshift. Any tips for future endeavorers would be greatly appreciated.

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Love that one lostid..

Im digging in the archives (work + really bad weather = no photo)..

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umphotography wrote in post #10558020
Bueno from Southern California.

Hotter the a well diggers butt out here but seeing my boys make it bearable. 103 in temecula yesterday. you dont need expensive studio gear to take great portraits, but it does help. for under $100.00 you can go to home depot, get some shop lights on a stand. they will light up your area to about f/11. they run about 69.00. go to the bath department and get a solid white cloth bath curtin, go to building department and get 2 foam core boards, stop by the automotive department and pick up a silver windshield relfector, stop by hardware and grab (4) .99 cent clamps.

Now go home, turn the shop lights up full blast, hang the shower curtin infront on the lights, take your 99cent clamps and clamp the shower curtin to your garage rafter, take your 2 foam boards and tape them together so they look like a V, put your girlfriend in the middle, get the curtins as close as possible so the light wraps around her and fire away. you will probably see shadows on the side of her face oppiset from the light sorce, take your $4.00 car windshielkd reflector and bounce some light back into her eyes----trust me its bulletproof. makes for awesome shots.......ask alejanddro for some pointers,,,and your on your way.

check out don Gianatti and his site. there are all kinds of free tutorials to show you how to light with this $100.00 set up

Thanks for the great tips! I have to get busy now. I really appreciate it.

allright thisis my first post on here with my 5d. i got it about 3 weeks ago but had not had a whole lot of time to shoot and we were out and saw this perfect oppurtunity to take this picture. i know its not great but i like the way it ended up looking. lens was a 50mm f1.4 all pp was done with cs5 and some of the totally random actions.

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imposterjeff wrote in post #10558365
allright thisis my first post on here with my 5d. i got it about 3 weeks ago but had not had a whole lot of time to shoot and we were out and saw this perfect oppurtunity to take this picture. i know its not great but i like the way it ended up looking. lens was a 50mm f1.4 all pp was done with cs5 and some of the totally random actions.

Wellcome! Be warned, this thread is addictive.

mehran.mo wrote in post #10558388
Wellcome! Be warned, this thread is expensive.

Fixed^^^

sevillafox wrote in post #10559726
Fixed^^^

are you still sore about getting convinced to buy a 135L?

She was until she finally took the damn thing out of the box and used it...!

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #10559854
She was until she finally took the damn thing out of the box and used it...!

LOL!