Nicely done, Joel, and interesting subjects. And, they stand still for
retakes! :-)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 3/6/2014 7:07 AM, DZDub wrote:
> With cabin fever raging last weekend, I decided to photograph some of my
> wife's Japanese dolls. She doesn't really collect them but her mother
> passed them to her at some point. There are also some kokeishi dolls (wood
> figures) that a friend of mine gave us when she was cleaning out her
> parents' things -- souvenirs from a trip to Japan.
>
> Equipment: E-5 with Leica D 14-150, two T32s with Olympus dedicated ND
> filters.
>
> Setup: pretty simple. flashes equidistant from subject, flash on the
> right the main light, fill ratio (1 stop) controlled by the ND filter
> difference. The flashes were not tethered. The main light was actually a
> slave (but I could have easily done it the other way around). The fill
> light was off-camera, connected to the shoe with a shoe cord.
>
> Variants: there is one lit entirely by north window light and no flash.
> The large kokeishi group is ambient lighting with bounced fill (off the
> ceiling).
>
> Personally, my favorite is the one without flash. :( The setup seems
> pretty easy and effective to me, but controlling background is a
> challenge. I used colored foam boards about half the time, which then
> makes shadows a factor. This one and to the right:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11692
>
> C & C welcome. TIA.
>
> Joel W.
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