Work today was really busy as usual, dealing with a lot of the usual problems but at least it was only till 4.30. My day was a bit sketchy with my bank card refusing to work. I called the bank and they said it was fine but they would order me a new one and I should try it in a RBS machine to see if it will work. which it didn't, was able to take money out though from inside the bank which means I was able to eat spaghetti bolognese with Meatballs mmmm
So as I still had to deliver at least one image I decided after dinner to play around with my lighting. I chose the subject of a pair of 3D glasses just cause they remind me of the 80s I guess. I suspended a sheet of white art paper from my TV, held up by ornaments and pushed the coffee table up close and put a smaller piece of card to make it all white and professional looking. I wanted to get black as well but the Art shop was shut and the stationary store was out of black.
Everything was going well, even got my remote triggers working sweet with my Flash unit off the camera, so set up the light put in a new bulb, switch it on, nothing? What the hell? Took it out put in the other new bulb, switched it on, BOOM! Damn that is £10.99 down the tubes. I think one of the lighting units could be faulty so I set up the other one, what have I got to loose right?
This time it works and I spend the next hour and a half playing around with settings trying to get a feel for what I want to achieve. I guess I was looking to create a simple image with all being white, but really vibrant red and blue lenses. then I played around with light position to create some shadow which I think worked.
This was my first attempt at messing around with lights at home and I had fun, I will continue to mess around with different subjects to learn more and more.
I am going to chill out now and watch a new series about Zombies called the Walking Dead.
R
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