Took a couple stills with my new lighting...

[TROLL]

decided to pull out the new lights last night to try some things... these were the two winners.

http://www.bryantroll.com/other/studiogt30r/gt30r1.jpg

http://www.bryantroll.com/other/studiogt30r/gt30r2.jpg

[Chris_PA]

Second one is awesome

Pics of setup?

[TROLL]

ha... fiiiiiine.

http://www.bryantroll.com/other/studiogt30r/gt30r3.jpg


on the first i was just trying to figure out what distance and what power i needed to white out the background completely... after i achieved that i wanted to see what kind of balance and what distance to work with for a gel to expose properly.

[TalonTsi97]

both them pics look amazing, just liek a advertising pic but actually better then most.
Whose turbo?

[Chris_PA]

pretty sweet
the plexigalass adds a nice touch

[sisforsurfing]

the plexigalass adds a nice touch

Agreed, really cool Bryan. Those are definitely better than most stock photos, no question.
I just started with this type of lighting (but using 3x5 film, haha) I want a setup like that in my house, but our labs will do until I'm out of school.

[CHAOS]

the second picture is beautiful... nice turbo too man lol.. why isnt it on ur car?

[97TurboDSM]

i love the second picture. nice work

[dt98gsr]

Both pics look real good, but I especially like the second one.

Thats a great idea to use the plexi-glass, it gives the image a cool effect. How was the blue background achieved? Color gels?

Keep up the good work.

[TROLL]

because i was waiting for you to buy it :)

part of a perrin gt30r kit that is for sale!! :)

the plexiglass is my little secret, but my tst homies can know about it i suppose. the colored background was done with a gel... pretty straightforward once you get it to look how you want.

thanks for the compliments... it was like 11pm and i was bored so i set it up. i wish i had a room that was a dedicated studio so i didnt have to set it up and break it down every time i wanted to shoot, but oh well.

[GreddySRT]

Damn Chris PA is on this site? He has nice photos on srtforums..not unlike your self Troll. Those pics are great!

[CHAOS]

haha troll.. ill buy it when you cut the price in half.

[05Accent]

very nice pics.. the second one is amazing!!.. great for advertising..

[04BlueSRT4]

Awsome shots...the second one is def the better of the two.

[YellowMSP]

nice pics, i like the second one better. ive been wanting to learn more about lighting but dont have any lights

[teh DIRT]

told you when I saw you but Ill tell you again. Amazing pictures.

question: Is there actually any buisness opportunity for advertising photography? This picture would look great for a retailer's website, just wondering if they would actually hire someone to take pics for them.

[grimm]

told you when I saw you but Ill tell you again. Amazing pictures.

question: Is there actually any buisness opportunity for advertising photography? This picture would look great for a retailer's website, just wondering if they would actually hire someone to take pics for them.

a lot of manufacturer's do.

[S4toSTI]

Why did you blur out your kitchen? Lol cool pics what lens were you using... 17-55 or 50?

[TROLL]

look in the exif data to find out what lens i used :)

i think i had the 12-24 on for the first shot and the 17-55 for the 2nd but i'm not positive. by the way i realized what exif viewer i have on my desktop and i like... its called opanda iexif 2.

as far as getting paid for stuff like this... sure, there's a ton of it out there. retailers wouldnt do it usually, just manufacturers, which means i probably wouldnt get any garrett contracts. something like a local jeweler or craft person, painter, sculpter, or other local 'manufacturer' would definitely need work like this.

and as far as first v. second... i was just going for basics on the first, then i turned up the heat a bit for the second. i like the second one more too, but i was just aiming for a white background on the first which is a very popular look.

[S4toSTI]

I am trying to think of cool stuff to put in there. Yeah i have opanda.

[Jeffros Spec V]

What is the white material?

[grimm]

paper i would assume.

[malloyboy1]

great pics

[TROLL]

its called seamless... its a big roll of paper basically and is a type of backdrop you can use for any variety of things. comes in rolls up to 12' wide...

[grimm]

yea we call it plotter paper at work ;) we have 24" 30" & 36" rolls... tis nice...

[D Money]

Troll, do they make the paper wider? I would like to pose on the paper so it looks like im in a white room.

No, not nude. You're not that lucky.

hahahahahahahahahaha!

[Jeffros Spec V]

its called seamless... its a big roll of paper basically and is a type of backdrop you can use for any variety of things. comes in rolls up to 12' wide...

Troll, do they make the paper wider? I would like to pose on the paper so it looks like im in a white room.

No, not nude. You're not that lucky.

hahahahahahahahahaha!

Up to 12 feet wide.

[D Money]

It was a joke Jeffros. A joke!

[Jeffros Spec V]

It was a joke Jeffros. A joke!


Oh I though you and Raven were planing something....

[Jeffros Spec V]

Inspired I tried some tonight...

I have season one for sale
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e382/Jeffro1122/DSC_0036-1.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e382/Jeffro1122/DSC_0036.jpg
and a turtle
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e382/Jeffro1122/DSC_0014.jpg

[jspek]

white balance is off unless you were going for that extremely warm color setting.

[Jeffros Spec V]

Yeah I was messing around with the white balance but I don't know how that all works so it obv came out worng.

[RichK]

Brian, these look good. The first shot is very nice and the background looks perfect. The second shot however, "showcases" the turbo better with the reflection and gradient background. Product shots usually do nothing for me, but these are great.

[S4toSTI]

Brian, these look good. The first shot is very nice and the background looks perfect. The second shot however, "showcases" the turbo better with the reflection and gradient background. Product shots usually do nothing for me, but these are great.

First rule of tst spelling bryan's name wrong means your old ass gets banned.

[RichK]

First rule of tst spelling bryan's name wrong means your old ass gets banned.

My bad "Sir spells alot". I know you have alot of room to talk since your grammar is so perfect. When you learn to write, you can then teach me how to spell.

Sorry for the mis spelling Bryan. Thank the grammar police in the post above for correcting me.

[TROLL]

ha its all good... thanks for the compliments. i really havent done any still stuff since these shots but i should mess with it more just for practice. maybe we should have a product/still themed photo contest? hmmmm.

[jspek]

im down.

[i like rice]

Instead of paper, you can also go to a fabric shop and purchase a white cotton sheet to use as a background.

[TROLL]

i have one of those too... its not a problem with a black backdrop but when using the white one i have the inevitible folds and ripples always show shadows, thus making it not pure solid white any more.

[On Sale]

My bad "Sir spells alot". I know you have alot of room to talk since your grammar is so perfect. When you learn to write, you can then teach me how to spell.

Sorry for the mis spelling Bryan. Thank the grammar police in the post above for correcting me.

O SNAP!

[vwcorradokid]

ha its all good... thanks for the compliments. i really havent done any still stuff since these shots but i should mess with it more just for practice. maybe we should have a product/still themed photo contest? hmmmm.

That sounds like a plan. I'll set it up if you'd like.

[S4toSTI]

That sounds like a plan. I'll set it up if you'd like.

How about any photo contest.

[vwcorradokid]

How about any photo contest.

I was doing them, then everyone thought I should give others a chance to run them...so I did...and nobody came thru. I'll be more than happy to run them again. I don't mind at all.

[S4toSTI]

I was doing them, then everyone thought I should give others a chance to run them...so I did...and nobody came thru. I'll be more than happy to run them again. I don't mind at all.
Yeah i say do it and make it 2-3 weeks and make it city street photography or something similar the first time.