The Making Of LE52Weeks-3 Still Life Assignment

LE52Weeks-3 Still Life Assignment, originally uploaded by Jon W. Howson.

Set-up Shot:

As you can see from the set-up image, I am using a DIY Light box, made from cutting two sides out and taping bits of white bed sheets to these areas. Inside the box, on the top side is a white poster-board to aid with reflecting light. There are two different coloured backgrounds in use, a white and a black ground, that are taped in place.

Two speedlights are placed at 45degress to the box, both set to E-TTL and dialled down -1 by using the Flash Exposure Compensation on the Master, non-firing flash sat on camera.

Result:

Post Processing:

Processed using Scott Kelby's 7 Point System that includes:

1. Adobe Camera Raw Processing
2. Curves Adjustment
3. Channel Adjustments (LAB colour/Apply Image)
4. Shadow/Highlight
5. Painting with Light
6. Layer Blend Modes & Layer Masks
7. Sharpening Techniques

Then finally the image is inserted into the layout to get the image at the top of the post.

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The Benjamin Kanarek Blog West East Magazine Fashion Beauty Photography Contest

For those photographers who are looking to launch their career in fashion or beauty photography, please take a look at The Benjamin Kanarek Blog West East Magazine Fashion Beauty Photography Contest/

Good luck to all those who enter.

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Abigail Wearing Four Items Of Her Hand Crafted Jewellery

Abigail Wearing Four Items Of Her Hand Crafted Jewellery, originally uploaded by Jon W. Howson.

In the image is Abigail Ivall, a local silversmith and jewellery maker based in Sheffield, wearing four items of her hand crafted jewellery. To see more of her work, please head over to my facebook photography page for more examples.

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52 - A Project For Photographers

Recently I have been looking at pushing my photography a bit further, hopefully into the realms of paid work and assignments. With this in mind, the appearance of Don Giannatti, of Lighting Essentials, and his project for the year, 52 A Project For Photographers: Assignments, Discussions, Critiques, and Portfolio Building seems to be right up my street.

The structure of the project is that there will be a new assignment each Monday. The list for January is:

Assignment 1: Mission Statement
January 3, 2011

Assignment 2: Portrait of a Stranger
January 10, 2011

Assignment 3: Still Life
January 17, 2011

Assignment 4: Environment and the Weather
January 24, 2011

For more details about the particular assignments, head over to Lighting Essentials

So, be on the look out for my first assignment, the mission statement, in the near future. It would be appreciated if you could leave encouragement, advice, constructive criticism to help push me to be the best photographer I can be. Thanks!

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