I don't know where you got the idea that you don't have much to contribute, but thats a load of crock. I've shot film for a long time and only went digital last year December. I've thrown out nothing that I've know about photography just because there's no film in the camera....there's lots of things that you've probally forgotten about photography that some of us never even knew existed...so for the newbies like myself please keep on...
Will contact Calumet's for a catalog, I like the ice cubes so far....its going to be an expensive month.... Feroze graywolf wrote: > Thanks, your reply makes me feel good, because I do not feel like I have > much to offer since this became a digital list. > > Probably the best thing I can tell you is get Calumet's full catalog it > has all kinds of things in it for the product photographer you did not > know existed. Probably have to call them, I think if you order it off > the web they will just send you the flyers. > > You might want to see if you can not find a good book on "Product > Photography", unfortunately I do not know of anything currently in > print. Not saying there is not, I just have not been keeping up. Seems > like there should be something for this digital age out there. > > -graywolf > > > Feroze wrote: > >> That has to be the coolest thing I've seen so far for products, thanks. >> What other pearls of wisdom can you pass on.... >> >> graywolf wrote: >> >>> Studio types us what is called dulling spray. Here is a link: >>> >>> http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/BR1115/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Feroze wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi Don, >>>> >>>> Shiny gold and silver are even harder :) My main problems at the moment >>>> are eliminating the reflections of the light stands, the camera, me on >>>> very shiny gold bands, hence the light tent. Please explain how you set >>>> the WB from the fabric. WB is my bug bear at the moment. Its driving me >>>> nuts. As for composition, I have a pair of 150W studio lights and just >>>> use the modeling lights to check for shadows. However I am not carrying >>>> around all this equipment, I have to look at these florescent lights >>>> >>>> Feroze >>>> >>>> Don Sanderson wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Feroze. >>>>> I too use the EZ-Cube with 3 cheap compact florescents in white >>>>> reflectors. >>>>> These bulbs were $15.00 US for the 3 and last a very long time. >>>>> I set manual WB once from the white material of the cube and haven't had >>>>> to reset it in well over 2 years. I shoot strictly jpegs for eekBay stuff. >>>>> Daylight balanced bulbs are a bit more money but would allow you to shoot >>>>> with a preset, rather than manual, WB. Auto WB has never worked well for >>>>> me in this application. >>>>> The biggest advantage to this (vs flash) is being able to see, and >>>>> eliminate, >>>>> shadows before exposure. Since my items are all different colors, shapes >>>>> and >>>>> sizes, this saves me a LOT of time. >>>>> >>>>> The results are consistently very good, here's an example of a difficult >>>>> 'subject': >>>>> http://www.donsauction.com/PDML/Super-A.jpg >>>>> Shiny, all black cameras with just a bit of chrome are very hard to shoot. >>>>> >>>>> Don >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >>>>>> Feroze >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:17 PM >>>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> Subject: Light Tent / Box >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I've bought this : http://www.ezcube.com/. I'm trying to build a little >>>>>> portable kit where I can go to the customer and shoot his jewellery, >>>>>> some of their insurance dose not apply off the premises and some are >>>>>> just to valuable to move around (I don't want to take the risk). Would a >>>>>> normal flash (I have one fgz360 so far) be suitable as a light source >>>>>> for this? Daylight bulbs are very hard to get here, and I'm really >>>>>> struggling to get a proper WB on my K10D so I'm trying to avoid >>>>>> florescent or other light sources. >>>>>> >>>>>> I can't test it as its still in transit, tought I get the rest of the >>>>>> stuff together.... >>>>>> >>>>>> Your advice and past experiences is highly appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>> Feroze >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
