Vsick

Love/Desire

Hulk?

My Third Eye

Wine Splash

Eskimo

Truman show

You may notice the blue light on my back and arm and assume it was a blue gel but it wasn't.  I used the in-camera white balance to make the light blue by setting it to tungsten.  To make the light on my face a normal color(tungsten) I used a CTO gel.

Eat What Makes You Happy

Junkie

Lightbox

If you've ever wondered how photographers get clean, almost perfectly white images(such as the one above)...this is the post for you. It is actually a really easy setup and the only part that takes some time is the construction of a box. In the photo below you can see that there is a white box, or lightbox. We call it this because it is used to spread the light and produce shadow free images. This is ideal when taking photos of products, food, and whatever other creative subjects you can come up with. I built my box out of foam board used for school projects. I cut it to a size that would work for me(about 20"x30"x20') and super-glued the edges without leaving any cracks. Then made it very resilient by adding JB Weld to the outside seams(looks messy but only the inside needs to be clean). For the lighting I use my umbrellas to cleanly diffuse the light throughout the box at about 1/4 power. Note...this will not be the standard power setting in all conditions. Well that's it...good luck!

Food 1

One of the most common subjects for me to practice my strobing is food for my girlfriend's blog. So naturally I will start off my newest blog with some info on how to produce an appealing photo of food. First off, if you can shoot with natural light, do it. Natural light is much more appealing to the eye and just seems cleaner which when photographing food, is necessary. Unfortunately many of my photos are taken at night so you need to change your white balance to the respective setting(i.e. tungsten, fluorescent, etc.). Also, composition is important so place the food in an appealing bowl or on a plate that sits on a preferably textured surface(shirt, pillow case, some sort of cloth or even wood). I always like to set up the shot before the food is ready so it doesn't get cold and the girlfriend doesn't get impatient. Well I'll get down to the intentions of the blog which happen to be lighting not compositional value. Below you will see the setup used for the Bacon Mac photo seen above.

Teach through images

Welcome to my new blog, well consider it an extension of my other one, Brad Perkins Imaging. The goal of this new addition is to provide you with information regarding the strobist variables such as flash settings and gear setups so you can learn in a manner that may be easier for you to understand. The diagrams provided are in no way the only way to go about lighting a subject to make a more dynamic photo, they are just my take on the matter. Also, I wanted to create something that I could easily upload the strobist info to without causing a bunch of clutter on my flickr page. I hope this information will be helpful and that you will be able to light easier after looking at my examples!