Pixel Darkroom Photography

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Strobist info: 580 EX II via on camera 580 EX II right below candle holder.

Today we went and visited some great friends where we had dinner. Jacob makes an amazing Caesar Salad and while he was preparing it, I was playing with the candles that Claudia arranged on the table and was working on getting today’s shot. When he was done, I put the salad on the table instead, bounced a flash on the ceiling and had this shot by the fourth frame. The “original” shot is somewhere else. It’s interesting how I like the non setup stuff better. I like the mix of colours here – candle light with bounced flash. I’ll talk about color temperature some other time. Suffice it to say that the candle light appears very very warm, while the flash, which is supposed to imitate daylight appears much cooler when combined with candle light in the same frame.
Here goes Caesar Salad à la Jacob. Day 87.

Strobist info: 580 EX bounced into ceiling.

I promise I’ll leave the rotten pumpkin be. I’m not too particularly excited about this shot, and I have not gotten the results I was hoping for, even though the setup did include some over the top improvisations. When I say “over the top” I mean that I put the light over the top of the bunk bed, through a clear plastic ziplock bag because it was raining. I was on the bottom floor on the ground synchronizing the lights via PW. The rain wasn’t strong enough and it didn’t show in the final image. I thought about taking the hose out but figured it would be too much of a hassle right now. This is a learning process after all and I figured it was enough learning for one day. I mean I did figure out how to stick the flash out the kids bedroom window… right? I think that should count. There goes day fourteen.

Strobist info: 580 EX at 1/4 shoot trough ziplock bag on the top floor, PW. Setup shot here.