Indoor Pictures of woods

[2005huysmans]

hi rasputin
your photo are very wonderful and realistic
manu

[arab warrior]

It looks like a very nice scene!
There's a lot of depth and the colors go very well together.
The sheet of paper is very professional and LARGE!!
If i could give a tip on how i would perfect the picture, is that i would use a separate light like Gordon says and try NOT to use flash unless absolutely necessary.
Flash can help, but only if you have a good separate flash (not the one on your camera) and deflect the flashlight through a white sheet of paper or ceiling

Thank you for the kind words. The track is there due to a story I am going to do so I am trying to get the camera angles just right. At first the camera flash kept catching on the brass and giving the picture a shinny spot. I have a lot to learn

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

[Gepetto]

It is looking very good Rasputin, you are a quick study! The backdrop looks very nice, Feather's idea of using photocopies of photos of her trees to fill in the backdrop was a clever way to extend the trees into the background but your setup looks very nice! 


Gepetto

[Rasputin]

It looks like a very nice scene!
There's a lot of depth and the colors go very well together.
The sheet of paper is very professional and LARGE!!
If i could give a tip on how i would perfect the picture, is that i would use a separate light like Gordon says and try NOT to use flash unless absolutely necessary.
Flash can help, but only if you have a good separate flash (not the one on your camera) and deflect the flashlight through a white sheet of paper or ceiling

Hi Arab

I used to use a great 35mm camera that had a large seperate flash and it was adjustable and on its own caddy that screwed into the bottom of the camera w/handle. I will try the lights like you and Gordon suggest and I will use defusing paper with them. The tiny flash on this  compact small digital camera is what makes them a love hate relation ship. I get instant results in a small portable unit but little control and settings.

Keep the ideas and tips coming
Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

[Rasputin]

It is looking very good Rasputin, you are a quick study! The backdrop looks very nice, Feather's idea of using photocopies of photos of her trees to fill in the backdrop was a clever way to extend the trees into the background but your setup looks very nice! 


Gepetto

Thanks Gepetto

   I did really like her tree print. So much so I actually inquired into companies that specializes in large prints of a pictures . I thought of trying to make one also. Feathers idea is so good I am still looking in to it

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

Rasputin "The Mad Monk"

[Martin Milner]

Excellent setup Ras!  I didn't realise the background paper was curved, so you did a good job with hanging it evenly. What is it suspended from?

One comment, the tree in front of the house is showing the underside of the leaves on the left, it would be better to hide that somehow as it detracts fractionally from the shot.
Tim is the artistic photographer, I'm just co-developing the story, but I've got a cpolue of thigs to addd.

For our Pirates storyline Tim has been using reflected light to get a diffuse light, he uses an uplighter lamp and the light bounces off the white ceiling. That gives negligible shadows, which works nicely for our Carribean setting. His background, like yours, is blue paper, hung from the wall from a feature rail near the ceiling with tape. Your solutionj there works very well.

I'm hoping in a couple of months to start a similar photographic layout so I can take photos like yours and Tim's that don't have everyday objects in the background, though that is of course an acceptable style and I will continue to use it as well.
  

[playmovictorian]

Really nice picture & set up Ras 

I love the flooring 

Karim

[Rasputin]

Hi Martin

Excellent setup Ras!  I didn't realise the background paper was curved, so you did a good job with hanging it evenly. What is it suspended from?

I built a frame on the top edge and screwed the clothes line clips to it. I clipped a sheet first to give the paper a backing

One comment, the tree in front of the house is showing the underside of the leaves on the left, it would be better to hide that somehow as it detracts fractionally from the shot.
Tim is the artistic photographer, I'm just co-developing the story, but I've got a cpolue of thigs to addd.

I did not notice the tree? I will look closer at each detail as I go and correct the ones spotted.

For our Pirates storyline Tim has been using reflected light to get a diffuse light, he uses an uplighter lamp and the light bounces off the white ceiling. That gives negligible shadows, which works nicely for our Carribean setting. His background, like yours, is blue paper, hung from the wall from a feature rail near the ceiling with tape. Your solutionj there works very well.

 

I am used to natural lighting and moving subjects. Indoor still photography is quite different and there are a lot of lighting challenges. I am looking for a effective, cheep, preferably w/dimmer, clip on light I can have above the table and then I intend on using reflector paper.

Thanks for the tips
Rasputin  "The Mad Monk"

[Justindo]

Very nice scene, Rasputin!  Excellent phography and mise en scene.

[Martin Milner]

I did not notice the tree? I will look closer at each detail as I go and correct the ones spotted.

Tim and I did the photos for another pirates episode a couple of weekends ago, and soon I hope to find time to finish going through the shots and picking the ones for the story. Tim takes 4 or 5 shots for every one we use, sometimes almost identical, sometimes from different angles or a with different focus. There are usually plenty of shots with bits of non-Playmo in, like a bit of the table edge or a Martin hand diving in to move a klicky, or a bit where the background sheet didn't reach far enough and we got room instead.