16 Aug 2011

Still Life - Taken with a Nikon F801s


An old photo taken with a Nikon F801s and a junky Quantaray 35-80 zoom, in the late afternoon sun. This was my first attempt at a still life just after I had bought my very first SLR. While not a great photo in technical and artistic terms, it still holds a special place for me.

13 Aug 2011

Seamless White Background - How To

Just in case anybody was wondering how complicated it is to do a seamless white background product photo shot like the one below, I have included a shot at the bottom of this post to show how simple it can be done.


...and the promised setup shot:


Really not complicated at all! The flash was triggered via Nikon's cool CLS system. The groovy light stand is explained at another post here.