A skull on the bottom of an antique rosary. This was shot with the same camera set up as the below mushroom bead. This time I back lit through a diffusion screen and put a little fill light onto the front. 2:1 ratio.
This is a glass bead I shot for macro. I used the bellows, a 105mm, and an extension tube. Lit with a speedotron strobe from above through a diffusion screen. Lots of fill cards around the sides, and a black gobo for shading the background. This is 2:1 ratio.
My shoelace eye was the subject in this macro photograph. I lit this with two speedotron heads. One hitting a diffusion screen on the left and the other front lighting with a green gel on it. This macro ratio is about 1.8:1.
Another macro photograph, this time of some wooden toothpicks. This was shot with chrome. Huh? Chrome!! Oh.. This was actually really easy to light, I just used a speedotron, pointing it downward onto the scene. The ratio is around 2.85:1, or 2.85 magnification.
This is Aeshna Isosceles, a dragonfly. I shot this lady with the pb-6 and pb-5 bellows, two extension tubes, and a 105 micro lens. I used Speedo strobes and a homemade soft box to light her, while placing green and red reflective paper under her for accent colors.
This was another "first attempt" in the macro scene. The image is of epidermis on the posterior 3rd phalange. I used the PB-6 and PB-5 Bellows and two extension tubes. In all, there was 470 mm of extension and an 85mm lens, creating roughly a 10:1 ratio. The red granules in the skin are hemangioma, or marks caused by blood vessels close to the skin. I used Speedotrons pumped to F/64
Over the break, I photographed some kitchen interiors that will be used in the showroom of Apex Cabinet Company in Apex, NC. Itwas my first time lighting large interiors on location, so I learned a lot. I used 2 alien bee strobes and 2 broncolor minipuls for the overall light, and then had 2 flashes optically slaved for detailed area illumination. I used a 35mm digital, so it couldn've looked better shot large format, but I was in a hurry.
This was one of my first attempt shots for our macro-photography course. I used the pb-6 bellows, two extension tubes, and the 105 mm micro lens. In all, there was 280.5 mm of extension. I set up the butterfly with a blue piece of foam board behind, which had white spots on it. I was attempting to have the sky look as if it had clouds in it.Nikon D200 - ISO:100 - F/22 @1/250th
Heather Fenske sings a solo during Apex Baptist Church's annual Christmas musical during a matinée performance Saturday the 8th. I didn't light this, but I know the guys who lit this.
This portrait is of my nephew Caleb Moore. He wouldn't sit still until I finally let him play with my banjo, so thats why he has a banjo. I shot this with a white lightning set with attached umbrellas in the living room of my parents house.
Hair mask assignment for Digital Class. This was neat to do, even though the backgrounds weren't the best choice. The model was lit with a Farrell light and fill, while the background was lit with three speedo heads.
Image of Kathryn Tune for the long term portrait assignment. This shot was for the subject's "hobby" portrait, which is climbing. I used a vivitar 285 w/ softbox and available light. Shot on Howard's Knob,in Boone, N.C.
This is a shot of a Black Eyed Susie I did for Large Format portfolio. I attached 3 4x5 Sinar Bellows together to get the macro affect. I used the Farrell strobe to light it and hotlights to focus. Don't ask how long it took to focus 3 bellows.
This is a portrait of Bobby Cox, in his newly completed log cabin. I shot this portrait to be included as part of my "Quick Hit" photo-story for photo-journalism class. I used white lightning strobes to light the background, and a vivitar 285 to light the subject.
The above image was shot for large-format portfolio. This was a macro set-up of colored toothpicks stuck in some Styrofoam. The light source was a Farrell light with some minor fill (too small of an object to noticeably accent). I Flügged a lot to show major distortion and fall-off.
