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  • Tuesday, June 01, 2010

    When Kitty Dukakis is done with the rubbing alcohol

    Grab the empty from her and us a little gaffer tape and tin foil along with a little imagination to build one hell of a nice light modifier that puts the $70.00 Tupperware attachment on notice. 

    So the color temperature of this was brought to question so to do a little back room science I shot a wall with ambient light and the custom white balance to it, then I shot the flash, I then opened the files in photoshop and recorded the colors of the various walls and here are the results:

    Balanced: RED-255 Green-255 Blue-255 (This is white)
    From the end of the bottle: RED-242 GREEN-255 BLUE-255 (Slightly cool, or very light blue)
    From long end of bottle center of flash: RED-172 GREEN-255 BLUE-255 (cool, light blue)
    From long end of bottle edge of flash: RED-111 GREEN-186 BLUE-255 (very cool, dark blue)

    Lesson learned with the rubbing alcohol Stofan, use the custom white balance feature on your camera or use a warming filter over the head inside the bottle.

    2 Comments:

    • At 9:12 PM, Blogger Administrator said…

      I should re shoot it, back it up from the rear wall and set the aperture from F2 to, oh say, f5.6 and focus on a middle area to maximize sharpness through out the subject.

       
    • At 5:19 AM, Blogger Administrator said…

      I think that my next garage solution will be a simulation of window blinds to shoot through for dramatic shadows.

       

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