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eriquito
April 18th, 2010, 02:07 PM
As they say: Necessity if the mother of invention =)

I desperately wanted to photograph the pen stand that my father had made for me, but I had no "legitimate" lighting equipment... so I searched the house!

As you can see in the photo of the set-up, I used four beer glasses (hoping for some headroom), a white t-shirt that I sacrificed for the project (it had to be cut in order to be useful), some painter's tape to hold things in place, two shop-lights from the garage (one resting atop a steady-cam), a stray piece of white poster board, and one folded 8.5 x 11 piece of standard copy paper (to add reflection).


http://fpgeeks.com/ec/images/PenStandSetUp_S.jpg (http://fpgeeks.com/ec/images/PenStandSetUp_L.jpg)

From the above point of view, things look messy! But from the camera's point of view, the results pleased me no end:


http://fpgeeks.com/ec/images/pen_stand_red_esterbrook.jpg

And yes, gillyohan, that's your Esterbrook featured on the Pen Stand =)

Eric
Son of Ragnar

Apotheosis
April 18th, 2010, 10:35 PM
You guys and your hi tech cameras are putting me to shame !
All I'm using is a Sony Cybershot and a mini tripod !! *smacks head*

Okami
April 19th, 2010, 06:05 AM
wow, gorgeous!

SProctor
April 19th, 2010, 09:16 AM
It is simply amazing what a guy can do with a little thought, some regular household items and bit of tinkering! Very Impressive Results Too!

dannzeman
April 19th, 2010, 11:49 AM
Awesome work Mr. Eric!

You guys and your hi tech cameras are putting me to shame !
All I'm using is a Sony Cybershot and a mini tripod !! *smacks head*
Nonsense! The only thing that matters is the pic. There are plenty of point and shoots that produce fantastic pics, especially on a tripod. The only reason it bought my 40D was for motorsports photography. Correct me if I'm wrong eriquito but you have a 40D too, right?


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Apotheosis
April 22nd, 2010, 08:25 AM
Awesome work Mr. Eric!

Nonsense! The only thing that matters is the pic. There are plenty of point and shoots that produce fantastic pics, especially on a tripod. The only reason it bought my 40D was for motorsports photography. Correct me if I'm wrong eriquito but you have a 40D too, right?

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Dan you're right..i took some more pics of my pen..and they turned out pretty decent !
have posted them in the pen pics thread.
http://fpgeeks.com/forum/showthread.php/130-Some-pictures?p=843#post843regards
leo