Got my 5D Mark III a few days ago and yes, I have made the switch back to Canon. Perhaps, it will be permanent as this camera does really cover all areas very well especially with the new AF system. I’ll take it to a track and field game and see how it performs. So far love the camera. Maybe I will do a review on it…. boring?
Sorry about the lack of updates, its midterms and I’ve got lots of stuff going on at school. However, I am still keeping up with my photography, just recently started shooting for my school newspaper which features 2 of my photos last week. In addition, some friends and I have started a photography club at school and I’m definitely looking forward to seeing the club develop and introduce fellow students to the joy of photography.
Now a lot of my friends & photographers who know about this little situation/decisions I recently made have many objections; however, I think it is completely justifiable for the time being to switch to a more capable camera. So far, I have no regrets. Moving on.
Here are some product shots taken with Nicoles Rebel T1i and 100 MACRO lens. Using a foldable diffuser and a bare flash to light the camera and black felt on the table. Not bad for a 10 minute product shoot.
The last shot was taken of my dog Reggie in almost pitch black using the D700. Taken outside with the help of an AF-Assist light built in on the D700 and a pop-up flash. Impressive, spot on focusing to say the least, this would have been impossible on my mark II in the same conditions. Nice capture Nicole!
Will Update As Much As I Can When I Can! Have a wonderful night and weekend to all!
Welcome to the family. My new lens Canon EF 24-70mm F2.8L. Traded my 24-105mm F4L IS lens for this. Worth every penny. Special Thanks to Edward my brother and Nicole who helped make this possible.
My Dog Cookie. Being my model for the new softbox that just came in the mail today :]
Yesterday vs Today. Thanks Phuoc for letting me take pictures of your camera :]
Well yesterday I didn’t get a chance to update my blog because I was occupied the entire day. In the morning I met up with someone who wanted to buy my battery grip off craigslist. I was sad to part with it but it had to be done…to fund THIS LENS^ (Above). I welcome my first L lens to my gear, a 24-105mm F4L lens that I have been eyeballing for some time now. I got it on craigslist from a man named Eugene who was nice enough to meet me at Samy’s in Los Angeles, unfortunately he got a speeding ticket on the way there… sorry Eugene. He was nice enough to give me a extra lens cap, designed like Nikon’s lens caps, which I consider to be a much better design.
Afterwards, I went to celebrate my sister’s boyfriends birthday (Adam), eating pizza and watching the Lakers eliminate the Suns in Game 6. Bring it on Boston!!!!! I didn’t get home till about 1:00AM so I really didn’t have a chance to get to shoot anything. Oh, another thing, Farrah came over to Adam’s house and she brought Anastasia with her. It was kind of surreal, I have never seen a baby only a few weeks after birth. Congratulations again Farrah!
So the photography portion of today’s blog:
Today I finally had the chance to finish my product box, and improve on its design. It’s basically where I take all my product shots with and I’ll explain to you how its made so that maybe you too can make one.
And if you already didn’t know, this is what I used to take the 24-105 lens above. I don’t have any particular steps written down, so I’ll try to explain to you how I made it so that you could probably try to mimic it. I took 4 pieces of white cardboard (known as “foam core”) each about 15 x 15 inches. I used an exacto knife (beware: extremely sharp) to cut about 1.5 inches away from the edges of each board to make the frame. I used transparent tape to stick them all together (this is important because using duck tape may leave undesired outlines and shadows in the background). Then I used wax paper (parchment paper) as the backdrop. For the doors, I took out the center portions of each board I cut out and then trimmed away another half inch frame (three of them, back and two sides). Afterwards using just tac pins I attached the smaller frames with the paper and secure the backdrop in place. The smaller frames can be inserted securely with easy if you cut them right, the material’s core has lots of friction so they don’t fall out.
The purpose of having the smaller frames is so that I can change the material and paper easily without waste. I could easily have just covered both sides on the main frame with parchment paper as I did with an earlier models but found them loose and insecure. The doors also give you the opportunity to change different colored paper for whatever effect you desire. Parchment paper is rather cheap and diffuses light very easily. I’ve used two 580EX II’s on each side and have gotten very nice results. As you can tell the back portion of the frame is also cut out so you have the option of placing lights on all sides of the box. Well I hope you found this helpful.
Richard Luu .|. Photography 