Wine

[focalintent]

Repeated exposures and printings and re-framings - 10 in all.

This was more of a proof of concept project than anything else. If anything, one thing I learned out of it is to be very careful with color corrections I make before each printing - because they will only get compounded over time - hence the increasingly bluish tint the further into the image you get.

Still though, I like the result (and i've decided to leave the whole setup in my kitchen - not just the framed print, for now : ) and have plans that are grander and more nefarious. Now to find, amongst other thing, a very, very patient model.

In all, it took me about 4 hours to do. One hour to get the original scene set up and the lighting set up the way i wanted it. I still think it could use some work - there's some shadowing going on that I would have liked to have not had there. (I punted on continuing to mess with it in favor of going on with the rest of the project).

Then it was roughly 3 hours of "shoot, download, adjust, crop, print, re-frame" - and took about 15-20 minutes for each round. I imagine that when I do this with larger prints my cycle time is going to be even higher - which means no natural light (or doing this X days in a row at roughly the same time of day) - and also probably means a preference for patient subjects.

The camera was the Canon 5d, the lens was the 50mm f/1.8 'plastic fantastic'. I had two flashes in soft boxes off to each side and one flash reflected in an umbrella above everything pointing down at a roughly 60 degree angle. The prints were made on an Epson r220 with photo glossy paper. The frame is a simple Ikea frame.

Comments

[threadwalker.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Much like!

[sol3.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm especially looking forward to round II, now : )

(Is it cheesy that i've left the whole arrangement set up on my counter? I.e. the wine bottle, glasses, candle, and opener are all still there placed beneath the framed shot : )

[buteo-falco.livejournal.com]

Not at all. Many table top setups I have done have been left set up just because the light and the set up was to cool to just shoot and break down. As Photographers we have to shoot it, but it is the original beauty that captured us and it almost never captures us the same just in the image.