In the Spotlight
I shot a basketball on my pergo floor in my basement. Overhead I used a Canon 580EX flash at 1/8 power with shipping tube over flash head to create the spotlight look. I positioned a second 580EX at 1/32 power on floor with snoot pointed directly at ball to give a bit of fill to the lower half of ball.
I was quite pleased with the way this turned out. By looking at the image itself, you would think it was taken on a basketball court floor, rather than in my basement.
Below shows how the shot was setup:
Lisa said,
September 2, 2008 at 10:39 am
Hi David,
My name is Lisa and I have a business utilizing photos and scrabble tiles and make them into pendants. I affix a photo to the tile, and varnish it with a protective coating. I sell the pieces at festivals and fairs.
I was interested in using your basketball image as one of my pendants and wanted to talk with you more about that. I have searched many basketball images and really love yours–it would make an excellent pendant. It’s very interesting!
Have a great day,
Lisa LaFarga-Stevens
carol said,
September 2, 2008 at 11:09 pm
you are a genius who shares his knowledge.
Ok now I am stalking so I won’t bother with you again til after the ftball season
On to BAsketball!
Again thanks so much for your willingness to share your expertise
carol
Ps. I got my first camra in 6th grade a Kodax 124 ah the good times!