Portrait after a while

Its been a while I did indoor  portraits with studio lights, recently my friend needed a photo shoot for her business .So all the gears were out and sipping through garam chai (Indian tea) we started the session...

NEW additions..

Here goes NEW additions in my store.... Love (Two Owls)	We are together(two tulips)
Black and White Telephone Kiosk	Calendar For Kids

Download your copy for October 2010 Calendar

Festive season starts from here....


Here are different sizes available:

Small (195 x 240)   Medium(406 x 500)   

Modern Fine art prints available on my online store 

Points to remember while using indoor photo studio

Generally when ever  I have to do indoor photo shoot with studio lights, my nightmare starts with all the settings to be made in advance.So here is my brief way to remind me for the future photoshoots.

The instruments I use are

•  Nikon DSLR
• Focal Length: 18 mm - 70 mm (Lens Aperture: F/3.5-4.5)
• Focal Length: 105mm (Lens Aperture: f/2.8)
•  Elinchrome Lighting studio kit
•  White vinyl background
• Sekonic Flashmeter
• Prolinca Infra-Red Trigger

1.Setting Flashmeter

•    Set the diffuser to 'Incident Light Method'  mode.
•   Set  the flashmeter mode to 'Flash with cordless'.

For more reference:
   http://www.theflashcentre.com/using-a-flashmeter-c157.html

2.Lighting a White Background
    I have only two studio flash lights (Wish I had more but my budget don't allow grrr...) but in real these two studio flash are very much sufficient to get going.

•  One studio flash light is for lighting the background.The white background acts as reflector so do not overlit.Set my aperture or f-stop to f8 or f8.8.(More details on setting aperture http://www.photoxels.com/tutorial_aperture.html).
• Another studio flash is used in front of the subject with a softbox mounted on it.The softbox gives tiy a lovely , soft, diffused light making the subject to have glowing skin, best results are seen on wrinkled face.Set the f-stop to strictly to f8.

3.Set the camera to manual mode

• Set shutter speed to 1/125s
• Set focal length to f8
• ISO reading to 200

After all these settings here is how the subject looks.

1/125s at f8  & ISO speed to 200


  Here is a test with varing range of shutter speed

Slower shutter speeds (like 1/640s or 1/1250 as in this case) are often selected to suggest movement in a still photograph of a moving subject.
Excessively fast shutter speeds(1/60s or 1/125s as in this case) can cause a moving subject to appear unnaturally frozen. For instance, a running person may be caught with both feet in the air with all indication of movement lost in the frozen moment.

I better stick to 1/125s with indoor photoshoot.

Download your copy for September 2010 desktop calendar

 

Here are different sizes available:

Small (213 x 240)   Medium(456 x 500)   Large(934 x 1024)  

Modern Fine art prints available on my online store 

Folksy Friday- Food

Recently I had been to London's famous street food market 'BOROUGH MARKET',with so many varieties for lunch I was almost full grazing over the free samples.

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Being a foodie myself I thought let me keep the theme alive for Folksy friday.
Here is an amazing lineup from folksy members.

Two stoneware tableware cups in blue by littlewrenpottery	2 Salt and Pepper Bowls by Jude Allman
Jam Ring biscuits - Felt food by Pipinopolis	Knitted food iced finger selection by The Shabby Tiger
Cherry bakewells by Treaclezoo	High Tea by Mel Croft Illustration
Cupcakes Photograph / Fine Art Print by Heidi Adnum	Three Utensils by Bridbird In The Kitchen
Cupcake buttons by Lilley's	Typography EAT Fine art print by ialbert

NEW calendars are READY and enjoy the Summer BOGO Sale @etsy

Summer is in full swing and not to mention the countdown to fall has began. Lets make sure to use everybit of it ...the sun is out, parks are covered with picnic blankets. Kids love nature and bringing the outside in is a wonderful way of decorating children's spaces . I want to thank you all for making it success and it was steep learning curve.

Join the Summer BOGO SALE an exclusive offer 'BUY 1 and Get 1 FREE'  on all prints in my etsy store

NOTE:While purchasing any print or prints, mention the title and size of the print you would like for FREE in the "Message to Seller" box, when you're checking out (The free print must be of equal or lesser value).

Something NEW to share:

I have started feeling itchy for christmas already and have been working on it for a while. Here are some fresh new designs of Calendars for 2011 available and the print quality is gone better as these prints are printed using archival pigment inks on a luxurious heavy weight paper (51 lb) with a matte finish.

Have a wonderful summer

- Indira

"2011 desk Calendar	Calendar REFILL
Printable Calendar	Calendar For Kids
BOGO Sale Typography of Los Angeles Street Names	BOGO Sale Owls playing hide and seek
Flames -Fine Art Print -BOGO SALE	Floral Damask Eiffel Tower -BOGO SALE
The Trio wheels print -BOGO SALE	BOGO Sale NEWYORK in trendy pattern
Pick your own cherry - Fine art print 10X8 -BOGO SALE	Dandelion Print -BOGO SALE