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[Joan Robillard]

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I had planned to playh with indoor daylight photography, but I got a new tor. For about $16 I brought a work light at Wal-mart's. It throws off 550 lumens. I am posting a picture in one of my other albums for the curious. ( http://365project.org/joansmor/two-nature/2017-01-14 ) So I have no fancy instructions I was just playing with it holding it in different positions and with overhead light and without. I am titling one shot SOOC ALMOST because the only adjust was a crop. ( http://365project.org/joansmor/extras/2017-01-14 ) I am doing this because I feel guilty when I tweak my shot a little. Then in my main album I am posting a picture that I tweaked but it is for my get-pushed and what I liked about it was the tea reflecting on the white background. ( http://365project.org/joansmor/365/2017-01-14 ) So not a lot of deep experimentation just seeing if I spent my money well. I love my new toy. Do you have a handy non photo equipment toy you use. Post a picture and fire up our imaginations.

[Joan Robillard]

Will try to get caught up on the pictures posted and not reviewed by me this weekend. You guys are really rocking this.

[☠northy]

I have a cheap IKEA light that u often use for indoor set ups :)

I'm pretty sure I have a photo somewhere in my project, but I can't find it just now...
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/70180955/

[Aaron]

That's the spirit! So many folks think a shot might be beyond them because they don't have professional equipment, but there are an endless number of common devices around the house that are just waiting to be discovered that can really jazz up a shot! :)

[Joan Robillard]

@northy That is a cool light and I can see how it would work.

[Granagringa]

Nice tweaking on that tea and reflection shot...thanks for the post about the light!

[Laura]

This shot was done with a regular flashlight.


This shot was a little more complicated. The flowers were in a window. I shot toward the sky using the on-camera flash and a light very similar to the one @northy posted. Processed to Black and White.

[☠northy]

one of my other favourite cheap light sources is the iPad app softbox pro... i use it A LOT!

[Sheila]

I have a half a dozen flashlights that I like to use depending on the situation.

Plus I have several short and long leashes for my speedlight which give me flexibility. Today's photo was shot with a pair of white acrylic plates and a cheap continuous studio light..

[JackieR]

Does it matter what type of bulb it is?? LEDs and fluorescent give off colored I've found ( and still haven't got to grips with white balance switch on camerar) so sometimes photos look blue

[Joan Robillard]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond Mostly I have my camera on auto white balance and it handles things pretty good. But in Lightroom in the develop you can tweak the temp to the warmer side. I saw no strong blue cast with this light but assume my camera's white balance is handling. Here is something that may help. http://digital-photography-school.com/introduction-to-white-balance/

[Joan Robillard]

@swguevin I use flashlights too. Amazing what you can do with them.

[Joan Robillard]

@lstasel I have shot with my window in the sun and my white sheer over the window. Does an amazing job. I have learned that many of the people here experiment with what they have available and do wonders.

[JackieR]

thank you :)

[Graeme Stevens]

Like @northy I use the Softbox app as well for some "supplemental" lighting...I also use cheap workshop lights (I got two for $20NZD and they've not failed me yet)

[Joan Robillard]

@graemestevens Thanks for your imput

[Laura]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond You are correct Jackie. Different light bulbs give off different colors. I sometimes take a bunch of different flashlights and switch flashlights until I get a color I want. I also shoot RAW, much easier to fix white balance in Photoshop.