Another try at Location Lighting

I decided to try playing with the lights more and had a wonderful subject to shoot. I used a single flash, camera right with 2 room lights on. One behind my subject and one back camera right. My ISO was set to 200 with and aperture set to 4.3.

Location Lighting Part II

I took these image up on the interstate as we were coming into Grand Rapids late wed. night. I used one flash with a warming filter on it to match the temp. of the background lights. I had to set my ISO way up to 1200, which I hated because it did create noise, which was expected.

Outdoor lighting Part 1

This was my first time using the strobe/ PW combo. I LOVED IT!! I used a SB-800 shooting through an unbrella for most of the photoshoot, but for the first 2 images I took the umbrella off and to get more of a harsher light I shot the flash directly at her.

JRN 420 Still Life

This abstract image was taken September 28th, 2009 in the Central Michigan University's photography studio by Layla Gilmore. The portabella mushroom was shot with a macro lens on my Nikon. I used a soft box back light set at about 6.2 power. This created just enough light to get great textures in the highlights and shadows. I love all of the lines that move througout the image, including the soft lines of the mushroom laying below the main subject.


This image was taken by Layla Gilmore on September 28th, 2009 in the Central Michigan University's photography studio. It was shot with a macro lens on my Nikon. I used a softbox to back light the subject to bring out the texture on the edges. Powered at 6.0 it was just enough light to make the "hairs" of the acorn glow with light. I love the combination of textures and lines that are in this image. I feel that this makes the image interesting since it a pretty neutral colored image.


This image of a portabella mushroom was taken by Layla Gilmore on September 28th, 2009 in the Central Michigan University photography studio. The mushroom was back lit with a soft box, light powered at 6.2. I used a macro lens on my Nikon to get this great abstract shot. I rubbed mustard and cumin seeds into the mushroom to give a varience in shape and texture. The light is making the mushroom glow, which is just what I had wanted.


This image was taken by Layla Gilmore of September 28th, 2009 in the Central Michigan University photography studio. I used a soft box to back light the acorns and I had the light on 6.3 power. I used a macro lens on my Nikon and I just love the depth of field in this image.

More examples from my Still Life photoshoot