Screwin’ around with animation

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Ok, so this isn’t as smooth as it could be.  I think my table might be lop-sided.  This is a looping .gif of 24 images.  It looks like there might be a frame missing, or maybe two transposed frames in there somewhere…mmm.   I’m ok with it for now.  This is my first one and I’ve learned a few things.  Much of the work is done in photoshop although it did take some time to get the turn-table set up for the first time.

For the turn-table I used some cabinet hardware normally used for a pull-out swiveling tv shelf.  I just mounted a white board to it.  Part of the problem with the shaky horizon is due to the board being too small and therefore not perfectly round.  I marked off the board in 24 15-degree increments and shot an image at each mark. Continue reading

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Beer or Soda?

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That was the option with the latest DPChallenge theme.

I wanted to continue working on small studio setups and lighting so this challenge was great practice.  It’s hard to get the lighting right and everything to come together like it is in my mind.  This one came close.   I initially planned to have a bottle and a glass together but I didn’t have a bottle I liked (though I did go out and buy about $15 worth in beer and sodas for this.)

After many, many various arrangements I finally came up with one I liked.  For this final set-up I used a black posterboard on the table, covered with a very clean piece of plexiglass.  I use glass cleaner on everything.  Black posterboard seems to reflect better than white.  About 5-6 feet behind the glass I put a paper screen.  If I put the paper too close sometimes I can see flaws in the paper or even it’s texture.  By holding it back enough it falls beyond the field of focus.

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