Got Milk?

Last night I came back from work and since I wasn't sleepy I decides to get a bowl of cereals and take some pictures while the family was sleeping.

The set up was quite simple, although I used 2 lights, one would have done it just as well. The effect of the snoot on the background which was the second light was barely noticeable. I think I should have adjusted it 1/2 stop brighter.

The camera(Canon 7D) was set at ISO 100, speed at 250th and the F stop was 10. The lens was a Canon EF-S 10-22 mm set to manual focus as 13mm. The main light (Canon 580EXII on a 2'x2' Lastolite EZ Box) was at 45deg camera right set at 45deg. The second light (Canon 580EX) was next to the main light pointing to the background. I locked the zoom to 105mm and attached a Pringle homemade snoot to it.

Since I wanted some fill light, instead of setting a third light I put a large white reflector next to me (camera left) After a few shots I felt I needed additional fill light for the face (mainly under the eyes) so I added a 36" round reflector using the white side to bounce some light back into the shadows.

The flashes were triggered with a Pocket Wizard Mini and 2 Pocket Wizard flex TT5. To control the intesity of them I also used a Pocket Wizard AC3 zone controller that was set to manual mode; that allowed me to set the main light on zone A and the background light on zone B and control both of them from the camera instead of having to go to the light stands (in this case it would not have been a problem since the lights were pretty close to the tripod) The rest is history, set the self timer on the camera to 2 sec delay and trigger with a Canon RC-1 remote control.

I hope this assist someone with setting up some simple lighting while eating a good bowl of cereals,

Regards,

Alex

Here is a larger image of the same set up.

Excelente foto, muy profesional, me gusta muchon lanitidez y colores. Muy buen estudio y explicación, ¿trabajas en fotografía publicitaria?

Gracias por tus comentarios, muy buenos y divertidos, la riviera maya o Cancún están super para vacionar y está muy cerca de donde vivo, a 4 horas por carro y en verdad está bastante barata y los hoteles son de lujo, una noche con todo incluido(bebidas y comidas a unos $70.00 dolares por persona en habitación doble y en muchos casos pueden entran dos menores gratis de menos de 11 años de edad, así que cuando tenemos chance nos damos una escapada para allá.

Saludos

Hola Alberto. Eso que ves de estudio es el garage de mi casa que se usa de cualquier cosa menos de garage. La mayor parte esta ocupado con maquinas de carpinteria que es mi otro pasatiempos. No trabajo como fotografo pero lo hago cuando se presenta la oportunidad.

Saludos

Si, en California o en todo USA, no se, el garage es de todo menos para los carros, es maravilloso porque tienen mucho espacio allá, aquí utilizo mi sala como estudio quitando todos los muebles.

saludos y seguimos en contacto, que estén bien

Excellent work and really a very simple image of something many of us do daily  ;). Lucky us that you were not sleepy and decided to undertake this project. You managed to work the lighting extremely well and I am impressed how nice this turned out with the use of a wide angle lens...the angle and slight distortion adds a multi-dimensional depth to the photo. 

I appreciate that you gave us all the technical details, it is very helpful. I am always inspired by your self portrait work and truly impressed with how professional your results are. I am going to give this a try myself and already have much of the equipment to make it happen ;)  Hopefully I will achieve a decent result...you have set the bar pretty high!

Warmest regards, Pamela

This is a serious exercise! I like the initial idea and the final result. Quite a tutorial. Compliments!

Interesting work, thx for your explanations how it was produced. Very useful. BR / Volker

Nice and...sweet portrait! Hahaha! Aderful work!:-)Mau!

if i ever need guidance on setting up a studio i know now whom to hunt out! people like you make being on PN worthwhile... it is extremely generous of you share all this information and in so much detail... to the photograph... it's a superb portrait, it could be an ad for Lactaid!

Excellent outcome and demonstration of how this shot was made - a lot to learn from. Best regards, Alex.

Wonderful shot Alex and thank you for explaining how you set up the shot.  I do not have much in lighting equipment, but one day hope to.  Very well done, and I'm so glad you choose 'YOUR  MILK'.........or you may have been 'interrupted' many times during your 'shoot'!! (just kidding)...Great shot for a commercial !  Warm regards, Gail

A beautiful shot with impressive lighting, Alex!

Excelente retrato, Alex. Una estupenda composicion, con una magnifica iluminacion, tonos y detalle. Felicidades y buen provecho.

Un cordial saludo -Tolo.

Still life of very high quality and so well worked out, your detailed how it been taken is another credit for your work and of very great help to the members here.

Your way of exposing this work is remarkable and very interesting while the details gained at all of the frame work are superb, the colors are another elements adding to the fine composition.

Thank you for sharing it my friend and wishing you all of the best. 

Excelente muy profesional. Saludos

Muy buena explicasion de como montaste el equipo. Nos das motivacion y enseñansa como hacerlo. Muchas gracias por todo. Sofia y su mascota lucen geniales. Un fuerte abrazo desde Miami. Y como alberto si te das una bueltesita por Miami me tienes a tu disposicion para guia por Miami-Dade y sus alrededores. Estoy libre con los chicos porque sirvo como Consejero en escuela media.

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