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2009 October 25

WWR Expo (Wings, Wheels, Rotors)

I went to WWR Expo and tried to get some good shots of Planes, Cars, and Helicopters. I mainly went to this event to take snaps of jets and planes, but they only had a few selections, so I was kinda bumbed out.  I went at noon, and stayed for 2 hours. I could have went around 9am but I was tired already from the night before due to a Halloween party I went to, just that I stayed out too long. anyway, thats a different story.

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2009 October 18

HDR Transformer Kaiyodo Optimus Prime

This weeks [10/14 to 10/21] photography assignment is Table Top.  I know how to take pictures for Table Top since a few years back, and from the class of last year.  It seems that every time I do it, I improve.  I decided to take this assignment a bit further to do them in HDR [High Dymanic Range].

At Comic Con this year I gotten an kaiyodo action figure, and I have been looking and waiting for, which was Optimus Prime.  I wanted to fine a good price for it at at Comic Con.  I found a seller that had 3 left, so I gotten 2 of them for discounted price.  One box is open now, and one box is staying sealed cause Optimus Prime is my favorite Autobot.

Materials

• Kaiyodo Transformers Optimus Prime Action Figure
• PVC homemade Light Tent
• Silver Sun Car Shade
• Black Acrylic
• Nikon D40
• picture sets of different exposure
• Photomatrix Pro 3

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I tried to follow this person’s instruction on youtube, I did not find some of the items from this video.

Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MrRiO6bOWk

Materials:
3/4 PVC Coupler (x1)
3/4 PVC Pipe sch 40 – cut to 3/8″ inch length (x1)
3/4 PVC Pipe sch 40 – cut to 1-1/2″ inch length (x1)
1/4 x 1″ inch Washer (x2)
1/4 nut (x1)
1/4 x 2-1/2″ inch round head phillips screws

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STEP 1
take the 3/8 inch length PVC Pipe place them inside the side A 3/4 PVC

Coupler, place it down down deep inside until it can’t move.

STEP 2
take the 1-1/2 inch length PVC Pipe place inside the side B 3/4 PVC Coupler.

STEP 3
take both of the washers on both sides.

STEP 4
place the screw inside through Side B, and let the point out of side A.

STEP 5
take nut and tight the screw until firm.

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October 14, 2009 Composition

Last week assignment for photography was Composition.

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This week assigment is Table Top

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2009 October 10 – TWO PART: homemade built-in-pop-up flash diffuser

Materials
* wired coat hanger (x1)
* lipper see & store magnetic plastic storage container top (x1)
* paper (x1)

Tools
* pliers – optional
* scissors
* duct tape
* tape – optional

Source taken from Sillyxone from Instructables.com
[ http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-built-in-pop-up-flash-diffuser-soft-screen/ ]

Step 1
- use pliers if you need to untangle the hanger to straight, than form the middle of the wire of the shape of your hot shoe. be sure that the shape can be easily slide through where a flash unit can slide inside the hot shoe.

Step 2
- by trial and error you must bend the wire the way you want it to. I did not cut the wire, but I twisted and bended the ends over and over again, and used duct tape to keep them together, so that the ends wont be poking out.

Step 3
- I folded the paper, and traced a circle of the storage container top on paper to make it thinker. Than, I cut out the circle, and placed inside the container top.

Step 4
- I noticed that the container top has a slot on the side, for the wire to go, so i bend the wire closer to themselves so that the container top can be wedge between the wires and hold in place.

I set it up with my d40, and took a few shots to see the difference with my pop-up built-in flash. I don’t have a flash unit, but I wanted to experience with flash, so this is my way.

I did a few test shots of how this built-in-pop-up flash diffuser of a few things, and you can see the difference without flash, with flash, and with the diffuser.

Down below are examples of my camera with this rig, and some of examples of how it changes. No editing has been done, only the fact that i re-size the images.

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2009 October 10 – ONE PART: How I Do the Lighting Assignment ?

Some people were asking me “how I do the Lighting Assignment?”, and I also got asked “what is a light box?”.

Well, let me first say, a light box is “A white cloth teepee-shaped tent that diffuses light and eliminates reflections in photographs. You place the objects you want to shoot inside this tent. ” [source A Digital Photography Glossary for Dummies]

Now with the above description of what a light box is, I used it to diffuse light and took photos of my Star Wars Action Figures. I somewhat need light. Now with my camera, I don’t have a flash unit, so I have a built-on-pop-up flash on my D SLR, and with that the camera has flash modes. I took some series of pictures, but I have 3 pictures that are best, so I posted those.

I decided to set up the exact way how I took the pictures for my assignment. I used my light tent/box, black acrylic, sliver car sun shade, a clip task light and my 3 Star Wars Action Figures of Galen Marek. In the first picture you can see the set up, and the second picture is an actual shot using my point-n-shot camera.

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2009 October 8 – My PVC Light Tent/Box

I’ve made one a year ago, and this is my upgrade and reconstructed Light Tent out of PVC Pipe. I previously used the instruction to Bill Huber’s Light Box / Tent online which is at this link [ http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent ].

The modification I made is to add an extra area to clip lights to the box. so I add 2 Tees, 2 Elbows, and  4 of 2-3/8″ inch length pipes.

Yes, I know one of the legs looks unstable, but I just wanted to take a good picture of it for you, and i was outside on a chilly California day.

Materials
* PVC Pipe 3/4 sch 40, 24″ inch length (x2)
* PVC Pipe 3/4 sch 40, 22″ inch length (x7)
* PVC Pipe 3/4 sch 40, 2-3/8″ inch length (x4)
* 3/4 Elbow (x2)
* 3/4 Street Elbow (x4)
* 3/4 Tee (x4)
* 3/4 End Caps (x4)

The next modification I want to add to this, is a place to be able to slide my black arclyic sheet so it can be higher.

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My week assignment is due today, and the topic was Lighting.

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• Star Wars; The Force Unleashed action figure ( Jedi, Apprentice, Sith Lord of Galen Marek)
• my pvc pipe home made Light Tent
• Black Acrylic
• Silver car sun shader
• Light
• and My d40 with my 50mm prime lens

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