Tabletop Photography: Using Compact Flashes and Low-Cost Tricks to Create Professional-Looking Studio Shots PDF
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Tabletop Photography Cyrill Harnischmacher is a photographer and designer who lives and works in southern Germany. His first book, lowbudgetshooting won him the prestigious Fotobuch-award of the German Booksellers Association in 2005. Cyrill is a studio photographer by profession and a nature and infrared photographer by passion. Cyrill has authored four beautiful, accessible, and successful books published by Rocky Nook. Earlier titles include Low Budget Shooting, Closeup Shooting, Digital Infrared Photography, and The Wild Side of Photography. Tabletop Photography Using Compact Flashes and Low-Cost Tricks to Create Professional-Looking Studio Shots Cyrill Harnischmacher Cyrill Harnischmacher (www.lowbudgetshooting.de) Editor: Jocelyn Howell Copyeditor: Jeanne Hansen Layout and Type: Cyrill Harnischmacher Cover Design: Cyrill Harnischmacher Printer: Everbest Printing Co. Ltd through Four Colour Print Group, Louisville, Kentucky Printed in China ISBN 978-1-93753804-0 1st Edition 2012 © 2012 Cyrill Harnischmacher Rocky Nook Inc. 802 East Cota St., 3rd Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93103 www.rockynook.com Title of the German original: Tabletop-Fotografie mit Kompaktblitzgeräten Copyright © 2011 by Cyrill Harnischmacher, Reutlingen, Germany. (ISBN: 978-3981229318) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Harnischmacher, Cyrill. [Tabletop-Fotografie mit Kompaktblitzgeräten. English] Tabletop photography : using compact flashes and low-cost tricks to create professional-looking studio shots / by Cyrill Harnischmacher. -- 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-93753804-0 (hardbound : alk. paper) 1. Photography, Tabletop. 2. Electronic flash photography. I. Title. TR683.5.H3713 2012 778.7‘2--dc23 2012005042 Distributed by O‘Reilly Media 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 Many of the designations in this book used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks of their respective companies. Where those designations appear in this book, and Rocky Nook was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in caps or initial caps. They are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefit of such companies, they are not intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book. No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the copyright owner. While reasonable care has been exercised in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Many special thanks to Urte, Tabea, Jona, and everyone who helped with the creation of this book. Contents Preface The Basics A Taste of Theory to Get Started Technology Flash Units Lenses Flash Control Camera Control Light Professional Light-Shaping Tools for Shoe-Mount Flashes Soft Boxes and Strip Lights Special Light-Shaping Tools Umbrella Reflectors and Umbrella Soft Boxes Reflectors and Diffusers A Comparison of Light-Shaping Tools Studio Setting Up Your Own Tabletop Studio Useful Accessories Backgrounds and Props In Practice Light Composition Displaying Surfaces Pure White Backgrounds Pure Black Backgrounds Displaying Glass Freezing Motion Long Exposures and Flash Multiple Exposures Reprography Transmitted Light High-Key and Low-Key Photography Baseline Images for Photomontage Photographing Masks for Extraction Simple Product Shots for Internet Auctions Product Shots with a Light Tent Colorful Light Nature in the Studio . . . . . . The Studio in Nature Light Brushing and Light Painting Strobe Lighting Smoke and Fog Food Photography Assembly Instructions Do-It-Yourself Accessories Small Bracket for Multiple Flash Units Holders for Styrofoam Reflectors A Small Honeycomb Filter Bubble Levels for Your Camera Infrared Triggers Plastic Tubs as Light Tents Watch Holders Laptop Mount for Light Stands Beyond These Pages Other Books by Cyrill Harnischmacher
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