Tang Shooters LVI: TCSS Thread...

[blazer_workz]

just reach home..

Thank you DM for sharing some great tips on food photpgraphy.:thumbsup:

 

[woofmy]

now is my hand lor...i help him play push pull lens..hahaha:bsmilie:

wah!!!! TMI!!! :sweat:

 

[nirenj]

Good morning.

 

[lkkang]

just reach home..

Thank you DM for sharing some great tips on food photpgraphy.:thumbsup:

DM is Ou Xiang :heart:

 

[Ambious]

Tried CLS with 3 flashes this morning and failed miserably (I guess I'm not a flasher? haha!). So, I fell back to my comfort zone: natural lighting.

What do you think?

I like the first one better... focal point is more naturally in the middle..

keep experimenting... you will hit the jackpot on CLS

Haha! Thanks :bsmilie:
Frustrating to balance the 3 lights .. :sweat:

U may want to learn a few tricks from our Master Dream Merchant. Master on food photography.

 

[coolsigg]

we din add anything in your food hor... :bsmilie:

which xmm stall hand did you disturb??? :bsmilie:

 

[gglankie]

Hi all butties..

Mega Mac set meal at $7.75.. add $1.50 for red bean pie.. ooooo *slurpz...;p

 

[coolsigg]

Hi all butties..

Mega Mac set meal at $7.75.. add $1.50 for red bean pie.. ooooo *slurpz...;p

:thumbsup:

 

[nirenj]

 

[simpleliving]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/3185840093_43ff307127.jpg

think the sky overdone...abit too fake for me

Morning everyone !!!

 

[simpleliving]

:bsmilie::devil:

 

[nirenj]

think the sky overdone...abit too fake for me

Morning everyone !!!

:bsmilie: Yes it is overdone. I tried to make it blue, but turned out like this at the end.;(

 

[gglankie]

nice try.. i know u can do better.. dun stop trying, but please stop sweating.. :dunno:

:bsmilie:

 

[gglankie]

think the sky overdone...abit too fake for me

Morning everyone !!!

Gootz morning simple guy.. :bsmilie:

where did you went yesterday?

 

[simpleliving]

Gootz morning simple guy.. :bsmilie:

where did you went yesterday?

yesterday went out war with lin chi ling and my girlfriend....:bsmilie:

 

[coolsigg]

yesterday went out war with lin chi ling and my girlfriend....:bsmilie:

 

[TroyP]

Erm.. Can someone please tell me what TCSS = ?
It's not listed in the "Frequently Used Acronyms in ClubSNAP" thread, and i've never seen it spelt out anywhere else either!

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165806&page=4

TIA

 

[Febrita]

Great and healthy meal..i want

Yeah! It's brown rice with pumpkin!

lovely... very appetizing... natural light or CLS???

Thank you!
It was natural light. I gave up on CLS after trying for an hour .. hahaha!
Will need to train more and probably do more research to build my knowledge.

Oh Hai Butties!

GREAT SHOTS FEB! :thumbsup:

Feb, a little nugget of info

When you introduce ONE flash, you make your job at least THREE TIMES more complicated/difficult. When you introduce THREE Flash units, you make your job ... ?

Not saying you can't shoot food with speedlights, but because you do not have modelling lights, which means you can't assess where light is falling, it's intensities and ratios (in real life) and light spread, plus unless you work with very specific light modifiers, you're essentiall working almost totally BLIND and with little or entirely no control over the light when you try to shoot something as complicated as food with speedlights and a basic diffuser or reflector.

Ask the guys who went the two rounds at Sinful Melvados how difficult it was shooting food with speedlights. :sweat:

Also, it takes a good foundational understanding of light, to be able to control it. Again, not saying you don't understand the fundamentals of light, given the high level of your work, but still, it's not a topic that most photographers understand even though it's one of the most crucial to all forms of conventional photography.

Thanks, DM! I felt so much better! :bsmilie:
Thought I was an idiot for not having the shadows managed well with CLS .. hahaha!
I only read the basics of using CLS so will need to get more thorough with the exact science of it. I can foresee it's not as easy as learning how to mask with CS3 ...
One important fact that I learnt from you: start with 1 speedlight then counter the shadow with the second one. Metering .. must learn .. :sweat:

For yesterday's frolic into CLS .. I prolly should've used a bigger diffuser since my 'model' was bigger than the diffuser .. the light escaped to ruin the composition like nobody's business .. haha!

All in all, it's quite a frustrating first experience with CLS, I hope I'll do better next time. Thanks for the advice :bsmilie:
(it's so tempting to fall back to my comfort zone: natural lighting .. kekeke!)

 

[Febrita]

Erm.. Can someone please tell me what TCSS = ?
It's not listed in the "Frequently Used Acronyms in ClubSNAP" thread, and i've never seen it spelt out anywhere else either!

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165806&page=4

TIA

Hi Troy,

It's Talk C*ck Sing Song :bsmilie:

 

[Febrita]

U may want to learn a few tricks from our Master Dream Merchant. Master on food photography.

Thanks, Bro!