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By eulee, 02/08/2011 3:22 pm

Here’s something else you can try with one Ikea lamp. After trying the setup in PART 1, you can reposition your light behind your subject just to see what you get. Here’s what I got:

For obvious reasons I used a glass bowl and chose salad as the subject. Vegetables are slightly translucent. I bounced off some light in front to brighten the front using a foam board. To avoid seeing the inside of the lamp, I covered it with a foam sheet, from some packing material I had. The reflection was thanks to my dining table. But you can buy a piece of perspex to get that same effect. As I was shooting, Lydia poured dressing (ok, it’s actually honey). I like the bright golden color of honey and its syrupy thickness. The color of honey looks great backlit.

It’s a really simple setup. I just cropped it tighter in post processing so that the light behind looks even. Here’s what my setup looked like.

Nothing impressive about that but the result is something else.

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Light modifiers

They do exactly what they are called, modify or change characteristic of light. You’ll see some of these terms used frequently in this blog since photographers use these a lot to get the effect they want, kind of sculpting light. They can be used for both strobe-based (flash) or continuous light. I’ll explain the ones I use a lot in studio and on location, and in my opinion the most basic if you want to start getting into studio lighting. Continue reading 'Light Modifiers'»