Rolling Right Along

It's a new year, I'm learning the ins and outs of a new camera, and there is always something new to photograph. New, new new. Or in the case of today's subject, old. I have some used stuff I want to sell. What better way to break in the new camera? Hmmm. Break is a poor choice of words. There will be no breaking involved.

Techie Corner
I always struggle with lighting, but I think I did a pretty good job this time. I have to get creative since I'm dealing with hot shoe flash and slave lights instead of honest to goodness studio lights. It took several tries to get the shot just the way I wanted it. I especially like the highlights on the brake and tubing in the foreground.

Below is a quick picture of the setup. I have two slaves pointing toward the background. I have a hot shoe flash working as a slave in front of the subject. The slave flash is pointed straight at the ceiling and bouncing back down again via the light disk and the strategically hung tablecloth. The main flash is mounted on a Stroboframe bracket above my camera and I think the flash was angled at 45 degrees.

One thing to remember, be sure to take the light disk off the boom arm before taking the sand weights off the legs. Don't ask me how I know this. And don't ask me if there is a hole in my white seamless paper. Because the evidence will be gone as soon as I cut that part off. No one will ever know.