Lily Petal; © Copyright Reserved, Richard Lovison, 2008
“It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.”
William Carlos Williams
Posts Tagged ‘Photography’
Lily Petal
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Lily
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Lily; © Copyright Reserved, Richard Lovison, 2008
“Deep in their root, all flowers keep the light.”
Theodore Roethke
Early Morning Fog
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
Early Morning Fog; © Copyright Reserved, Richard Lovison, 2008
“Each moment of the year has its own beauty… a picture which was never before and shall never be seen again.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Homemade Photography Lightbox
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Oxalis; © Copyright Reserved Richard Lovison, 2008
My wife brought home a sheet of cardboard a few days ago and wondered if I had a use for it. It was approximately 40 inches wide by 27 inches high and tri-folded with an intended use as a project display board. What caught my eye was the bright white surface on the display side.
With a little effort I thought I could build an inexpensive lightbox using five project boards to produce images like the example above using a flash unit for illumination. After approximately one hour of time I constructed a five sided box, 19 ½” wide by 27” high by 19” deep.
Since I don’t have a flash cord, my Olympus T-32 flash unit had to be mounted on the flash shoe of my E-1. Thus, I had to place my subject far enough inside the box so that my camera and flash unit were just slightly outside the plane of the opening. I added a diffusion plate to the T-32 to produce softer light and tilted the flash head up towards the inside top of the box to bounce the light.
Overall the lightbox produced good results. Given what I’ve learned thus far, a smoother surface provided by a material such as white foam core probably would have given better results as the white cardboard has a slight texture. A two flash setup located off-camera would provide more even illumination and subject to camera distance options.
Yellow Iris
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Yellow Iris 1; © Copyright Reserved, Richard Lovison, 2008
My neighbor had a few yellow irises growing in her front yard that caught my attention this afternoon. It’s amazing their beauty withstood the 90+ degree temperatures the last few days.
Yellow Iris 2; © Copyright Reserved, Richard Lovison, 2008
“Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.”
Georgia O’Keeffe
