2021年11月3日星期三

Halloween Cookies Photography

Youtube link:

(All photo No retouching)

One day my friend gave me a box of hand-made Halloweens cookies. The packaging is very beautiful. The box made of a hard card paper. The box middle area is a transparent plastic card, so we can see cookie inside of the box. Halloweens cookie shape is very cute. The shape has a Spider, Skeletons, Bats, Ghosts, Mummy, Pumpkin Heads, Black Cats, etc... So I decided to open the photography project, with these Halloweens cookies. In the first stage of shooting. Some related themed shooting effects were researched on the Internet. As a reference, the shooting direction was determined through reference data. I purchased some props on Taobao's website. Let the screen can enhance the Halloween atmosphere. I do not want the Halloween props to take away the main objects of the Halloweens cookies. So, I also spent careless thinking on the purchase of Halloween props and tried my best purchase of props good for shooting. I can not choose has too many colors and details on the props. In the end, I chose a building made of black hard card paper, simple structure, and capable of expressing Halloween. The props are needed hand makes processing, and it needs one week times. When finished preparing the props. I enter the next shooting stage. First: Determine the main object cookies location and numbers of Halloween cookies. Second: Add Halloween props to the shooting screen. Try different positions and choose the best positions. Third: decorative lighting and main light source cooperate with each other. Fourth: Try different aperture shutters and shooting angles. Finally, complete the shooting.

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Prepare Halloween Props

My friend hand-makes Halloween cookies

Light Position Setting

2021年8月8日星期日

Wine Bottle Photography

Wine Bottle Photography Review

Wine Bottle Photography. At this time, The object is a small wine bottle. The bottle shape is very special. The wine bottle's shape is a violin. I need to plan how to shoot the photo of a violin wine bottle. In this process, I need to think about what shooting effect needs to be used. The effect needs to be suitable for this violin wine bottle. I need to think about what equipment, resources, and accessories I have to use in this shooting. I research shooting wine bottle information on the Internet. The Internet has many of the wine bottle's shooting effects. Finally, I decided to use the backlight shooting effect, and add my own idea to this shooting method. Such as continuous light plus orange gel. The continuous light through to the orange gel, this method can make an orange color's light show on the black color's board. That color with the small wine bottle's color very matches. Violin wine bottle's bottom with dark blue gel. This method brings out the water wave effect under this shooting. In the small violin wine bottle, the bright part is 1/3 of the whole frame, and the dark background composition is 2/3. The light and dark areas can make a golden ratio. The small violin wine bottle setting in the right position and angle in the shooting lens screen. The above part of the processing is completed. Next is the light setting. On the left-hand side is a 90-degree speed light. This angle's light can highlight the left-hand side violin wine bottle shape. On the right-hand side have a whiteboard. The whiteboard can reflect the left-hand side speed light to the violin wine bottle's right surface. Due to the right-hand side's light is reflected lighting, so the power of the right-hand side's lighting is weaker than the left-hand side's lighting. It can create different lighting power levels on the bottle. Reflected lighting can highlight the shape of the right-hand side's violin wine bottle. Finally, I use the speed light with a flash beam tube to light up the front of the violin wine bottle and step by step to complete this project.

In this post. All images no photo retouching.

All Angle's Flash Light is ON.

The Backlight and Speed Light with Flash Bean Tube is ON.

The Backlight and Left-hand side Flash Light is ON.

Only the Backlight is ON.

Light setting reference image.

2021年7月10日星期六

Jewelry Photography with Color Lighting Background - photo by ken

Jewelry Photography with Color Lighting Background Photography Review

This time jewelry photography, make a color lighting background picture, suitable for a fancy mood, a little girl feels of the ring. If this background effect is to shoot the mature style of the ring. Then will be out of place. So when you use the relevant background. You must be careful to consider. Background style and object style. Is it suitable? Being able to match or near both styles with each other is very important.

Jewelry Photography with Color Lighting Background Difficult Point:

How to set the flash power to control color lighting background bright level.

If you set the power is too high the small light bulb color will not be displayed or go to white, on the other side if set too low the small light bulb color background may be too prominent.

You need to try few times the small bulb, object, and camera distance.

This photo only turns white balance, brightness, de dust, and crop image no too much retouching.

Below in this photo, the ring surface is turned brighter. More retouching.

Jewelry Photography Review

Many Jewelry Photography methods for shooting diamonds on the Internet, using continuous light sources and setting a longer time exposure. This method is also possible, but after shooting, you need to use software to enhance the contrast. In my experience, it is because use continuous light to take a diamond's ring photo, long time exposures will have contrast problems, not enough contrast. But you can soft this problem on the software. In these times I use flash to take a diamonds ring's photo.

Use flash to take jewelry photography difficult point:

How to set the flash beam tube. Let the light reflect the diamond's texture. Need to try different height and angle many times. If you choose the wrong height and angle. You will see the diamond surface is all white or all black and has no diamond details.

Below photos only turn the white balance, brightness, de dust, and crop image no too much retouching.

2021年6月26日星期六

Interior Design by Sweet Home 3D Software Review

Sweet Home 3D Software Review

Sweet Home 3D software is very interesting and easy-to-use software. You can find many tutorials on youtube, step by step to create your project. This software has a photo and video 3D rendering.

Sweet home this 3D software design area can be done well and accurately. This Software restrictions on the design area are limited. You need to pay attention to this. However, general interior design projects can be processed well. There are also some materials on the official website, which can also be download and use.

Download items, for example, there are lamps, sofas, cabinets, windows, air conditioners, and many pieces of furniture 3D items. All download items can be change color by yourself, but change color is difficult. Just download items to use, but the style may not be suitable for you, but it can be meet your basic needs.

The Floor plan can be done professionally. The first issue the data must be accurate. After the floor plan drawings are printed out, you can simply discuss the project with a related person.

Below are my sweet home 3D software works:

2021年6月13日星期日

Japan - Okayama - Kurashiki, 日本岡山倉敷 Travel Photography Review

Japan - Okayama - Kurashiki - Magic Moment Travel Photography Review

Kurashiki Travel Photography. I arrived at this location the first time is at daylight, the second time is at dusk. In fact, we late arrive there. Many stores were closed. If your interest wants to see stores and buy some special local product. You need to arrive earlier. Lucky at this time, let me see so a beautiful moments. I’ve been taking photos for many years. I’ve not been very deliberate to take a photo, but whenever I see a beautiful moment. I must try my best to capture it. I try different angles, directions, apertures, and shutter speeds. I don’t want to miss it. So I will try my best. In the past experience and limited knowledge. From the first wrong selection of aperture and shutter speed to the right of the aperture and shutter speed. Until the following photos are taken. The reaction should need fast. Need to know which part has an error, and then correct it.

YouTube vacation video link, at the timeline (4:40) :
https://youtu.be/FfvzMY0rkjI

My external hard disk is damage. A raw file is lost, but lucky my habit also wifi got a big jpg file to iPhone. So this photo is not too much photo retouching.

Kurashiki Travel Photography

All photos were taken by Ken Pang.

Japan 倉敷川 Kurashiki River Travel Photography Review

Kurashiki River Travel Photography. Kurashiki is a historic city located in western Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea. The total area is 355.63 km².

The modern city of Kurashiki was founded on April 1, 1928. Previously, it was the site of clashes between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the Heian period. It gradually developed as a river port. During the Edo period, it became an area directly controlled by the shogunate. Distinctive white-walled, black-tiled warehouses were built to store goods. During the Meiji Restoration (Japan's Industrial Revolution period), factories were built, including the Ohara Spinning Mill, which still stands as the nostalgic tourist attraction Ivy Square.

There has good Musem, e.g.: Ohara Museum of Art and its collection of international masterpieces; the red-bricked Kurashiki Ivy Square, a reproduction of the textile factory once representative of Kurashiki, built on the site of the former factory; the Kurashiki Museum of Folkcraft, boasting a collection with some 700 handicrafts; and the Kurashiki Archeological Museum—Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter offers visitors a taste of Western influence harmonized with Japanese style.

The willow trees lining the banks of the Kurashiki River are very beautiful. Willow tree with Traditional Buildings has old japan's mood. “Traditional Boat Tour of Kurashiki Canal.” is very popular. Visitors can take a small boat and watch the buildings and willow trees on both sides of the river along the river. The advantage of visiting the Kurashiki River in the morning. You can go to many different kinds of shops to see the products. Many different kinds of interesting decorations. At noon we visit the restaurant for lunch. This restaurant is famous for travel books, and there have many local visitors. The environment is very comfortable.

YouTube vacation video link, at the timeline (4:40):
https://youtu.be/FfvzMY0rkjI

Kurashiki River Travel Photography

All photos were taken by Ken Pang.

2019年6月7日星期五

Japan Okayama Castle Travel Photography Review

Okayama Castle Travel Photography. Okayama Castle is a Japanese castle in the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture in Japan. The main tower was completed in 1597, destroyed in 1945, and replicated in concrete in 1966. Two of the watchtowers survived the bombing of 1945 and are now listed by the National Agency for Cultural Affairs as Important Cultural Properties.

In stark contrast to the white "Egret Castle" of neighboring Himeji, Okayama Castle has a black exterior, earning it the nickname Crow Castle or "castle of the blackbird". (The black castle of Matsumoto in Nagano is also known as "Crow Castle", but it is karasu-jō in Japanese.)

Today, only a few parts of Okayama Castle's roof (including the fish-shaped-gargoyles) are gilded, but prior to the Battle of Sekigahara, the main keep also featured gilded roof tiles, earning it the nickname Golden Crow Castle.1

On the day of the tour, I have been taking photos when I got off the car. I saw the castle from a far away, I started taking a photo. I do not miss any chance to catch middle and close distances castle. When I left, I kept looking back and took photos, and then selected the most beautiful shooting angles from many photos to show here.

In addition, you need to pay to enter the castle. When I entered the castle, I first go to the top floor of the castle. There can see around the castle environment on the top floor. However, there with the thick wooden window frames, it is not beautiful to take a photo. The castle has exhibited the related historical relics, the records of the past castle owners, the equipment of the generals and soldiers are very beautiful. If you have the chance to visit Japan Okayama. You must visit this castle. Use public transport is also very convenient. In Okayama, You may not need to rent a car to travel. It is because the famous location to another famous location distance is near.