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Post by Bailey on Apr 17, 2019 0:48:03 GMT
Last night we visited one of Mrs. B's friends and her family here in Wuxi. I couldn't believe my luck when I saw this old style rotary phone on a stand in their home. I had to ask if I could take a photo of it and they were very happy for me to do so. I was going to post it in another thread but was asked not to. So I am posting it here.
The lighting in the room was casting an ugly looking and distracting shadow from the phone onto the wall. I didn't want the shadow in my shot.
So I bounced the flash from the ceiling. Some of the light reflected from the ceiling (which was now my key light source) went behind the phone onto the wall thus eliminating the shadow.
Other options, which I didn't have time for, included taking my flash off camera and placing it roughly side on to the phone in order to light up the front of the phone and the wall behind it.
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Post by hmca on Apr 17, 2019 2:06:59 GMT
What a treasure that phone is Bailey! I like your tip about using the flash to eliminate the shadow. Need to remember that as shadows have been an issue for me in the past when shooting a still life image. This would be a great entry for Alex's Black and White challenge this month!
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Post by Bailey on Apr 17, 2019 3:42:58 GMT
Thank you hmca.
If I get a chance I will tinker with it to see what I can come up with.
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