Alien World Set

Doning my full chemotoxic protection suit I apprehensively crossed the threshold of my daughters bedroom (with full authorisation...in triplicate). I think my lens coating has peeled off with the brightness. Was it worth it mmm I am not sure:confused:

No1

http://rankamateur.smugmug.com/photo...0_ppuLJ-XL.jpg

No2

http://rankamateur.smugmug.com/photo...3_4EtBy-XL.jpg

No3
http://rankamateur.smugmug.com/photo...0_eVC3z-XL.jpg

No4
http://rankamateur.smugmug.com/photo...4_KJttp-XL.jpg

No5
http://rankamateur.smugmug.com/photo...7_jAXuz-X2.jpg

No6

http://rankamateur.smugmug.com/photo...1_exUSh-XL.jpg

No7
http://rankamateur.smugmug.com/photo...0_J3YBj-XL.jpg

Ouch!!!! My eyes!:D

Brilliant Steve,

I think I'd leave the colours in the photo's though, not your frames ;)

Great series; 'raising tha bar' again.
Waaay above my level, so no suggestions, they all look great to me.

Well done,

Nice :D I like all of them but think 2 is my fav. Only one thing I would suggest is the frame on no7 is dark instead of white, either black like others or dark grey like anthracite grey as I find the white gets my attention too much. Same with no5 but as that image is dark maybe a lighter frame but a blue like cerulean or steel blue to coordinate with the subject (or a magenta or amethyst to contrast with the subject and match the little heart).

Other than that there isn't anything I could add. I wouldn't know were to start in making such mundane shots look half as interesting :p .

Yah number 2 is my fav also very vivid pic...u let your daughter go out liek that? hehe just kidding...:):):)

Thankyou for your positive comments.

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I think I'd leave the colours in the photo's though, not your frames

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Dave; Looking at this on the forum I wholeheartedly agree...what was I thinking:o

Davey; I am going to experiment as you suggest. Anything but white and cerise;)

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u let your daughter go out liek that?

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:o I seem to have little choice with my eldest daughter I am afraid. However, this shoe is actually a telephone:cool:

Steve

Very, very nice. :) All of them. :)

Now my daughter wants a shoe phone...:eek:

Your daughter isn't the only one, now I want a shoe phone too! A pink stiletto like that, sad part is I'm not joking hehehehe.

Great pictures. Very creative. Isn't there a thread on here "Mundane made interesting" (or something like that)?

I have to say, that's a new one for this forum :D!

Good to see the site expanding into more different categories :).

Thankyou for the kind comments. I do like the challenge of photographing the mundane. I seem to remember the shoe phone was £9.99 GBP at shop called New Look. Very popular outlet for the teenies over here. I took my daughters once (me having the charge card). I was left standing in the underwear department whilst they tried on clothes. This is where a cell phone is at its most useful since you can pretend to be absorbed in the display settings. Then I thought I could be mistaken for using my phones camera so I quickly put it away and resumed my intimate study of the sprinkler system. :o

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Originally Posted by Wirefox

Thankyou for the kind comments. I do like the challenge of photographing the mundane. I seem to remember the shoe phone was £9.99 GBP at shop called New Look. Very popular outlet for the teenies over here. I took my daughters once (me having the charge card). I was left standing in the underwear department whilst they tried on clothes. This is where a cell phone is at its most useful since you can pretend to be absorbed in the display settings. Then I thought I could be mistaken for using my phones camera so I quickly put it away and resumed my intimate study of the sprinkler system. :o

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Too funny!

Very nice shots. I don't have much knowledge how these types shots are taken. Is the lighting a bit tricky for these shots?

Yan

My equipment does not stretch to much at present so all these shots are taken using natural light from a window and a Speed Light mounted on camera. The Speed Light is set to ETTL and the camera set to Manual 1/200 sec shutter and aperture set to whatever DoF effect I think I may want. For these shots the Speed light is set FEC -1 stop. If I need to soften the flash further I tape doubled up sheet of kitchen tissue over the flash head. I do have a short cord to use the flash ETTL off camera (when I use my flash bracket) but it is not long enough to be much use with these shots so I bounce of ceiling and walls to taste. I do have a video flood with barn doors but I get hassled with fancy lighting set ups so I am taking things one step at a time.