Behind the scenes of the Nikomat FTN shot
As there was a bit more natuaral light today I thought I would try this one. The camera is black and the leatherette quite shiny, and adding photo's as a background would present quite a lot of difficulties if flash alone was used. As I am trying to keep things within the scope of anyone with 2 flash guns a bit of natural light was needed.
A light reading was taken and the flash set up to balance that. The SB80-DX was side on to just light the lens recess on 1/4 power. The Metz on the floor was used to bounce light off the reflector and give light to the top of the camera. The idea was to also slightly overexpose the background prints to avoid them taking over the image. The subject was the camera after all. The instruction book in colour also helps to focus attention.
The background images were from my first darkroom.
As can be seen the set up is not a complicated one. I had to brighten up the behind the scenes image as it was not as bright as it appears. Camera settings : ISO200 1/8 sec at f16.
Don
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