Long exposure Lighting

So I had a friend of mine show me some photos that were done with a very small constant light (actually an old iPod classic) and because of the long exposure they were able to light the scene very professionally and creatively.  So I wanted to experiment and try some long exposure shots myself.  So with my new toy (motorcycle) I gathered my trusty Canon 7D, Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 lens and tripod and headed to the garage where my bike was sitting.

So I needed to find a source of light as I was going to be shooting in complete darkness.  So I headed to the store looking for something that I could use to “paint” light over the sections of my bike that I wanted to expose.

 

I ended up finding the above Energizer keychain LED flashlight. So this light doesn’t put out a lot of light, but it could be very precise as well as very broad depending on how far I held the light from its target.  So for $5 I figured it was worth the investment (picked it up from Home Depot).

So now I had a subject (bike) had my gear and finally had a small light.  I was ready.

With the lights on in the garage I setup the camera on the tripod and framed the shot accordingly.  Set the camera to manual focus (as it wouldn’t be able to auto focus in the dark) and then set my camera for 30 second exposure, f11, ISO 100, and lastly set the timer for 2 seconds.  I was ready.

I then turned off the lights, fired the shutter, and painted the bike with my little flashlight.

The following pictures were my 2 favourite shots form the 8 photos that I took.  I kinda wish that I had given the bike a little bit of a wash, but all in all I was very pleased with the outcome of the photos.

 

If there are any questions as to how these photos were taken please let me know.  I will continue to play with light exposure as well as long exposure.

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Whats on your wish list ?

So with Christmas and the new year just around the corner, I was thinking about some of the new gear that Im either hoping for or possibly looking at getting within the new year.

There are only a couple of things that im looking at for myself …

1.  Canon 5D Mark II

Yeah i know the 5D Mark III is out but I honestly would just like to have a full frame camera, and the 5D Mark II seems to be selling for a fairly reasonable price.  I would like to try the 6D as well just to see which one would fit my needs better.

2. 70-200mm F/2.8

I Currently have a Canon 70-200mm F/4.0 but would like a 2.8 lens.  Have been looking at both the Canon and the Sigma lenses and because of price the Sigma has definitely sparked my interest.

3. Carbon Fiber Tripod

This one is hopefully to be ordered very soon.  Not sure which one I will buy but im definitely on the lookout.  Just want a nice light tripod for travel.

4. PacSafe

With more and more stuff going into my camera bag I would like the actual bag to be safe and I really like the idea of the PacSafe.  Hopefully this will be something that I also pick up fairly soon as I will be doing some travel in the coming months.  Looks like a great way to secure the camera bag that you already own.

 

So what’s on your list?  Let me know?

Battle of the entry level Full Frames …

So Canon has the new 6D and Nikon has the new D600.  So when you just look at the specs it kinda looks like the Nikon should completely dominate this competition.  But is that how it goes down?  Watch the video below to see how the two cameras compare.

 

So sad …

So I broke my Sigma 17-70 lens.  So So Sad.  And it was completely my fault.  Any ways I have replace it with a Tamron 17-50 lens.  Check out my video below to see what I think of the new lens.

 

Filmic Pro Stabilizer Update.

So yesturday I posted a video review of the iOS app Filmic Pro.  Once of the features that I really liked was the stabilizer.  Now since the video i was showing was being screen captured there was a fair bit of quality loss.  So today I went and hooked my iPhone to my mount in my car.  Drove around and recorded it, to see how well the stabilizer within Filmic Pro worked.  Pretty good indeed.  Anyways take a look and let me know what you think.

 

Filmic Pro for iOS

So I came across this cool app called Filmic Pro for iOS (iPhone and iPad) and I must say that it is pretty cool. If you use your iPhone or iPad to do video recording this may turn into your ‘GO TO App’. I must say that this will probably be the app that I use most for video recording on the iPhone.

So check out my video review. Hope you like.

SD to CF card adapter update

So I just received a much faster SDXC card and decided to do some more speed tests with the new card. Seems the actual adapter is actually quite fast and in my previous tests it was the card that was the slow part. Check out the video to see the results with the new card.