Product photography tutorial presented by Gavin Hoey showing the high power tabletop lighting kit from smick.co.uk shows how to take pictures on whit and black backgrounds using home made lighting table.
froknowsphoto.com How to take ice hockey photos. Ice hockey is one of the hardest sports in my mind to try and photography. It was my first passion as a photographer and though many photographers tried to steer me clear of shooting it, I stuck with it and felt like I got as close to mastering it as possible. There are a lot of factors you need to take into consideration when you are shooting ice hockey. You have to think about the basics like what should my ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture be but than you also have to think about what will make for a good image. That is where a lot of people get lost when it comes to sports photography. You see a lot of images of players standing around because action shots tend to be more difficult.
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Canon 5D MkII 24-105
which camera are u using mate?
Cano 5D MkII 24-105
what camera and what lens?
ive been looking all over the internet and your video was the best explained and easy to understand of all.
would this work for a portrait? I am looking to take pictures of facial make-up and i need to find what would be best for me to buy.
OMG Thanks for responding! Your video helped me alot – I did everything you said in the video and it did improve – I have a light box and several lights. I still cant get a pure white background and some settings seem to take away from showing the correct color of the object. Under your Menu – is your camera set to “Standard” for “Picture Style”. I have a Canon Rebel T2i
Set to AV mode to allow you to pick an aperture that gives you enough depth of field.
What picture style do you have your camera set to? Standard, Landscape, etc.? Great video by the way!
your english is fine buddy. don’t worry
I saw a silvery light reflection on the black background paper. But in the photo it is gone. Is that the case?
You’re a good teacher!
Depth of Field and Lens effects!
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Hello, have you considered “MagicSFXphoto” (do a Google search for it)? There you will find a great free video demonstrating the best way to create amazing photos. It made it possible for Daniel to take photographs that leave you with that jaw-dropping-effect any time you look at them. Hopefully it will work for you too…
Thank you very much sir for all of your help. I’ve learned quite a bit from you just from watching the videos. So far I use natural light exclusively, but a lot of the tips you give are good with or without artificial lighting. Thank you again.
In the video you will see the teapot is overexposed so the background is overexposed in the picture it is correctly exposed so no light coming from the background.
How do you stop the ‘shine’ on the black background from the lights which you can see clearly in the video but not the photograph? Thanks.
Hello Mr. Gavey, what should be the camera settings shooting with strobe lights, sorry for my english,
Great video.
Cheers, Gavin. Another great tutorial.
This is what the kit is called – Tabletop Lighting Kit with 26cm reflectors
May I ask, What are these particular table top lamps called cos I went to the Smick site and they have a no of similar table top lights. I’m not referring to the bulb but the actual light stand with the reflector dish. Thank-you. GREAT TUT!!!!
great tutorial
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… You must search for 5000K or 5500K fluorescent light bulbs. They will provide a natural daylight color and are often used in photography to create an even light. The color temperature of the 5000K light bulb will be printed on the package and also they usually have key words like daylight, cold white, cool, cool white.
I am new in photography. and i like this video. Because there have lots of necessary things to learn about photography. Thank you for sharing your good ideas .
wow awesome set up! That must of cost like 2000 bucks for that synthetic ice!
where i can buy that base where you skate ??
Hi, have you come across “PhotoSFXart” (search on Google for it)? There you will find a great free video showing how to create impressive pictures. It made it possible for Matt to take photos which have that jaw-dropping-effect any time you look at them. Hopefully it works for you too.
you should do a tutorial on how to shoot Football (soccer)
are your sofas in yet?
Hey there, have you come across “MagicSFXphoto” (just search on Google for it …)? On their website you will find a great free video explaining the way to shoot amazing photos. It made it possible for Joe to make photographs that leave you with a jaw-dropping-effect while you look at them. Perhaps it will work for you too.
Hey there, have you come across “MagicSFXphoto” (just search on Google for it …)? On their website you will find a great free video explaining the way to shoot amazing photos. It made it possible for Joe to make photographs that leave you with a jaw-dropping-effect while you look at them. Perhaps it will work for you too.
Thumbs up for the playoff beard!
Double thumbs up for the Flyers orange shirt!!
Thanks for the excellent tutorial!
Thanks! Wish I had thought to search for this at the beginning of the hockey season…but now I’ll be ready for next year. You’ve been very helpful.
not sure exactly what it is but its from global synthetic ice.
is that Polytatrafluoroethene (PTFE)… i wanna get some… looks fun :L
A LITTLE TO LONG
THANKS!!!
thank you, very good to know ..
On a 7D, are you kidding??? Crank that thing up to 6400 and even 12,800! Now, will there be noise? You bet there will be but you can correct for it in Lightroom and you’ll be surprised at how much detail is preserved — some will be lost, it’s a fact, but you’ll be surprised at how much detail is retained. Go out and shoot to find out for yourself.
I think you’d be surprised at how many people have tried to shoot ice hockey with their brand new DSLRs and failed miserably. I shoot hockey 5-6 days per week as a pro photog and even I, after many years of shooting the game, appreciate this video. Besides, you can always learn something no matter what the subject mater is.
This is a GREAT question! The deal is, the higher the ISO the more sensitive you camera’s sensor is to light. When we increase the ISO sensitivity, this opens new doors for us as a photographer: 1) we can increase our shutter speed to stop the action (never shoot any sport with a shutter < 1/400th) 2) we can also increase the depth of field to settings like f/4.5 – f/5.6. To do this at a local rink, you need a cam that has great ISO performance such as a Nikon D7000, Canon 60D…
Sometimes there’s just no where to shoot from. I took a trip with a college hockey team. They played at a rink that had 360 netting and horrible glass. Not much you can do about scratches but if you talk to the rink manager before hand, he/she might clean a small space of the glass for you to shoot through. I’ve had no problem getting this from the local rinks here in Atlanta but they see me and know what I’m doing so… I’d give it a try, most managers are pretty cool.
My D7000 states the same temp. range. I shoot hockey about 5-6 days per week at local rinks that are freezing for hours at a time. I’ve never had an issue. The D5100 manual mentions that figure with reference to chaging the battery and the brightness of the view finder possibly changing under extreme temps but it’s a pentamirror vs. the pentaprism (much brighter) found in the D7000.
The 70-200 f/2.8 is a fixed aperture lens throughout it’s entire range.
When we talk about the “exposure triangle”, it’s important to have all three sides of it as “fixed” as possible to ensure that the exposure is does not change when you zoom in or out for a shot. The 70-200mm is also a great general purpose lens that great for just about anything as long as the subject is 10-15 feet from the lens (on a DX/cropped sensor).
Wow, I’ve never heard of that before as most pro hockey shooters use the 70-200mm f/2.8. I use the VR 1 on my D7000, it’s perfect and I could not shoot hockey without it. Some even use a 200-400 but that’s WAY too big a lens unless all you want are headshots from across the rink. I use the 24-70mm f/2.8 for shots through the glass (Jared is correct about shooting through glass but sometimes you have no choice — you’ll need to maxout the contrast in post to get rid of the haze).
You are going to LOVE the 5100. I shoot mostly hockey from youth to professional ice hockey (and some inline as well). A parent saw my D7000 and asked a few questions and I noticed she had a 5100. Being a photog that loves to share what I’ve learned over the years, I jumped at the chance to set her camera up.
I agree with Jared. 99 percent of the time I usually use 9 points on my D7000. Sometimes in a great blue moon, for like faceoffs, I’ll switch to 1 point. But over all, 9 points.
When there is a great crowd as a background I’ll go f/2.8 between whistles and grab a shot of the goalie against the crowd. To do this, I usually set up presets before the game on my D7000. U1 is usually set to f/3.5 or f/4.5 while U2 is used between whistles for the f/2.blown-out background shots.