Blue Monkey
Originally uploaded by sab-chan.
Still learning this off-camera flash photography thing. The picture I've posted is pretty simple right? It still took me forty minutes to set up! It was a useful learing experience though. It can be quite difficult to control light in small environments with small subjects.
For this shot, I put Monkey on the low table that houses my DVD player and Amp (which reminds me I need to replace that with a cheap-o surround amp if possible). The table is right up against my living room wall between my rubbish bin and a stack of shelves for DVDs. After about 35 minutes of experimentation, I finally managed to get the right balance of blue background and amber foreground. One problem remained - the amber light hitting Monkey was reflecting onto the right hand side of the background. My intention was for the RHS to be DARK. Damn. The only option would be to move everything further away from the wall. Some day I might actually try it...
