The last photo assignment I did was titled “collections”. Now originally, I wanted to do a picture of hundreds of military “dog tags” all in a pile with a small American flag in the middle of said pile. But I don’t have hundreds of “dog tags”.
So instead I did this pictures of my Dad’s gun collection; his prize piece being his Colt .45 Peacemaker. A replica of the same gun Wyatt Earp used to… uh… kill some bad guys (I think).
For the lighting, I used my Canon 430ex Speedlite and set it up behind the gun at about a 115 degree angle (from the camera). To give the light a warm color, I used a piece of orange/yellow colored film that I bought from the local Hobby Lobby ($3.95 per roll) which was held on to the flash head with a rubber band. The 430ex was triggered wirelessly by my camera mounted 580ex II Speedlite which was set not to fire.
My camera info:
- Camera: Canon EOS 10D
- ISO: 100
- Lens: Canon 50mm 1.8
- Focal Length: 50mm
- Aperture: f/2.8
- Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec
So what do you think? Please leave comments by leaving a comment.