Day 14 of 365: Tea's Made

I love a nice brew. I like my tea strong, with a splash of milk and a little sugar.

I've heard stories about people who dry out their tea bags and use them again but I'm a firm believer that you should use all of the flavour in the first brew.

This photograph is inspired by stories of those people who choose to desecrate the beauty of this wonderful leaf.

Strobist:
1 x 580 EX II @ 1/64 power fired at white background angled slightly to give a graduation to the background.
1 x 580 EX II @ 1/128 power, snooted toward tea bag for detail.

Post production:
Slight adjustment to WB, brightness and contrast. Addition of text (although I think it might be better without).

Day 10 of 365: Green Flash

Short on time, this was definitely a rush job today- ended up just having a play with a flashgun and some homemade barndoors. Something I've been wanting to try out and certainly something that is going to drive onwards from here. Watch this space.

Day 9 of 365: Fresh

Played around with some toothpaste for this one. I like the mottled colour of this toothpaste and the glittery stuff that's in it.



Shoot technique:
Blob of toothpaste squeezed onto white card.
Canon EOS 5D with Canon 24-105mm f4 L ISM lens and 24mm extension tube set on tripod slightly angled downwards.
1 x 580 EX II flashgun set at 1/16th power high camera right snooted directly at blob.
1 x 580 EX II flashgun set at 1/32nd power camera left pointed at background for fill.

Shot settings:
f / 16.0, 1/60th second, 400 ISO

Post production:
Brightness and contrast adjusted to burn out background more.
Layer duplicated and brightened with layer mask added to reveal toothpaste from original layer.