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Seamless down!
Hey Folks,
Well, i think its about time I invested in a non drive side compatible bike stand. Today, while shooting photos of the new Opus Nelson 1 I had a nice little incident. Had the bike simply leaned up against our stand, the same way I always do it. Setup the shot, turned my back, and I hear RIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/4476/pbpic4476461.jpg
Turned around and this was the outcome. 8 feet of black backdrop wasted. Not the end of my day but man did it suck :P
Figured I would share my story :)
Oh, and seeing as this is a photography forum here's the bike I shot!
http://is.pinkbike.com/photo/4476/pbpic4476445.jpg
Shot with 4 hot lights. 2 in overhead, and 2 standalone. One to photog's left low, one to photog's right higher and angled in same direction as fork/headtube.
Cheers!
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Re: Seamless down!
Yep. Pretty common mishap. IMO, anything that doesn't involve breaking glass I can deal with... :D
Nice shot...
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Re: Seamless down!
The bike looks a bit dark to me in that image. You might try moving the lights out a little wider because it looks like it's falling off on the wheels. It's nice you've got room for the light above. I don't have that high of a ceiling.
Like I said on Twitter, I hang them with fishing line (see photo below). It is a bit of work and you need some burly fishing line. The Canfields told me that the factory they use in Taiwan has a really cool, fast system for hanging bikes for photos. I should see if they can get me photos of it or find out if it's something that can be bought.
http://gallery.photographyreview.com..._5025_1500.jpg
I wonder what other kinds of studio disaster photos might be out there... :)
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