{"id":20642,"date":"2014-06-02T04:17:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T08:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=20642"},"modified":"2017-12-10T02:20:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T06:20:04","slug":"photography-image-projection-effects-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photography-image-projection-effects-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography: Image projection effects in the studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Image projection effects in the studio with the Light Blaster<\/h1>\n

Shooting in a studio can feel like\u00a0a challenge at times\u00a0– you’re in a\u00a0big\u00a0box of a room, and\u00a0somehow you have to work past that restriction with light and ideas, create something. I’ve been curious about using projection effects in the studio, but always seem to come up short against equipment that is either too expensive, or too limited .. until Udi Tirosh of DIY Photography<\/a>, turned me onto the idea of the Light Blaster.<\/p>\n

The Light Blaster<\/strong><\/a> attaches to your speedlight on one end, and a lens on the other end. In the middle, you insert a slide with colors that you can project onto a background, or onto your subject. Alternately, you can use a metal gobo to create shadow patterns on the background. Quite simple really, but the effects\u00a0are great.<\/p>\n

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For this series of photographs, I mounted my Nikon 35mm f\/1.4 since that was the wider lens that I had accessible in the studio at the time. The Light Blaster comes with a Canon mount, so you need an adapter to mount your Nikon lens to that. The adapters aren’t expensive so it’s not an issue.<\/p>\n

Photographing Olena<\/strong><\/a> this evening, we\u00a0had started off with just a stripbox to the side, and a rim-light behind her. It looked pretty good, but it wasn’t exceptional. Then I decided to mix it up a bit. I added a\u00a0Fog Machine<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>), and added the Light Blaster as well. Instead of one of the metal gobos that comes as part of a Light Blaster kit, I decided to use a metal gobo by Rosco that I had never been able to put to any\u00a0use. I just dropped it into the slot where the frames would’ve been put inside the unit.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0You can order the Light Blaster kit from\u00a0these affiliate links<\/h2>\n