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Perfume Bottles

© John H. Siskin

Perfume Bottles

Uploaded: March 14, 2006

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This is a demonstration of lighting with slide projectors. This is a studio shot, WITHOUT ANY USE OF PHOTOSHOP. I had one advantage in doing this I used film rather than digital.

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Comments

Robyn Gwilt March 14, 2006

Very effective lighting John :) #408686

John H. Siskin March 16, 2006

This was an interesting shot technically. I did it a few years ago, before Photoshop was a regular tool. The background was put in with a Kodak slide projector. Thanks for your interest, John Siskin #2539480

Arya Bandyopadhyay August 19, 2006

"I had one advantage in doing this I used film rather than digital".

Please explain...what is the advantage?

Regards #3185334

John H. Siskin August 19, 2006

Well two things, actually. I could do a double exposure, which was essential to match the sunset image with the bottle image and I could do long exposure. The background exposure was about 90sec. in this shot. There is an article on the magazine page of my website, www.siskinphoto.com about a similar shot. Film allows wonderful control in the studio. Thanks, John #3185362

Arya Bandyopadhyay August 19, 2006

Double/multiple exposure, no doubt, is an advantage for film. However, long exposure can be managed with digital cameras as well.
With digital, I would first expose for the bottle with flash and then for the background keeping everything in the dark.
Since you used a 4X5 camera, the apperture must have been f45, for which a 90sec exposure was required.
Technically, or at least theoritically, this shot is possible with digital camera as well, but i'm not very sure about the quality of the shot. 4X5 no doubt present a better quality.
Regards, arya. #3187140

John H. Siskin August 19, 2006

I have been experimenting with the slide projector and my digital camera lately. The results have been gratifying. This is a 1/15 sec exposure mixed with strobe. There is some noise, my camera is very noisy at long exposures. Thanks, john #3187197

Christie R. Bielss March 08, 2009

This is a really cool shot! I've been seeing images photographers have created using their computer monitor images as backgrounds lately too. The slide projector is pretty neat since you can control the size of the projection. Great idea and terrific work. #7258747

Sherry McClead March 10, 2009

Great Image John... you rock! I remember using film... the cost of development kept me from experimenting though...

Sherrybear #7266460

M.Christine Duncan March 11, 2009

Ahhh film. You managed to create pretty effective and even lighting within the fg and then the bg.... a seamless result! Lovely job! #7271955

John H. Siskin March 11, 2009

Hi Folks,
This shot took a while to do, and a fair amount of resources. In order to do this I used about 5 sheets of 4X5 Polaroid to balance the lights and then a few sheets of film. I did the shot in two sections, the background, while the lights on the subject were off and subject while the background was covered. The nice thing about doing it this way is that the translucent parts of the subject show the background in a natural way. I also use slide projectors to add highlights to images. Thanks, John
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Samantha L. Dean March 12, 2009

Fabulous John!!!! That's why you're an instructor!!!! Well done!!! :-) #7275863

John H. Siskin March 13, 2009

One of the things that I try to get across in classes, and other venues, is that photography is a language. It is a way of communicating feelings, information or facts. I want to help people to understand that an ability to write the language well, that is technical knowledge, will give you a better ability to communicate. Thanks, John Siskin #7281542

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