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After this post http://www.blackiewarner.com/2012/01/03/my-light-cube-setup/ I’ve been looking for a way to improve my light cube setup, especially to get rid of the bottom shadow on the round objects. One of my friends at work gave me a Canon speedlite transmitter st-e2 to try, so I took photos of few different objects to see how it works. Basically its a device that makes your flash work remotely, so you can position it like you want it, and not on top of the camera. At first you need to set you flash in the slave mode (I have a Canon Speedlite 430EX, … Continue reading →

I’ve been playing with the new camera a lot those days, and wanted to show my very basic setup that I use to take photos of small objects. Here I have: – a medium light cube (a very basic one from ebay) – tripod – 2 simple lamps from Argos – colored paper backgrounds (bought some colored paper in the art supplies) – a box and a book to hold the light cube – camera and a macro lens – a small remote (though mkII has 2 seconds delay mode, which is really helpful in those cases) And in the … Continue reading →