The Starving Artist

Well seeing as this is my first blog i guess i should introduce myself huh? I'm lee an amateur professional photographer. WTF is that u ask? Im an amateur making my living off photography..although not much of a living.

Ive recently been introduced to the strobist group here on blogspot. There's lots of great tips and tricks to learn no matter your skill level. So the more i poked around the more interested i became in the power of my little flashes that i was so poorly using. I ran across DanD on flickr and fell in love with one of his photos. being an amateur i did my best to recreate his photo as a learning process.Now I don't have the greatest of equipment, and always used that as an excuse to not push forth and progress. I'm here to tell anyone with any doubts, if u believe you can, you can create amazing images with whatever crappy equipment you may have now. Ok so with that said here's a list of my crappy equipment.

- Sigma EF 500dg super, used on slave. non ttl so i gotta run around on manual during a wedding!
- Vivitar 2000 manual flash. just a little dial to slightly adjust power output. used on camera and bounced.
- Home made softbox, created out of a box tinfoil and an old T-shirt.

here's a picture to see what i work with.


There it is in all its glory folks. My fridge was my backdrop, i had a stack of books to hold the spoon steady (i forgot to get a photo of that part) i covered them with a bag as to keep them in good shape, and to keep my gf happy, seeing as they were her books. Now i had the soft box mounted up top a cd stand looking over from camera left. i had on camera flash bouncing off the ceiling and triggering the slave. The hardest part was to get the timing right on the drop. Well its getting late and i should head off. but before i go i want to thank the strobist group and blog for all your help up to now and plan to be an active member from here on in.