Nikon CLS: Day Three

Well day three with the new Nikon CLS flashes brought about a few new ideas... commercial work. Such as PR and product images. Not wanting to work in a studio, and not having one, I was curios to know how well Nikon CLS flashes could be used to do such work. Here's a few examples.

The first is an image of my Sig Sauer layed out like a gun rag spread. Not really sure why I thought to do this... maybe because I've been going to the range a lot lately. Regardless, I liked it because of the texture. I also found it kind of challenging with lack of contrast. Overall, I was pretty impressed.





This next set of images is of a opaquely translucent mug from Barnes Jewish Hospitals, compliments of the Siteman Cancer Center and my time being treated for Lymphoma. Regardless of those fond memories, the subject made for an interesting play with light.




And finally just another portrait. I decided that I needed a way of setting of location portraits without having to torture my subject(s), especially if they are kids. So, I stole my son's stuffed Squirt (from Disney's "Finding Nemo"). He works well to setup the lighting that I want. In this shot I wanted to play with a twilight background and strong directional light. I was pretty happy when it took me only two test shots to get the effect that I wanted.


Hope you enjoy!

-T