Brasserie Bascharage
Souvenirs from Luxembourg
Souvenirs from Luxembourg
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Location
This photo was taken in my home studio in Vassar, Michigan.Time
This photo was taken just before noon.Lighting
This photo was lit with my Godox V860II, and using a shoot-through umbrella modifier. The background was simply a piece of white craft paper curved to give the impression of an infinite background.Equipment
This was shot with my Canon 80D camera, using my EF 50mm lens. The photo was shot at f/8, ISO100, and an exposure of 1/200s. As mentioned before, I used my Godox V860II flash and a shoot-through umbrella modifier for lighting.Inspiration
As many of us have been forced to do, I was just looking for something to shoot while on lockdown. This particular beer glass and coaster were souvenirs from a business trip I took to Luxembourg a few years prior, and they seemed as good a subject as any other!Editing
Yes, I post-processed this with Luminar 4, to correct white balance and clean up some spots on the image.In my camera bag
I typically carry my Canon 80D with five lenses (Canon 50mm f/1.8, 10-18mm wide angle zoom, 18-55mm zoom, and 55-250mm zoom, and Tokina 100mm macro prime lens). I also have my Haida M10 pro filter holder with a 10-stop ND and 3-stop GND filter and circular polarizer. Of course, I always have my standard accessories like spare batteries, lens hoods, memory cards, etc., and I carry a Godox V860-II speedlight with MagMod Sphere & MagBeam flash modifiers with color gels and gobos.Feedback
My advice is always simple...soak up everything about where you are, and feel the story that starts to reveal itself about your subject and your surroundings. I'm always amazed that eventually a compelling story begins to emerge, and my job then becomes how best to capture that story. Sometimes that's easy to do, sometimes it's damn hard, and sometimes I'm not able to do it at all. It's those times that I just enjoy the story and the moment, and then later it drives me to get better at my craft so in the future I can perhaps succeed.
