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This is a photo of a hologram advertising the Beau Rivage Casino Spa, it was taken in the Gulfport Mississippi Airport.
This was a huge challenge as the ...
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This is a photo of a hologram advertising the Beau Rivage Casino Spa, it was taken in the Gulfport Mississippi Airport.
This was a huge challenge as the ambient light of the airport was all that was available to me for this shot. This photo captured the 4 different scenes in the hologram with one shot. The photo is 2572 x 2854 and is 5.11mb. No flash was used and exposure time was 0.067s (1-60) at F-5 and an ISO of 3,200. White balance was set on auto and the metering mode was set to matrix.
General tips for taking photos of holograms:
• Always turn flash off it will never help when photographing holograms.
• Use a good steady tripod. Minor shake can cause ugly blurring in what could otherwise be a great photo.
• Take your pictures in a dark room (excepting the single light used to illuminate your hologram) so that you won't see reflections of the room in the surface of your hologram.
• If your camera has difficulty focusing on the image in the hologram instead of the glass take the hologram and lean it such that it is shimmed away from a flat surface or wall by an inch or so. Take a piece of white card and lie-lean it next to the hologram at the flat surface or wall (it will be an inch or so further away from the camera then the hologram). Now take the digital camera and point it at the white card and hold the button half way down. This locks in the focus and exposure of the white card. Now without releasing the button, move to the hologram and push the button in the rest of the way which will take the photo. By adjusting the distance separation between the card and the hologram (1-4 inch, 1-2 inch, 1 inch etc.) you should be able to get the hologram to be in focus. By adjusting where you point the camera on the card (edge or middle) and by holding down the button you should be able to lock in different degrees of exposure-aperture as locking on to the hologram itself overexposes the photo.
• For lighting use a single halogen bulb plugged into a dimmer so that you get a clear single source of light and can control the brightness to get the best image.
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This was a huge challenge as the ambient light of the airport was all that was available to me for this shot. This photo captured the 4 different scenes in the hologram with one shot. The photo is 2572 x 2854 and is 5.11mb. No flash was used and exposure time was 0.067s (1-60) at F-5 and an ISO of 3,200. White balance was set on auto and the metering mode was set to matrix.
General tips for taking photos of holograms:
• Always turn flash off it will never help when photographing holograms.
• Use a good steady tripod. Minor shake can cause ugly blurring in what could otherwise be a great photo.
• Take your pictures in a dark room (excepting the single light used to illuminate your hologram) so that you won't see reflections of the room in the surface of your hologram.
• If your camera has difficulty focusing on the image in the hologram instead of the glass take the hologram and lean it such that it is shimmed away from a flat surface or wall by an inch or so. Take a piece of white card and lie-lean it next to the hologram at the flat surface or wall (it will be an inch or so further away from the camera then the hologram). Now take the digital camera and point it at the white card and hold the button half way down. This locks in the focus and exposure of the white card. Now without releasing the button, move to the hologram and push the button in the rest of the way which will take the photo. By adjusting the distance separation between the card and the hologram (1-4 inch, 1-2 inch, 1 inch etc.) you should be able to get the hologram to be in focus. By adjusting where you point the camera on the card (edge or middle) and by holding down the button you should be able to lock in different degrees of exposure-aperture as locking on to the hologram itself overexposes the photo.
• For lighting use a single halogen bulb plugged into a dimmer so that you get a clear single source of light and can control the brightness to get the best image.
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kathleenweetman
June 02, 2015
Great image despite the may challenges Ernesto....I tried this once ad it was a disaster for me...so my congratulations on doing this so well .Great description too ....full of detail which deserves a lot more recognition VOTED ..Kathleen
1Ernesto
July 09, 2015
I thank you very much for your kind comment and for the "Outstanding Creativity" peer award.
kathleenweetman
March 12, 2016
Ernesto....your advice for photographing holograms is such a perfect set of rules that Viewbug should publish them as guidance for folk wanting to do this kind of image....Voted .k
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