My music room turns into a photography studio for fundoshi....

Sorry....had to get ‘fundoshi’ into the title for search engines.......

Well....lots has happened. I received the lighting kit and set it all up. At some point, I will need to do some reading on the ‘proper’ way to set this up, but for now, I will do some trial and error shoots and see what I come up with.

The set I purchased comes with a rig for the background drops, 3 backgrounds (black, white and chromakey green....I guess you can see that) and 3 lights, 2 with umbrellas. 

For the first shoot, I chose the black background, as I felt that would be the most forgiving. I am wearing a lavender fundoshi made from the crinkle gauze I showed in the last blog. 

For taking pictures of oneself, I think it is a must to have a steady camera. If your camera has the means to attach a tripod, pick one up. It will pay for itself in decreased aggravation. The timer on my camera has a few settings, so look in your manual for these as well. I generally use a setting that has an initial delay of 10 seconds, then takes 3 pictures, each at 2 second intervals. The 10 second initial delay gives me time to ‘pose’. The 2 seconds between each shot gives me a little time to ‘adjust’. Since I’m not really seeing what I am shooting, this time to make small adjustments is handy. It’s amazing how different a small twist or inches make with the lighting. 

Fundoshi....

This one is 14 inches wide and I tied it a little looser than the lime green from last time. It has a more relaxed feel to the twisting.

Fabric.... 

Lavender crinkle gauze....not much to say except it is nice and soft and I like the color against the black backdrop.

Photography....

No flash. Just a combination of the new lights and the lamps I’ve been using. 

Part one of the shoot is after the 'read more'. I’ll post part two in a couple of days.