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Setup for Spoon
Setup for Spoon
Keith Maniac


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Date Uploaded: Jun 29, 2005

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 The spoon is placed on a large mirror. A large sheet of vellum (or any diffusive material) is hung (see strings) a few inches above the spoon. An ordinary desk lamp is positioned above the vellum shining down. The critical thing here is that the vellum is positioned *between* the light source and the spoon. The desk lamp does *not* shine directly on the spoon. The light from the desk lamp is diffused through the vellum, and then that diffused light illuminates the spoon. This also insures that the only reflections you see in the spoon will be the vellum itself, not the lamp or anything else in the room.

I did not use a new spoon. It is straight out of my kitchen drawer.

I used vellum, which is available at your local office supply store, but any suitable diffusive material would probably work, too. You could try wax paper, or even a simple thin white sheet.

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 04/02/2007 07:05:24 AM
18/10 was amazing. And I love seeing other people's setups. Thanks for sharing.
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 12/13/2005 10:13:26 PM
Thanks for he info It is a brilliant peice of Art Well Done
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 12/13/2005 03:43:56 PM
Thanks for sharing, very interesting and simple.
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 12/13/2005 02:53:57 AM
How do you get your spoons that clean? :)
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 07/04/2005 10:10:02 PM
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing your set-up with us. I can't wait to try it.
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 07/03/2005 04:47:42 AM
Congrats and Thanks for sharing the technique!
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 07/02/2005 11:49:04 PM
i went to photography school for two years and my commercial photography teacher swore by velum. thats basically all he used for all his commercial shots in his professional career.

nice makeshift studio shot.

Message edited by author 2005-07-02 23:49:42.
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 07/02/2005 08:33:01 AM
thanks for the info, it is much appreaciated.
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 07/02/2005 02:06:07 AM
Very nice. Congrats on your ribbon. You deserved it.

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 07/01/2005 12:04:43 PM
Wow! Thank you so much for showing us this. I always marvel at the amazing expertise of some of these set-up shots. This is so enlightening to actually see it.

It is such a cool photo too!!! Congratulations on your efforts paying off so well.

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 07/01/2005 01:52:32 AM
Very nice. I did detect diffused lighting but such lighting comes in many flavors. This has the added use of a mirror and the set up is most economical. Very nice.
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 06/29/2005 10:49:36 PM
Thanks for the set up info ΓΆ€“ great pic!
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 06/29/2005 10:24:35 PM
What is a vellum sheet? Is it same as a tracing paper?
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 06/29/2005 08:17:28 PM
thanks for posting your set-up details
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