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Dean Wilson

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Photographing a Kodak Brownie Target Six-Twenty that is focused on a photograph.
I searched the Internet for a royalty-free photograph I could use and found this image on Wikimedia Commons. (alas, I cannot find the original link). I printed the photograph on regular paper and taped it on cardboard for support.

There are four light sources involved:

The primary light was aimed at the photograph and set to 5600K.
A fill light was set behind and to the right of the Brownie.
A small hand-held light was to the left of the camera to light the top.
Another small hand-held light was above and to the front right.

Both the hand-held light sources were too bright so I needed to layer parchment paper over the lights to act as a diffuser. This required muscle memory and a 10 second timer.

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  • Canon EOS R5
  • RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM
  • 104.0 mm
  • ƒ/2.8
  • 5 sec
  • ISO 200


Here is the setup: (albeit this shows me using a 24-70mm before I changed to a 70-200mm).

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  • SM-G892U
  • 4.3 mm
  • ƒ/1.7
  • 1/30 sec
  • ISO 200
 
That’s very nice and well worth the effort.
 
Photographing a Kodak Brownie Target Six-Twenty that is focused on a photograph.
I searched the Internet for a royalty-free photograph I could use and found this image on Wikimedia Commons. (alas, I cannot find the original link). I printed the photograph on regular paper and taped it on cardboard for support.

There are four light sources involved:

The primary light was aimed at the photograph and set to 5600K.
A fill light was set behind and to the right of the Brownie.
A small hand-held light was to the left of the camera to light the top.
Another small hand-held light was above and to the front right.

Both the hand-held light sources were too bright so I needed to layer parchment paper over the lights to act as a diffuser. This required muscle memory and a 10 second timer.

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Here is the setup: (albeit this shows me using a 24-70mm before I changed to a 70-200mm).

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th8is is awesome.
 

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