fleinair: Figurine Shooting
Currently listening to “Glider” by “capsule”
Currently frustrated with frustration over the net
I’ve wanted to “shoot” Khurshid’s figurines for a very long time, and finally I had the chance.
So, he suggested to me that he’ll bring his figurines and desk lamps to my house… only that I have to pick him up and send him back later. His house is NOT stone throw away.
So basically, this is house we set up the lighting. Yeah, we’re bunch of amateurs playing around with lighting. There was absolutely no diffusers, because I just can’t find any good material in the house at that time ( mom’s not around, she’s in Melbourne ). Oh, the room wasn’t dark though it’s just that the lights were TOO bright ( which explains some overblown highlights in the pictures )
He asked me what figurine he should bring. I said “something with awesome hair and clothes physics”. I was secretly hoping he’ll bring his Fauna ( so that we can all treasure the feminine physique, if.. ya know wat I mean. Heh heh heh ). But damn, he brought his Golden Darkness Yami and.. his bro’s Kamen Rider ( which is kinda awesome though… in a manly way ).
Here’s one of the processed photos. You can check other photos at fleinair.

Not the first time taking figurines, I took pictures of Yuhi’s Xenosaga figurines before. But this is the first time with this kind of lighting though. Also, since no diffusers, no proper background cloth, no this and no that, the session was quite cincai also, lol.
Oh, since there’s already some awesome lighting right in front of me, why not test out my phone’s camera capabilities too. I’ve heard of Sony Ericsson phone’s awesome capabilities but it’s time for me to fully explore my phone’s ability. Can it take awesome pictures?
Obviously with that amount of lighting, it will come out good. What a stupid test. I wonder how it will look like with my old Nokia N90 phone though.
Oh, I did not only take pictures of his figurines. I also took some “other” pics too. I don’t collect figurines, I only have one small figurine that I put on top on my monitor ( pictured above ). But, I DO collect teddy bears though.. But that would be just plain weird…
I’ve uploaded some of the processed photos to fleinair. But I haven’t processed any of the Kamen Rider pictures. Will upload it later.

A loud abnormal erratic individual with extreme interest in arts. A Maaya Sakamoto die-hard fan who worships Totoro. Blogs about random stuff that goes around him. Rarely blog, because lately he's just either too busy or just too lazy.

kid
28 May, 2009
Hmm…So instead of grey you made the background black now eh ? Guess probably I should have bring some white paper.
Can’t wait for Kabuto picture, and whats with your waiting for my Fauna ? =_+
I hope you can upload a tutorial on how I can change the background color, would be useful for me in the future.
edo: I didn’t change the background color. That would be hard without using distinct colors as backgrounds. Most of the pictures I chose are the ones without the background. Since the lighting is so bright, the background appears to be very dark ( hence looks like black ).
Jason
29 May, 2009
Macro lens?
edo: Oh, I wish I have a macro lens lol. Everything was taken with my 50mm f1.8 lens. Yes, I’m under-equiped lol.
Jason
2 Jun, 2009
Wow. I am not even sure whether I can shoot so close up with my 50mm or not.
edo: I can’t, lol. All those pictures were taken from quite a distance. It’s all cropping techniques lol.