STUDIO PROPS & GEAR FOR SALE-ric woods photography

We are selling some studio gear and props.First in best dressed.CALL 02 49621066

Bumbo baby seat - purple great condition $30.00
Allows baby to sit comfortably and unaided – suitable from three months
to one year and made of low density foam making it lightweight and portable.


Tamron SP AF 17-55mm constant f/2.8 XR Di-II LD Aspherical lens – excellent condition,
used several times $400.00
Includes front and rear cap, lens protector, lens hood all included – RRP $699.00


5 in 1 zip portoflash system $35.00
Round – 32 inches, Includes diffuser, sleeve cover, silver, white, black

Lasolite reflector 48 inches (1.2m) $30.00
Gold one side, soft silver the other, bounce your flash into this in the shade for warm photos

60cm Soft box $60.00
Use in studio (bowens speed ring supplied) or with off camera flash , comes with diffuser and includes brackets to suit Nikon, canon etc.

Lastolite tri grip bracket and flash attachment - $50 each or $90 pair
Use these brackets to put your diffuser/reflector on a stand when working alone or use like a shoot through umbrella, Rrp over $100 each. Excellent condition

2 x shoot through umbrellas $10 each
1x square 21 inches across, 1x round 38 inches across, few marks, suit beginners.

2 x White, black backed bounce umbrella's $30 each $55 pair
Eliminate flair in camera, 38 inches, excellent condition, RRP $50 each

Pine 2 panelled folding screen - $60.00
Very solid and in excellent condition, green material can be replaces. Great prop for beauty/boudoir photography or use for models to change behind

Product cube/light box $30.00
Square, 28inches each side, comes with red backdrop and shoot through curtain at front, great for photographing products. Collapsible, great to transport, shoot on location. Has a slight buckle on one side.
Mirrored perspex panels $30 each (6 available)
24x32 inch flexible mirrored perspex panels, use to bounce light, bend and flex to distort background, cover with coloured gels, studio safe, will not break.

4 plastic infants posing chairs $20 set
Red, blue, green and pink plastic chairs in excellent condition, no labelling on them.

Ring Flash $30.00
Fits Nikon and canon and most other flashes. Distinctive light used for fashion and portraiture, brand new condition with box

BLUE WORLD ORDER SHOOT

We did a band shoot the other day Rob of BLUE WORLD ORDER has been wanting to update their website for some time.We had scouted a few venues looking for something a little different than the wrecking yard stuff and urban grunge that is the signature of bands that play rock.


Rob found this factory that he said he could rent for a slab
so Maree ( my prod mgr) and myself loaded the gear and headed out.
We didn't know what to expect so we needed to pack everything we could.
I use a trolley for my gear that is secured by tie down straps.The reason I like this is that I can take lots of gear in one trip if I'm working by myself .I don't suggest you carry half your gear to the shoot leave it there and go back for the rest....that doesn't work.

I also take things like towels,umbrellas and ground sheets.It was raining really hard so I can load the trolley under the umbrella ,cover the gear with the ground sheet and off we go.

Its a good idea to have a fluro vest,steel caps ,safety eye wear and ear plugs on board if you doing stuff like this,with the insurance ( I do hope you have public liability) and OHS stuff if your not prepared..the shoot is over before your started. There is a short video at the next entry , its got no sound but you might get a glimpse of the gear on the ground sheet, many times I need to packup in the dark..all camera gear is black and hard to find.One of those headlamp LEDs is always in my kit.I carry sandbags for the stands as well.The ground was covered in very sharp metal shavings that Maree was picking out of her shoes after the shoot so good footwear is advised.Another important thing is a change of clothes in the car.Once on a wedding shoot in a rather exclusive businessman's club I tore that backside out of my trousers setting up some strobes just before the toasts...without a spare pair....there would be much black gaff tape to start a new fashion...


We were shooting a D300 with a 24-70 2.8.It was firing 2xsb600 strobes left and right of camera gobo'd to eliminate lens flare, I think they were at about 1/4 power not gelled.I wanted a clean edge light as I wanted to go mono in the final images with some blue in the shadows....non of these images are finished, this is not about post production , this entry is about the setup.
Maree needed to gobo the umbrella because the flare was a problem in some images. You can see some flare in the lower colour image, it looks OK but Id rather have the image clean, you can put the stuff in later.


I fired 2xSB600 strobes through the umbrella.Its much better to fire 2 strobes at 1/2 power than to struggle with slow recycle times with one at full power.The SB28s have optic triggers but I still fire them all with pocket wizard radio triggers

We were to shoot a few different group shots and a few solo portraits.Its a good Idea I find to shoot a few wide to allow magazine text and remember CD/DVD covers are square.