I love to jimmy rig stuff!

[antikythera_]

I am by no means a professional, and I could probably learn alot more from most of you than you can learn to me.
Being the resourceful youth that I am, I went from this:



To This:


With a flashlight.

I use a Nikon D50 and don't own an external flash- and the automatic flash is very stale and hard. I avoid using it as I would avoid the plague.
The colors in the first picture are flat and boring (not to mention totally out of focus and overexposed, but thats not the point) -- I found a flashlight laying around that had a very slight orange hue to it. I changed my WB to cloudy to bring out the orange, stopped down quite a bit and managed to hold the flashlight in my mouth and aim it just below his eyes while I awkwardly held the camera around the flashlight in my mouth. I put my elbows on the bed to brace myself and managed the second exposure with a Shutter Speed of 1/30! Go me!

Just a reminder from a kid that you don't always need the greatest equipment to get great pictures. Don't be afriad to get creative!

[jiminyClickit]

antikythera, Welcome

Preaching to the choir! Absolutely right, if you can find a way to solve a situation without having to throw money at it, so much the better!

How are your teeth?

[charmayne]

The colours and sharpness are wonderful on the second photo. You did a brilliant job of balancing yourself, light and camera for such a slow shutter speed. Thanks for sharing.

[calmaxgan]

Not only is the photo great, but you have my favourite type of cat - a lovely, fluffy classic tabby.

[Lakitu]

You've done a great job here. I ought to try stuff like this too but I wouldn't even know where to start.

[Glayva]

Great Picture. Love the composition

[WooD]

Nice shot.

[PowerPix]

Hey! Great work, it is always a good thing to explore and try different things and angles to get a neat result. I find that my best shots are almost always the ones that I was not "looking" for, but rather stumbled upon. I too am just a teenager and I'm looking to make the step up from P&S to DSLR. Very nice work!

[tjlmpc]

Thanks for sharing...good advice and welcome in this economy!