MBeck Photography

So my mother calls me and tells me that the next time I come by her house, to bring my camera.  She says there is a really large and cool looking mushroom growing in her front yard.  She knows how much I love macro shots of plants.  So later that day I go by and check out this mushroom.  It was very cool looking.   While out running errands, I decide to stop by Toys-R-Us and look for a small Mario Brothers toy to position on top of the mushroom for a funny photo. 

Well the Mario I found was perfect.  He is in a jumping pose.  I broke a toothpick and wedged it in his backside (he’s a pencil topper) to prop him up on the mushroom.  I hope you enjoy the photo as much as I enjoyed it.  I think it turned out hilarious.

 

So the first version (white background) of this photo received a lot of goof feedback on my Flickr stream. The only real negative feedback was from those stating it would look better with a darker background.

I agree completely, and had thought of this even before taking the original. But I only had white materials.

Well today I went and found a tile warehouse and got a few pieces of black tile and marble. With it I was able to get a dark background, and a slightly reflective surface. I think it turned out great.

This is a great little tool.   It’s my home made lightbox.  It cost me about $7 to create.  With some basic supplies from your local Wal-mart you can easily isolate images.  Here’s a few test images I did in my new lightbox.

Let me give some credit to the brilliant people over at Strobist for the design ideas for my seven dollar lightbox.  I didn’t make it exactly to their specs (mine ended up a lot larger) but other than the size, all the credit is due to them.  Appreciate it, and love your blog.  It is now bookmarked.

Just practicing a few Macro shots.  Found these flowers in the yard and thought they had a nice detail to them.  If you look real close, there’s a spider on the yellow one.  Can you find it?