Lying, thieving MPs...

Lying, thieving MPs..., originally uploaded by Venn Diagram.

An interesting shot this - I took it for a laugh to play with some Lego I'd bought and subsequently donated to my smashing nephew.

It's done a bit of business, maybe as many as a hundred views since I took it in May 2009. However, yesterday it was spotted by something called Yahoo Pipes and it's had around 250 views in two days.

I've looked at the Pipes page, but to be honest I don't think I understand it so far. However, for some reason it's got ahold of my shot, and lots of people are seeing it. Rock on!

Advice III

Advice III, originally uploaded by Venn Diagram.

More sage advice from the world of FPS games - always be prepared (or is that the Boy Scouts, I can't remember)...

Strobist: One 430EXII centre top, with a red gel and Honl 1/8" grid, one 430EXII camera right with a 1/4" grid - fired by a 580EX on-camera, with the ratio in favour of the red light...

NOTE: Wasn't sure about this shot, with the two soldiers at the front being slightly out of focus - took a few shots at different focal lengths, but thought this one worked best...

Advice II

Advice II, originally uploaded by Venn Diagram.

More fun with Stikfas figures, inspired by playing FPS computer games.

Strobist: One 430EXII to camera left with a 1/8" grid, one 430EXII top right, with a red gel through a pass-through brolly. Both fired via a 580EX on-camera, ratio set 4:1 in favour of the red light to the right.

Advice I

Advice I, originally uploaded by Venn Diagram.

I enjoy a good computer game, and play FPS for preference. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that a bit of tactics will get you a long way, like having a squint around a corner before running out like a twonk.

These are some Stikfas soldiers that I picked up in a sale a few years back, finally cranked them out of the boxes today.

Thought I'd go for a cartoon-style triptych for this shot to try and capture the different angles.

STROBIST: One 430EXII to each side of the box, one with a 1/2CTO gel, the other a straight red. Fired on a 2:1 ratio in favour of the red, using a 580EX on-camera as controller. My wife laughed A LOT as I was setting this up and taking the shots on the living room floor...