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Red Wing

Submitted by mpratt on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 10:15am
Northern Lights, Red Wing, Charles Murphy
Northern Lights by Red Wing

Red Wing. Northern Lights. Coffee Pot. Charles Murphy.

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Re: Red Wing

Submitted by atomicscott on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:02am.

Truly a masterpiece of mid-century dinnerware design.

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Re: Red Wing

Submitted by SteveMinne on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 2:39pm.

These shapes are otherworldly. Had never known Red Wing beyond Town & Country until I moved to Minnesota.

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Re: Red Wing

Submitted by nostalgiaholic on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 3:41pm.

Oooh aaaaah...

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Re: Red Wing

Submitted by mod-mod-world on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 8:03am.

Cool photo!

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Re: Red Wing

Submitted by KRadeLA on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 11:38am.

Want it! Want the entire set!

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Re: Red Wing

Submitted by modlectic on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:57am.

Great Red Wing shape and pattern. Mike, your photographs have always been top-notch but the quality has been over the top lately!

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Re: Red Wing

Submitted by KRadeLA on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 1:27am.

Seriously.  I want to take photo lessons from Mike Pratt.  Mike, your photos are amazing.

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Re: Red Wing

Submitted by mpratt on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 1:21pm.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Honestly, I'm really just a beginner. I decided to read the digital camera instructions on how to use the f-stop, shutter speed, and other features of a Canon Rebel. The rest is just instinct, I think.

I did take most of the photos in the first book on mid-century modern dinnerware for Schiffer. In those setups I used a light meter with two photographic free-standing flash lamps synchronized with a traditional film camera. For the current set of photos, I am using just natural sunlight tweaked with an adjustable shutter speed and no light meter. I find that the best photos actually occur when it is not a bright sunny day, but a bit cloudy. The beauty of a digital camera is that you can just adjust the shutter speed based on amount of light without wasting film. That's more or less trial and error, but only takes seconds to get it right. I've noticed that darker backgrounds require more light than lighter backgrounds. My most recent discovery was to use the longer lens and stand farther away from the object when my reflection in the object is a problem.