My First Flashgun - Yongnuo YN-460

The Good News!
After several weeks of research, reading reviews and more than a month of waiting I finally received my very 1st flashgun, My very own Yongnuo YN -460.

First Impression.
After opening the brown postal envelope, the first thing that I noticed is the Nikon-ish box that the flashgun was in. Honestly, I was quite impressed with the box alone. I did not expect to receive it in a very presentable packaging. I was actually expecting a matte brown cheap box since I got the item for a very low price. The next thing that impressed me is when I opened the box. A velvet-like pouch bag was covering the flash itself. Again, I did not expect this one. Then after opening the pouch bag, the flash itself was again wrapped with a very thick plastic covering.

The Looks.
The Yongnuo YN -460‘s front side looked very similar to the Nikon SB-600. At the back you can see 1 button for switching the flash on and off, a button for changing the operating mode to Manual, Slave 1 & Slave 2, and a button for increasing and decreasing the flash power. You can also find here the light indicators or Idiot Lights as others call it which indicate which mode you are on, flash power and a light that changes from red to green to indicate that the flash is ready to fire.

Yongnuo YN-460 (Back)

Whats in the box?

• 1pc. Yongnuo YN-460 Flashgun
• 1pc. flash stand
• 1pc Velvet-like pouch bag
• 1pc Product Manual

Features

Pleasures For Men

Here I would like to share my 1st ever attempt on product photography. This shot was inspired be the work of Steve Bennett’s work which I have been following for the past months.

What do you guys think? good enough for a 1st try?

You can find the setup on how I took the photograph from here.

Photograph was captured with:

Nikon D90 DSLR Camera
Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC
Nikon MC-DC2 Remote Shutter
Marumi UV Filter
Sandisk ULTRA 15MB/s SD card

My DIY Product Photography Setup

DIY Photography

DIY Product Photography Setup

Here I would like to share a small project that I have been working on the past few days. It’s my very own  DIY product photography setup inspired by Steve Bennett’s work. Here is a list of that I used for the setup.

1. 2 pcs. Home made diffusers – made out of card boards cut into shape of frames then I glued together with a tracing paper on the middle then added 2 pieces of triangle shaped cardboard which serves as stand of the diffusers.
2. 2 pcs. Lamps – these are 2 ordinary lamps which I bought from a local shop with daylight bulbs.
3. 1 big sheet of continous white paper – this is used as a seamless background for the product.

You can check out the final image from this setup here.