Okay, we're headed up to Raleigh we've
got a little bit of a road trip ahead of
us. We're stocked for food, and we're
stocked for gear! Today we're gonna be
photographing poisonous dart frogs, and
so axolotls. I cannot wait to see an
axolotl in person. We couldn't get these
gorgeous creatures to our studios, so we
brought the studio to them. The backdrop
hold's, the lights, combination of lights,
the large black seamless backdrop.
Everything we were gonna need to set it
up, and shoot them in a studio. So long
everything is set up, as soon as we go in
we will shoot fast.
Yeah I think that's probably the best.
For the axolotl, we want to be able to
showcase the underwater effects in terms
of how they live, but also make sure we
get a good clean shot. So this is a weird
request, how do we get them away from
this texture. Well okay... well as I
say that it's nicely done. What I would
love to do is figure out how to elevate
it. Like you to come up, or like a little
bit up so it's a because part of it is,
the bottom is a little warped, and so
it's hard to get a clear shot. We've got
more of these lids, what if we sunk one of these
into the bottom right? I think yeah, yeah
like in the middle, let's see if we can
keep it there for just a second. That's
so good right there, it's definitely
better, turn the light up, right up, turn
it like 20 degrees up, with a closer, cuz
it's really dark under there, and I just
want to get a really bright shot.
Oh my god. I love this thing, oh that's doing
better his eyes get super green, that's
so good.
One last gill shot, last one last gill
last gill ,refresh, come on kind of
Oh my god... you're just the best,
beautiful, Oh my gosh
how is that not the cutest thing that's
ever lived.
Oh look at that, that is awesome.
So the platform was everything, that shot
was not possible before.
For the poisonous dart frogs, it's gonna
be a combination to do something
creative where we really show off the
tiny, tiny size, but the beauty and
iridescent of the skin. Okay so you just
put chlorinated water on there,
dechlorinated water, to make sure that
cause chlorines terrible for frogs...
They're so awesome, a beautiful creature,
you grab my 105mm, so I can go
really close in. Looks like a like Robin.
Do you you want it
like some broad lighting.
Oh no way you just
do that for me, that's perfect.
Okay that's just rude, I'm gonna search
24-70. Let's see if we put him back there,
and see if we can get him to hop at me.
Wait, wait, wait,let me get the lens.
He's like thank you for my shower.
Actually wait that looks really pretty. I'm
gonna get the macro
shot again.
He love it. Oh my god he's like so into it.
Oh man I already got the shot like a
million times but I can't stop because
it's so beautiful.
Manage to grab the 24-70 back, ok let me try
one chair shot overhead, then we're done.
This is like a product shot! oh wait we
wait, just saw awesome reflection, that I did not see.
Alright that's it!
That is so gorgeous.
My favorite shot of the poison dart frog
had to be the one where his mouth is
open and it looks like he's smiling. I
think there's even like a drop of water
on his mouth as he's being sprayed.
Axolotl this was a challenge at first
because we couldn't get the angle we
wanted while he's in the water, and so we
needed to raise him on a platform and
from that platform we got such a cooler
angle, and we lit it really strongly from
the front, and then tried to do some side
lighting by tweaking the light in the
background, and it looked a lot like an
underwater shot of this gorgeous
axolotl. Be the axolotl you want to
see in the world.