For the apparent size I used different reflectors and stuff, nothing fancy. I guess I should’ve set the flash more to the right since that would make the diffused highlight-to-shadow transfer area more clear.

The specular highlight was something else, I really enjoyed this one. To find the right angle to get the highlight or get no highlight at all can be easy and can be tricky. The ford mustang knife has more or less just one reflecting plane and the caterpillar knife has sorta got three planes so that makes life difficult in this case. I’ll make sure to get some more practice on this. Just because it’s fun stuff to do :).

Off course, way too late… But finally here’s my take on the first chapter for the strobist Lighting 102. There were two exercises, angle and distance.
For the angle I set the camera on the timer and just handheld the flash at different angles.
For the distance I used roughly the same technique, started off with the flash on tripod but switched to handheld and stretching out to push the shutter… On strobist was said about this exercise: “how to make a white background go black” in my case it turned into: “how to make junk in the background disappear” :P

Radio Kootwijk is a small town in the Netherlands. The housing accommodations of Radio Kootwijk arose as a result of the building of a Radio Communications Center (a shortwave transmitter) in 1919. The transmitters were a means of communication between the Netherlands and the colony of Dutch East Indies.
In 1923 the Dutch PTT started trans-oceanic telegraphy using a longwave transmitter, and in 1928 a telephonic connection was established through shortwave. At the end of WWII the German forces who occupied Radio Kootwijk destroyed the transmitter. Some of the radio towers were rebuilt.
Off course due to new technology the Radio Station became obsolete. In 1980 the last transmission mast was blown up. In 2004 all activities were stopped.
In 2004 the Station and surroundings were transferred from KPN to the “Dienst Landelijk Gebied”. They in turn, turned over all surrounding forest and nature to “Staatsbosbeheer”. (the State Forestry)
The buildings are currently being use as “anti-kraak” (can anyone tell me an english word for this? -> thanks Illo), used for housing sheep and climbing training.
At Current the DLG is establishing a plan to change the use of all the buildings. Some will be studio’s some exhibition centers etc.
The DLG asked me to take pictures of the current state to be used on their website and other graphics. These are some pictures of the main building.
More (dutch) info on Site of DLG