Yes, this is my basement. Bonus points to anyone who names the three posters :)
When my wife and I were searching for homes, we happened upon this house that was priced at the same as some of the other houses around, but included a fully done basement with home theatre (all equipment included) and a hot tub. turns out that this house was on the market for a year before we bought it and we got it for $60k less than originally asking. We love this house, it was the perfect buy.
Movie nights are especially fantastic. There is full 7.1 surround sound hooked up to a 92" projector. Turn down the lights and you have a great watching experience. It was especially nice to watch the Packers win the Super Bowl with a group of about 15 people :)
Lighting: Technically there were 6 light sources for this photo. You can see three overhead recessed halogens. Behind the camera there are two more over two other posters. Then I also used a flash with a mini soft box from the upper left. I held the flash so as to splash light out of the side of the soft box which helped the light wrap around the bowl without creating too bad of a reflection. I also had a 1/4 CTO gel on the flash to get the light a bit closer to the halogen color and provide a more natural feel (instead of the blueish looking light that came out of the unglued flash).
Post Processing:
* Straighten
* Increase exposure and recovery
* Decrease black point
* Increase brightness
* Increase contrast
* Dodge and higher contrast for the popcorn
* Topaz DeNoise
* Topaz InFocus (I recently rediscovered how nice the "sharpening" effect is)
* Increase recovery
* Decrease black point
* Increase definition
* Increase saturation and vibrancy
* S-curve
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG
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