Where to get chrome sphere / mirror sphere?

[Halford]

to be honest I bought mine in a gardening store.... I could not believe myself, but I did it and I'm happy with it..

it was called gazing ball for garden decoration... :D

H.

[asomma]

Could you give me the link or the contact info to that gardening store?

[th3ta]

I just ordered one from here the other day.

http://www.dube.com/

They're a juggling supply company, but they have some chrome balls for sale on there.

This guy uses it, and it looks pretty good. - http://www.unparent.com/photos_probes.html

[azozel]

I use a 13 inch gazing ball and spray painted one half 50% gray with an oil based Kilz primer and stuck it on a wooden dowel.
It is the best tool for lighting reference and cost me 30 bucks to make.

I take it to every shoot I go to and always get a reference plate with weather I think I'll need it or not.

Also my standard practice is to make an hdri with it as well every 3 to 4 hours while on an out door shoot. I do this just to make sure I get a chronology of that days shoot, natural lighting information. (They did this in Pirates and transformers a lot.)

[asomma]

Where did you order yours azozel? Seems yours is bigger than the ones I've found.

[asomma]

I use a 13 inch gazing ball and spray painted one half 50% gray with an oil based Kilz primer and stuck it on a wooden dowel.
It is the best tool for lighting reference and cost me 30 bucks to make.

The one you've got seems like the perfect size, about 30 cm. I wanna replace the actor/prop with the sphere and film it with the actual filmcamera to get accurate reflections with the correct color. Taking photos of a small sphere with a digital reflex and zoom lens doesn't produce the same colors or contrast.

So where do I get one that big?
Azozel?
Anyone else?

[Halford]

I don't think they have a website...pretty regular/small gerdening store called la peppiniere here in belgium... I just did a quick research, you can find some nice gazing ball off ebay.

Hal.

[h2orat]

Most garden stores sell "viewing balls" which are reflective balls that you can use if you are on a budget.

Mark

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