Strobist Lighting 102- 4.1 - Restricting Light

This weeks exercise for the Strobist bootcamp group on Flickr

 

Had a lot of fun with this, even though I couldn't eliminate all of the light spilling onto my background from the gridded snoot.

 

I made a black straw gridded snoot c/- instructions here. I went for the 5cm straw version. I ended up taping cardboard on the front of the grid to reduce the spread of the strobe fitting the background.

 

When choosing my subject, I couldn't go past my 10 year anniversary present from my bride, my Maton guitar.

 

I used the kids Band Hero drum kit as a cookie from a snooted strobe.

 

It's mother's day today in Australia, so I better get back to pampering.

 

BTS setup can be seen here.

 

 

Camera: 5D MkII 1/250 f9.0 ISO 200 24-105 lens @ 105 mm

580 EX II 1/32 105mm Zoom - Camera left on guitar - home made gridded snoot

580 EX II 1/16 105mm Zoom - Blue Gel - "Ashes test series stubby cooler" snoot

Triggered by PW TT1 & TT5's on 580's

Done