61/365 - Adrift in the Darkness
A lot of things will be changing very shortly for me. I've brought it on myself, and it's for the better, but it's still a daunting road ahead. Right now it feels like I'm in the dark, a little unsure of where to turn, of what I may face.
I should be heading towards the light, indeed I think I've made the correct choices to get there, but it still feels a little dark here. I'll just have to give it time and know inside my heart that I'm walking towards the light!
TOTW: Technique
This one is SOOC with no crop. What you see is what you get! I wanted to be just a small feature in a sea of darkness and it's easy to do with off-camera flash. I set my flash just out of frame to the left and placed a cardboard snoot (roll) over the flash head to 'aim' the light directly at my face and limit light spread anywhere else. The flash was set to manual at 1/16 power and I set the camera shutter speed fast enough to not get any ambient light (1/100 s), with an f-stop set to limit the amount of exposure for the flash (f8). To get it right, just play with f-stop and flash power, until you have what you want.
P.S. this shot was made in a fully lit room!
61/365 - Adrift in the Darkness
A lot of things will be changing very shortly for me. I've brought it on myself, and it's for the better, but it's still a daunting road ahead. Right now it feels like I'm in the dark, a little unsure of where to turn, of what I may face.
I should be heading towards the light, indeed I think I've made the correct choices to get there, but it still feels a little dark here. I'll just have to give it time and know inside my heart that I'm walking towards the light!
TOTW: Technique
This one is SOOC with no crop. What you see is what you get! I wanted to be just a small feature in a sea of darkness and it's easy to do with off-camera flash. I set my flash just out of frame to the left and placed a cardboard snoot (roll) over the flash head to 'aim' the light directly at my face and limit light spread anywhere else. The flash was set to manual at 1/16 power and I set the camera shutter speed fast enough to not get any ambient light (1/100 s), with an f-stop set to limit the amount of exposure for the flash (f8). To get it right, just play with f-stop and flash power, until you have what you want.
P.S. this shot was made in a fully lit room!