Last Call
Every year for at least the last 45 I have given up alcohol for the month of January. This year I had Maria help with documenting my last beer for a month. I set up the lighting and she was at the tripod mounted camera framing the shot and encouraging me to look crazed and desperate, which wasn't that much of a reach.
Lighting info: I wanted harsh, dramatic and unflattering lighting for this black and white picture so I used one YN560-II above and to camera left for the main light source. I had a large silver reflector disc at camera right to bounce a little fill light onto that side of the frame. I put a Strobie 130 in a Rogue Grid behind me, but I didn't aim it very well as only my ear and hat are lit from behind. Both strobes were in manual mode.
Other black and white pictures that I've taken are in my Black and White album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157644989606939/
Last Call
Every year for at least the last 45 I have given up alcohol for the month of January. This year I had Maria help with documenting my last beer for a month. I set up the lighting and she was at the tripod mounted camera framing the shot and encouraging me to look crazed and desperate, which wasn't that much of a reach.
Lighting info: I wanted harsh, dramatic and unflattering lighting for this black and white picture so I used one YN560-II above and to camera left for the main light source. I had a large silver reflector disc at camera right to bounce a little fill light onto that side of the frame. I put a Strobie 130 in a Rogue Grid behind me, but I didn't aim it very well as only my ear and hat are lit from behind. Both strobes were in manual mode.
Other black and white pictures that I've taken are in my Black and White album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157644989606939/