85" (215cm) Hobo Lighting Silver/Black Parabolic Type Umbrella

Strobist:

 

Background: White Mylar sheet lit with modifier #1: a Hobo Lighting A600 Studio Strobe on 1/4 Power, fitted with background reflector. Lots of hand editing :-( in Photoshop as the background need to be 3 times the size. See comment about location below.

 

Modifier #2: to camera right, 6 feet back from umbrella and the centre 5 feet off the ground 1 foot off the ground, pointing slightly down on the shaft of the subject - 64" Hobo Lighting Silver Parabolic Type umbrella with Nikon SB900 on Full Power and with front diffuser cap (= 17mm zoom).

 

Modifier #3: to camera left, a Hobo Lighting A600 Studio Strobe on 1/32 Power, fitted with the standard 8&qout; reflector about 12 feet from umbrella and 5 feet from ground, used as a general fill to light the back of the subject umbrella.

 

Oh, and 'that' strobe in the picture, a 300WS strobe at 1/32, bare bulb.

 

Camera: Nikon D300s 50mm (prime) at 1/200, ISO200.

 

Trigger: RF-602 with 4 Receivers.

Done