Bert Stephani
flambé
This shot was made on a large birthdayparty of a client. The caterer provided lots of great food but the top attraction (both visual and gastronomic) where the 'crèpes flambées'.
For strobists: The cool evening daylight outside provided a nice blueish background for the yellow flames. I underexposed the ambient to make the flames look more impressive. Problem with the underexposure was that the cook was not much more than a silhouette. So I place a 580EX on a table to my left (almost 90degrees from my position). It was set to low power on manual and zoomed in to get some subtle light on the cook.
To make the light on the cook look like it came from the flames I put a CTO gel over the flash.
Triggered with ST-E2
Learn how to light at strobist.blogspot.com/2006/02/welcome-to-strobist.html
flambé
This shot was made on a large birthdayparty of a client. The caterer provided lots of great food but the top attraction (both visual and gastronomic) where the 'crèpes flambées'.
For strobists: The cool evening daylight outside provided a nice blueish background for the yellow flames. I underexposed the ambient to make the flames look more impressive. Problem with the underexposure was that the cook was not much more than a silhouette. So I place a 580EX on a table to my left (almost 90degrees from my position). It was set to low power on manual and zoomed in to get some subtle light on the cook.
To make the light on the cook look like it came from the flames I put a CTO gel over the flash.
Triggered with ST-E2
Learn how to light at strobist.blogspot.com/2006/02/welcome-to-strobist.html