strobist

On assignment, hip hop singer (MCM milancitymusic) , location on a cave (no ambient light , ambient was aprox 1/20 2,8 ISO 1600 I love my D800 coz is able to catch so low ambient light jajjajaa) the client wants a funky head shot with strong contrast and weird colors so... let´s do it for him!!!

 

when I arrived to location i found a cave, no amibent an a train, abandonated train... so i put a Bare AB800 in a stand inside train to light cave from the inside.

then i placed a SB800 pointing to ceilling to fill , and a SB800 behind the guy (rim) this is the set up shot

www.flickr.com/photos/_frantographer/8563576853/in/photos...

then i placed a pair of DIY carboard stipbox, 1 mts long and 10 cmts whide to crisp edges and give somekinda shinny jacket side look, finally i used a ABR800 ringflash to fill (see glasses) in a bloom, 1/4 CTO , to warm.

explanation of the picasso style diagram,

 

Strobes Marked "A"

1 AB800 inside train to fill and back light

1 SB800 cardboard snoot´d hidden in the back of the subject to rim and fill

1 SB800 with dome diffuser camera right in stand hihgh pointing to ceilling to fill the cave a tad.

B strobes

2 x SB800 one each side , homemade cardboard stripbox, to profile each side of subject

C strobe, ABR800 ringflash used off camera as a beauty dish, to fill and kill weird shadows.

 

AB powered w/vagabond II , all strobes trigged with PW.

 

you can see the results

www.flickr.com/photos/_frantographer/sets/72157633016047940/

 

Thanks to david hobby (AKA strobist) for inspiring and creating a comunity of people thinking in light as a open source resource to show instead of a secret skill in photography, david you rock!!!!

Done