Restarting .
I had stepped away from dslr photography for awhile. Shooting only on vacations. Now I'm back. Living just north of NYC lin the age of Covid-19 has kept me indoors for the most part for the last few weeks. Here's a shot from my first stab at flash photography in a long while.
The lightbeams are an accident. One that i liked. There was a window with a blind diagonally behind the subject. i believe the lightbeams are the result of flash bouncing off the small amount of glass visible between the blind and the window frame.
EDIT: Adding flash info/camera settings
82mm, 1/200th/sec, f8, SB900 - no umbrella or other diffusion device. Flash exposure dialed down to 1 stop under exposure. Flash triggered by Nikon Commander Mode.
Nikon SB-900 on a flash stand diagonally behind models right shoulder (left shoulder as you're viewing the photo). Exposure was set on the flash to be -1.0 exposure.
The flash head was raised to model's head height but aimed indirectly (peripherally at the side and to the back of the model's head so we ended up with the hot highlights on the neck and so forth. White walls, a blind and a window diagonally behind provided some bounce light. I believe the window is responsible for the lightbeam (i.e. they were not added in photoshop).
This is the start of me playing around with old style
Hollywood publicity/glamour photo style. Model wasn't dressed for it but not needed for this round while I figure out flash and lighting.
Restarting .
I had stepped away from dslr photography for awhile. Shooting only on vacations. Now I'm back. Living just north of NYC lin the age of Covid-19 has kept me indoors for the most part for the last few weeks. Here's a shot from my first stab at flash photography in a long while.
The lightbeams are an accident. One that i liked. There was a window with a blind diagonally behind the subject. i believe the lightbeams are the result of flash bouncing off the small amount of glass visible between the blind and the window frame.
EDIT: Adding flash info/camera settings
82mm, 1/200th/sec, f8, SB900 - no umbrella or other diffusion device. Flash exposure dialed down to 1 stop under exposure. Flash triggered by Nikon Commander Mode.
Nikon SB-900 on a flash stand diagonally behind models right shoulder (left shoulder as you're viewing the photo). Exposure was set on the flash to be -1.0 exposure.
The flash head was raised to model's head height but aimed indirectly (peripherally at the side and to the back of the model's head so we ended up with the hot highlights on the neck and so forth. White walls, a blind and a window diagonally behind provided some bounce light. I believe the window is responsible for the lightbeam (i.e. they were not added in photoshop).
This is the start of me playing around with old style
Hollywood publicity/glamour photo style. Model wasn't dressed for it but not needed for this round while I figure out flash and lighting.