My wussy baby camera - strobist style

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It’s been raining all day, and though I might be waterproof, my 350D isn’t. So I take that as a perfectly good reason to take some gear shots – of course strobist style.

 

I received my third Elinchrom Skyport receiver this week, so I thought this would make a perfect opportunity for some three lights strobist practice. To make it a bit harder, I decided on shooting black on black.

 

Task at hand: Maky my wussy 350D look less wussy by lighting it the right way.

 

Edit: Now I shoot with a little bit less wussy camera... my Canon EOS 5D, in this photograph lit similarly to this shot.

 

Strobist info:

Three speedlites were used. Two bare 430EXs were used as rim light / kickers. The two 430EXs were placed on both sides of the camera and slightly behind the model camera. A 540EZ was placed in a large soft box above camera. The soft box was aimed slightly downwards. The black side of a 5-in-1 reflector was placed behind the camera as a black background. All flashes were triggered by Elinchrom Skyports. Metering was done with a Sekonic L-358.

 

Highest flickr explore / interestingness position: #226

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