093/365 - Harmonica
New toys arrived today: a pair of SB-700 speedlights, flash stands, and a few other lighting-related accessories, and I couldn't resist playing with them this evening. Of course, I had to pick this Hohner “Blues Harp” harmonica, a subject that was one big reflective surface, but why make it easy on myself? Besides, it’s Monday, and until I run out of instruments around the house, I shoot musical instruments if I don’t get a shot during the day on Mondays.
Really just played around, trying to get a feel for how the flashes behaved, experimenting with multiple flash groups, augmenting the flash with a softbox, and so on. Was nice to be able to experiment a bit for a change indoors while handheld; none of my previous lighting arrangements really let me do that. Time to really learn how to use these things correctly, though.
This is one of the experiments. The harmonica is on a wool scarf (thus the highlights that look like hairs–because they are).
My best recollection of the setup is: Nikon D7000 w/Nikkor 18-200mm @ 112mm w/18mm macro tube, 1/60s @ ƒ/22, ISO100. One SB-700 behind and above subject, in Group A at -1.0ev, Another SB-700 to camera right in front of subject in Group B at -0.3ev. Tweaked the colors a bit in Aperture, along with some slight cropping and burning the area of the scarf just a bit.
Not too shabby for just horsing around, I guess. Does look better in the lightbox, so hit ‘L’ if you’re so inclined.
093/365 - Harmonica
New toys arrived today: a pair of SB-700 speedlights, flash stands, and a few other lighting-related accessories, and I couldn't resist playing with them this evening. Of course, I had to pick this Hohner “Blues Harp” harmonica, a subject that was one big reflective surface, but why make it easy on myself? Besides, it’s Monday, and until I run out of instruments around the house, I shoot musical instruments if I don’t get a shot during the day on Mondays.
Really just played around, trying to get a feel for how the flashes behaved, experimenting with multiple flash groups, augmenting the flash with a softbox, and so on. Was nice to be able to experiment a bit for a change indoors while handheld; none of my previous lighting arrangements really let me do that. Time to really learn how to use these things correctly, though.
This is one of the experiments. The harmonica is on a wool scarf (thus the highlights that look like hairs–because they are).
My best recollection of the setup is: Nikon D7000 w/Nikkor 18-200mm @ 112mm w/18mm macro tube, 1/60s @ ƒ/22, ISO100. One SB-700 behind and above subject, in Group A at -1.0ev, Another SB-700 to camera right in front of subject in Group B at -0.3ev. Tweaked the colors a bit in Aperture, along with some slight cropping and burning the area of the scarf just a bit.
Not too shabby for just horsing around, I guess. Does look better in the lightbox, so hit ‘L’ if you’re so inclined.