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You get what you ask for......
There are many instructional videos out there on lighting, retouching etc. but what a lot of people have asked me is... "how to get that one step further, what about creativity".
Well you asked for it.
Next week we are gonna release "Mastering the model shoot 3 : Creativity"
This is a LONG and JamPacked video with loads of tips and techniques on getting more and more creativity into your shoots.
Chapters include :
Working with the lensbaby
Lens flares and fog
The Lightblaster
Working with smoke
Working with projection and creative light painting
Combining strobes with projection
Using gels
Working with animal suits
and more....
Also included are of course technical tips, workflow tips and an extensive retouch session with many handy tips and techniques.
The video will be available on our site next week and will retail for 35.00 euros
Dianne dropped by the studio recently for some head shots and half-body shots. In the third series of images, we decided to try something a little different using the Light Blaster.
strobist: 1 Canon 580EX, camera right (pointed at model's face), diffused by a Light Blaster with 35mm transparent slide, projected with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens. 1 Canon 580EX, below camera, diffused by a white umbrella (for fill). 1 White Lightning x1600, camera left (behind subject), diffused by a gridded strip box. 1 White Lightning Ultrazap 1600, diffused by a Paul C. Buff medium collapsible softbox. 1 Canon 580EX, behind subject, gridded, pointed at background. Flashes and studio strobes triggered via Cybersyncs.
Decided to test out the LightBlaster flash modifier I'd bought and see how it affected light as it came out different lenses without any form of slide or anything. just the flash and the lens, how do the play together?
camera settings were:
Canon 7D
f2.8 / ISO 250 @ 1/250sec
1-4 were shot with a Canon 17-55 2.8
5-6 were shot with a Canon 24-70 2.8
light was camera left, about 3.5ft away from camera, and about 4.5 from subject.
light was a Nikon SB-25 set 1/4P @ 24mm
1: Canon 24-70 2.8 @ 24mm
2: Canon 24-70 2.8 @ 70mm
3: Canon FL 50mm 1.4
4: Sigma 8mm 3.5
5: Canon 17-55 2.8 @17mm
6: Canon 17-55 2.8 @55mm
two biggest (and maybe obvious to some) observations:
the wider the lens= wider beam/softer shadows/weaker light
the tighter the lens= tighter beam/harder shadows/brighter the light
some of this may seem very "DUH" to some, but it's always good to see it for yourself.
Test shoot using my newly acquired Light Blaster (light-blaster.com) which allows you to project your own backdrop images. Since I also have a big photoshoot coming up for a local hair salon I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and get some salon test shots as well.
The Light Blaster performed well overall but it definitely has strengths and weaknesses. I just used an old 18-55mm Canon kit lens, I found I needed to use a lot of power. If I used a faster lens (ie wider aperture) it should require a bit less light. A big issue is that you really need to limit spill from your key light or else it will completely wash out the projected background. I was shooting in a small space so this didn't help that fact, if I had more room the key light would have fallen off quicker too.
Strobist info:
Rim lights: YN460MKII
Location: Model left and right, behind a foot or so pointed down at hair.
Modifier: Gridded snoot.
Key light: Canon 580EX in 16" beauty dish
Location: In front of model, very close, angled down at a 45.
Modifier: Grid and diffusion screen.
Light Blaster
YN460MKII
Rough power ratios was as follows:
Rim 1/16
Key 1/4
Light Blaster 1/8 to 1/2 depending on slide.
Test shoot using my newly acquired Light Blaster (light-blaster.com) which allows you to project your own backdrop images. Since I also have a big photoshoot coming up for a local hair salon I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and get some salon test shots as well.
The Light Blaster performed well overall but it definitely has strengths and weaknesses. I just used an old 18-55mm Canon kit lens, I found I needed to use a lot of power. If I used a faster lens (ie wider aperture) it should require a bit less light. A big issue is that you really need to limit spill from your key light or else it will completely wash out the projected background. I was shooting in a small space so this didn't help that fact, if I had more room the key light would have fallen off quicker too.
Strobist info:
Rim lights: YN460MKII
Location: Model left and right, behind a foot or so pointed down at hair.
Modifier: Gridded snoot.
Key light: Canon 580EX in 16" beauty dish
Location: In front of model, very close, angled down at a 45.
Modifier: Grid and diffusion screen.
Light Blaster
YN460MKII
Rough power ratios was as follows:
Rim 1/16
Key 1/4
Light Blaster 1/8 to 1/2 depending on slide.
First set shot with the Lightblaster.
Now let me make clear I'm not sponsored by them to say this but this is one COOL device and for a very affordable price. (99.00 for the light blaster) I used it on an Elinchrom strobe so I also mounted the studio strobe convertor but you can have loads of fun with this. So check them out.
original size
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Jun 28, 2014.
nightclub "Antiknock".
Shinjuku, Tokyo.
camera : nimslo 3D + Light Blaster
film : FUJICOLOR C200
scanner : Epson GT-F730
Annewiek: the Lightblaster flyer has arrived. WoW. NL Website will be online soon
#light-blaster, #drukwerkdeal
final shots from the A-Z workshop in Dordrecht with Nadine.
used the light blaster here for a nice subtle effect on the model and background (love that device)
#sonyimaging #lightblaster
Model: Loren Burgos
Hmua: Kim Templonuevo
John Tepaurel 2013
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Taken at the Enchanted Skies Star Party trip to Magdalena Ridge Observatory in Socorro County, New Mexico.
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Model: Loren Burgos
Hmua: Kim Templonuevo
John Tepaurel 2013
All photographs and text appearing in this album are copyrighted to John Tepaurel. All Rights Reserved 2013. The photographs may not be copied, reproduced, redistributed, manipulated, projected, used or altered without the prior express written permission of John Tepaurel.
John A. Tepaurel Digital Photography johntepaurel@yahoo.com
original size
www.flickr.com/photos/parallel_yoshing/14384054159/sizes/o/
Jun 28, 2014.
nightclub "Antiknock".
Shinjuku, Tokyo.
camera : nimslo 3D + Light Blaster
film : FUJICOLOR C200
scanner : Epson GT-F730
Day 209 of 365
"Untitled Portrait"
Today's portrait was inspired by a Viking-esque image I viewed yesterday, then it devolved into something more Neanderthal. That reflects in no way on our model. She was game from the start, and did this to her hair for the portrait. Thank you, crazy lady who lives under the overpass!!! Actually, she is my sister-in-law....and she lives in Seattle. Our key light is a gridded beauty dish at camera-right. It is just out of frame, and you can see the reflection in her eyes. The dish was lowered enough to give some exposure to her hands, as I did not want to use an additional light from the camera's axis. Next, there is a snooted speedlight behind our model, and it supplies the hairlight. Lastly, behind me and to my left is my Light Blaster, projecting an image of a cloudy sky on to the white seamless paper. The Light Blaster is a device which attached to a lens, and projects slide images on to backgrounds....or foregrounds. While the final image is not what I originally intended when we began the journey, I really like where it went. Thanks for staring for a minute!!
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Strobist info: Single Strobe through Soft box with honeycomb Grid at minimal power from Camera Left, Triggered wirelessly with GD, rear light from window, and tones were added in post.
Model: Loren Burgos
Hmua: Kim Templonuevo
John Tepaurel 2013
All photographs and text appearing in this album are copyrighted to John Tepaurel. All Rights Reserved 2013. The photographs may not be copied, reproduced, redistributed, manipulated, projected, used or altered without the prior express written permission of John Tepaurel.
John A. Tepaurel Digital Photography johntepaurel@yahoo.com
original size
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Aug 31, 2014.
nightclub "ZONE-B" Waseda, Tokyo.
camera : nimslo 3D + Light Blaster
film : Fujicolor SUPERIA X-TRA 400
scanner : Epson GT-F730