A walk along the Canning River Roleystone

ISO 200 f/8 1/200s 1 Alien Bees B1600 at minimum power above inside large softbox triggered with pocket wizards.

A year ago my wife found me a lovely model to work with so I could practice and improve my portrait skills and get a better understanding of lighting (what a wife, huh?). This is where we are at now; our first shoot where we have left the umbrellas behind and begun to experiment with a 28" softbox. Could have used fill on camera left, but we had no assistant and we were shooting Ninja-style in a crime-ridden neighborhood underneath a freeway overpass without any assistant to aid us.

Strobist Info:

Canon 580ex ii camera right fired into Westcott 28" Apollo Softbox

ETTL ii mode

Triggered with Pocket Wizards

Gridded Softbox camera left, from above

D7200 + 85 mm 1.8

- YN 560 III, full power + sun

- ND Filter

- 60x60 cm Softbox camera right

- Triggered via RF-602

Thanks to the model, Marina

Just messing around starting to work out how to make table top images. This first attempt is a real simple light setup with one light on the background (needs more up top) and one 24 " softbox about 8 inches above the glass, with the glass at the back edge to front light the tomato, Base is a granite tile. No photoshoppery on this one, just adjustments to the tones in Lightroom

I just picked up a 2x2 feet folding/portable softbox. I think I like it.

This is how it's done: pretty good light dispersion over the entire reflector.

- 2 Metz AF48-1 N on

- 2 Yongnuo 622 N receivers

- flashes set to 24mm with

- wide-angle screens down/in use

#Photopaddler

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taken in richmond, by the river

The setup image for this portrait:

1 - today's 40cm DIY softbox fitted with a strobe provides soft key light coming from the right

2 - A foamboard silver reflector mounted on a stick-in-a-can provides fill from the left side.

3 - A stick-in-a-can and some A clamps are used to hold a stretch of black fabric to act as backdrop

4 - A strobe fitted with blue gel and a coroplast gridspot is placed on the far right, casting a long light strip and provides some background separation

5 - IKEA chair is used as a posing stool

DIY softbox. pretty much made this as i went. used leftover science fair board (that stuff is really handy!), duct tape, aluminum foil and some freezer paper.

now that i know the procedure, maybe i'll document when i make the next one.

Studio light with softbox, white background with flash.

medium softbox with monobloc 1/8 power left of camera, medium softbox right of camera at 1/2 power, monobloc with snoot at 1/1 for hairlight

Shot using small softbox to left and direct flash into wall on the right

Because a bigger diffused lightsource makes softer shadows!

- Take a shoebox

- Cut a hole the size of your flash head out from the bottom.

- Aluminium-foil the inside of the box so there the light doens't get absorbed by the cardboard.

- Use white paper (chalk paper) for the outside.

Idea by AJ French

softbox 40cm. h. 70cm di fronte alla modella. camera con flash a bordo e Rayflash RAN 160. diffusore da 80cm. sul alto destro ad 1mt circa colo oro.

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Strobist: Studio strobe at almost full power, inside a big softbox slightly high cam left, but close to subject. Blue gelled strobe behind and to the sides, aimed at her. Unfortunately I'm not sure on the power level of the flashes. Triggered by an IR device.

A cheap Ebay softbox 60cm x 60cm with a homemade adaptor to enable me to use one or two speedlights, also packs up nice and small for transportation.

See the set for more pictures.

It is a 8mm bar chopped, bent and then threaded, a nut is attached to the thread to allow the softbox to be moved up and down.

hardlight urban

softbox right, striplight back

I've gone through my share of Speedlight modifiers. This is the best. Optimum results without light falloff begin at 40 mm and up. Best to shoot with a Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens for the reduction in weight.

May 6, 2017.

Not good: the light is concentrated in the middle of the screen, most of the reflective surface is unused. I could change the distance, but I would lose too much power.

- 2 Metz AF48-1 N on

- 2 Yongnuo 622 N receivers

- flashes set to 24mm

#Photopaddler

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Strobist, Softbox from camera Right connected to the camera with a synch cable.

Nikon F70 film camera.

Rollei RPX 400 ISO.

Can't wait for the Walking dead to return to TV.

My friend, Les, came over last night and we dressed Nicole up in my wedding gown and set up this shot. Thanks, Les & Nicole!

Strobist Info:

2 YN560 @ 1/2 power - octabox camera left and 28" apollo softbox camera left

50mm lens

f/8

1/160 sec

Please excuse the glare

i built this little contraption onto my trusty (made in Japan) Vivitar 285HV.

i just measured it out on matte board, cut it to size, and taped it all together.

materials used:

-wax paper 4x5 neg sleeve(s)

-matte board (black on one side, white on the other)

-gaffer's tape

-matte knife

it's not the most sturdy thing, and i'm sure it wouldn't handle a drop too well (nor a strong poke), but it works pretty decently.

Examples shot here, here, here, and here.

Now i need to modify it to be removable and possibly collapsible for portability.

Shot w/single yongnuo 500ex speed light into a newer 24x24 softbox with grid.

It's been years since I used a softbox but picked up this affordable collapsible one and tried it out during a fashion/model session.

©Oscar Spearman Photography

Camera Info:

Canon Rebel T1I, Tamron EF 28-75mm 2.8mm @28mm, f/5.0, 1/125th, ISO 200

Strobist Info:

-Key Light: 43" Octobox Softbox with Soft Diffuser and Speedring Bracket for Canon Flash 430EX II, camera left inside softbox, 1/4 power, 6 feet high and 3-4 feet from subject

-Rim Light: 24" Softbox with Soft Diffuser and Speedring Bracket for Canon Flash 430EX II, camera right inside softbox, 1/2 power, 5 feet high and 3-4 feet from subject

-Speedlights triggered using Radio Popper JrX system

See a sample setup shot here: www.flickr.com/photos/oscarcamejophotos/7864636568/in/pho...

Hoshi is my most available model when I want to try lighthing experiments.

Jordan waited to let people doodle on her casts, but she let loose this week. She felt so good about it, she doodled a little on her own.

Jordan had surgery on both legs and feet in February in order to correct complications caused by nearly seven years of chemotherapy. She is currently in remission from a diffuse brain tumor. She is quintessentially a survivor. Follow her story at Jordan's Journey www.jordanvincent.com

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Strobist: AB800 1/8 power through 40" softbox boomed over subject triggered with CyberSync

Softbox in the background, plexiglas on the bottom, black paper on both sides.

Softbox from above.

Softbox with Canon 600EX-RT Speedlite

I put this together today using foamcore, fabric, and black duct tape. Also used a bit of hardware from Lowes to hold it onto the lightstand.

D200 + Sigma 50mm 1.4

Strobist

YN460 camera right @1/4 @ 45 degrees downwards fired into 24X36 softbox

SB600 camera left @ 1/32 power bare with 1/2 CTB

PENTAX K-5 • 80 ISO • Pentax DA* 55mm F1.4 SDM

Kenko Pz-AF UniPlus Tube 25

Metz Flash 48 AF-1 Digital with softbox

Explore #271

I finally got my flash to fire triggered by the build in flash (been trying to do so for a year and suddenly it just worked, haha).

To celebrate I made a softbox (atleast I think it's a softbox, correct me if I'm wrong) for the flash. It's made out of an old lamp screen (Mums awesome idea!), some aluminium foil, white fabric, two sticks and two rubber bands.

:)