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backstage of an interesting fashion show in chinatown during fashion week...
shot with 1 x 800W alien bee strobe & canon rebel xti...
Captured using Sync and Delay, with a microphone sensor and delay of 2.0 ms.
PC: Vincent T, Kiran W, Christina S, Anish P, for MIT 6.163 Fall 2015
YN460 II at 1/2 mounted on the softbox and another YN460II at 1/4 on the umbrella
Triggered via PT04
Model: Me
The result:
These ants speed run up and down tree trunks. Notice they have enlarged front femurs.
Dr Brian Heterick - Research Associate | Environment and Agriculture School of Science
"This ant is Opisthopsis rufithorax Emery, a close relative of the sugar ants (Camponotus). You will note the large eyes on the corners of the head: these ants have excellent vision and will evade an oncoming human by darting around the far side of a tree trunk. You would also have noticed the strange, jerky way these ants progress - they are called 'strobe ants' in some quarters because of this."
Photos: Fred
Strobe lights seem to make what appear to be multiple frames as more solid objects. If that makes any sense. I'm not thinking too well right now.
Flash and beauty dish above, and slightly to right of frame. Reflector to left of frame. clipped to stepladders of course. :-)
3X 600 watt strobes. Quality build, 1.5 second recycle time & easy to use. The 22" beauty dish is awesome.
6/5/13 2:20 PM
I don’t mind admitting these strobes are whipping my ass. So far I’ve winged it without the destructions. I have to wait for my wife to read me the destructions for the umbrellas. They are frustrating me. Then I have to buy a set of extension cords to plug the strobes in and figure out the hot shoe remote. @Sigmon Whitener, @Sammy Roberts, HELP! I’ll search the web for a tutorial. @Sammy, when you come to visit I may force you to help!
6/5/13 11:46:17 PM
Just setting up the umbrellas about whipped my butt. i got them up tonight. Now I have to run wires and figure out the remote synch. I have a synch that sets on my hot shoe and three extra cords that seem to go to no where. I may just turn these on and use available light.........I'll be forced sooner or later to go to a sight to see if anyone has a demo. I've got a lot of learning to do and these may just lie in the garage and replace my Van.
I get the soft box cloths, the snoot and I have some filters but the night might be over for me.
My extension cords etc are tied up with my PA in my trailer and it is pouring rain.
6/6/13 7:40 PM
I moved the strobes into the living room with built in Dry wall and outlets. I will be forced to dust the living room now. I may have set a trap for my wife and I to trip and fall down the steps! Yes, I did the floor job but didn’t know what I was doing there either. I will fix everything! First I have to learn how the synchs work!
I figured out how to turn on two of the three strobes but can’t figure out the sync receiver. I don’t think my D-600 has a plug in. Maybe the D-7000 does but it is in the shop. I will check the D-90. But just turning on the lights makes for some fun!
I really have to work on the light positions etc and have to give in and watch a tutorial on how to sync up the strobes. I have plugged in and out of every PA system known to man using adapters from hell but I can't find anywhere to plug into the D-600. I'll look at my other cameras. I may be doomed to buy another camera specifically for the strobes.
Practicing Pet Photography! Bad focus in the eyes...... I have to increase the aperture and shoot on manual. Obviously being behind the camera instead of using a remote would be better. However I thought maybe a running set up of a system might be fun for the group.
If I can make those strobes work correctly I may do some portrait work for friends. See the shadow off the magazine on my chest? I have to do things like turn the overhead light off. This is without the kicker or gold Umbrella flash. I also only used the modeling lights on the strobes as I can't figure out the syncs yet. If I do i may be dangerous. This means if you get any clients and need some excuse to come to Winston to shoot you can use my stuff. i have about three or four other backdrops to try. We need to get some curtains to take care of the outside light coming in. I am close but really need some practice.
Also you can see if you blow this up the magazine labels lose focus. So i also have to get the aperture down, which means setting the numbers higher f/16 an up....maybe that will help the depth of field.
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Fun at the Studio, where our students learn how to shot a variety of styles, from Fashion to Products.
I'm not entirely clear on what caused the strobe to fire the second time, perhaps there was a second shot fired, or perhaps it was the pellet wobbling around inside the egg, or... not sure. Anyway, the egg on the left is showing the initial impact, and the one on the right (really the same egg) is shown flying through the air, and showing up a smaller impact hole from a previous shot that wasn't dramatic enough, so we shot the same egg again. :-)
(Lighting and triggering details comparable to the previous shot; strobe was camera left this time, though.)
Not the cleanest photographic environment... I'll have to work on that for future shoots. :-)
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At San Miguel Island there were rivers of krill. Here the diver with the BIG STROBE is hovering over a cloud of the small crustaceans. Oh, and I love the stylish pink drysuit.
Fun at the Studio, where our students learn how to shot a variety of styles, from Fashion to Products.
When using strobes it has always been tough for me to get bokeh. Adding a 3 stop ND filter sure helps!
B800 bouncing off a PLM camera right. Triggered w/PW's.
Running around firing off my sb-25 into the trees.
Set camera to 15 second timer released exposure, ran beneath the hill line and fired off a couple of flashes from one side to the other.
Finally talked myself into buying strobes.. and well..it's really really powerful.
Oh yea, I've been sick so I look really bad I know
Shooting hockey on strobes with a 400mm lens. Fun stuff.
Three strobes, one at center ice and for each end zones pointed at the ceiling (unknown brand/model)
Thanks to Claude Lapres [http://www.photo-sport.ca/] for the strobe setup and lens.
Just a quick bit of lighting practice with Chewbacca tonight. Really need to keep working at my off camera flash as some of the strobist work out in the Flickrverse is amazing.
Camera: Fujifilm X10
Lens: Fujinon Aspherical 7.1-28.4mm ƒ/2-2.8 @ 7.1mm
Exif: ƒ/7.1 | ISO 100 @ 1/250th sec
Flash: Nikon SB600 manual mode shot at camera right @ 1/16th power. Fujifilm EF-X20 manual mode at 1/16th power behind and left of Chewbacca.
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Well, this is the first portrait using my new Sb-24 flash that I'm uploading... It still looks pretty harsh, with strong edged shadows, but that's because I don't have any light modifiers yet to soften it up (I plan on building a reflective umbrella or softbox, given the amount of DIY tutorials around :D )
Exams are finally over! I didn't do too good, but oh well, now it's time to just relax, enjoy the life and the summer and take some great photos out there ;)
Strobist info: One bare Sb-24 camera left and a DIY reflector on the right.
Anyways, Have a great day everyone!