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My submission to the January "Photographers in Perth" "In Homage" project.
I'm not sure if this is stretching the definition of "In Homage" but this shot was certainly inspired by three people/groups.
First, David Hobby over at Strobist and his CFL picture. He's trying to draw peoples' attention to switch to CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) from light bulbs, I guess this is the second half of the picture! I admire David's effort in dispensing knowledge about off camera flash and forming the community that he has to promote this idea and I've certainly learned a lot from his posts and "On Assignment" articles. The method of making the bulb float in midair is pretty much identical to what he did (although I used a thin metal rod because I had less space to hide the supports - and of course I only got one try to break the bulb!).
Secondly, Graham_WA and his sound activated strobe photos. I've been meaning to do this sorta thing for a while and seeing Graham's work finally got me off my backside to actually implement it. The actual circuit I used was based on the circuit here.
Finally, Mythbusters and their ingenuity in building devices to solve a problem - in this case, to resemble their hammer swinging rig (Episode 67, original air date November 26, 2006). Sure they get the odd thing wrong (and generally they revisit it anyway) but just the sheer energy and comedy that goes into each episode is great I think.
Strobist info:
Minolta AF4000 strobe below left on minimum power and reflected back by a white sheet on the right, triggered by a homemade audio trigger placed about 30cm away from bulb. Old Starblitz optical slave at camera bottom with blue gel shooting at the black cardboard background. Lightbulb itself is a 100W 240V bulb powered from a 30V current limited power supply (in case the hammers short the bulb out). Exposure was 8 seconds with the bulb broken at about the 7.5 second mark.
More setup details coming soon if there's any interest ...
Without the border effects!
Strobe Info:
Yongnuo 560-II Strobe to right of camera close to subject bounced from white umbrella. 1/4 power.
Yongnuo 560 Strobe to left of camera bounced of white celling. 1/4 power.
Large white reflector to right of subject.
Silver reflectors on ground.
Triggered by Yongnuo RF-600tx
Black background
Camera D3100
Software: Aftershot Pro & Gimp
Explored link: flickr.com/explore/interesting/2012/12/15/page39
Not that this strobist business is easy.
But strobe self-portraits are really tough to manage.
(Strobist info: Single Pentax AF540FGZ with snoot made from Jever beer sixpack cardboard, shooting from the right side at 1/64, angle slightly upwards from below face, shot through white cloth - for lack of umbrella -, triggered by on-camera flash in control mode.
Oh gawd do I feel geeky when I use all that gobbledegook!
But I have found out a funny way to work without a light stand: Just set up my tripod, mount my old Super A on it, and use its flash shoe to hold the strobe - works perfectly!)
Bare 580EX at camera right triggered by Pocketwizards plus II's.
Part of the 365 project
More at Stateofthenation blog
Tulsa is full of abandoned buildings. Which is great for photography sets. This is a set i set up with some friends. Tell me what you think!
Used:
Canon 60D (gripped)
Canon EF 28-135 3.5-5.6
tripod
flash/strobe combo
Photoshop CS5
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Our assignment at We’re Here! on Wednesday, March 7th, was light bulb.
This is a Halloween strobe light sitting on black glass.
Taken at the Arlington, TX "Small Strobes, Big Results" workshop.
Key light was an SB-800 on a boom, another SB camera left with a grid to put light on the truck door. Another strobe, SB with a red gel behind Mark and shot onto the wall.
Looking across a dry landscape, he wonders if some of that wet stuff they call rain will ever return.
I wanted to express a dry and arid environment, without actually showing anything of the surrounding landscape. I decided to use the sun as a back light, while lighting the farmer from the front. I shot low from about 1.5 metres from the subject and my Quadra light about 2.5metres high, and to the right a metre also, directly opposite the position of the low Winter sun.
Of coarse, looking into the sun is going to demand a fairly small aperture while staying at the 1/200th sec max sync speed of the 5D, it resulted in a f/22 @ ISO100 and 304 Watt seconds of power from the strobe….....I think that is almost equivalent to 6 speedlites. I tried this type of shot with my 550EX and I had to have it about 2 feet from the subjects face at full juice.
With thanks to Joanna
Using high speed strobes on location.
DSC_1782
We've had a lot of rain, so this location I had earmarked for this shoot was on its way to a bog like state, but what a great day for a shoot with good strong light to play against. So much good light, that even under this canopy, a 500th was needed to bring the background under control. Despite the light, October is pushing it for outdoor shoots and both Joanna and I started to feel that cooling air. Yikes, here comes Winter!
Nikon D800
Sigma 50mm @ F2.8 / 1/500th
ISO 160
2 HSS strobes camera left and back at 1/16th, single Triopo strobe (love this brand) camera right at 1/4.
Some slight grading in LR.
Had a shoot with fellow photographers and some dancers.
I've always wanted to try this series and finally got a chance to do it
Strobist info:
2 Studiostrobes back left and right of subject @ 2.0
I was thinking of aisha yusaf when taking this shot. [inspired from this photo of her www.flickr.com/photos/aisha_yusaf/6086697604/in/photostream]
Playing again with strobes today. Still not 100% happy, but I think I am improving? :>
Single strobe with large beauty dish, slightly above and slightly to right hand side of frame. Photographer crouching a meter or so below beauty dish. Triggered via remote RF.
Greater Lynn Photographic Association
Model Shoot
Strobist Info: Medium Softbox at Camera Right - power of studio strobe set for f/8 as key light. Medium Softbox at Camera Left, with power of studio strobe set for f/5.6 as fill light. Hair light with studio strobe set for f/5.6 on top of background.
PocketWizard Plus II triggers.