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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
I was able to get out and shoot with Steffi Carter.
For this image I used a single Godox/Flashpoint AD300 Pro on camera left with no diffusion.
Our assignment at We’re Here! on Wednesday, March 7th, was light bulb.
This is a Halloween strobe light sitting on black glass.
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.
Evolution of a water figure revealed by strobing at 100hz (10ms). mic trigger and flash controlled by StopShot. See www.cognisys-inc.com
Fun Fact #1: On the left side of my head, you can see a line or dent that runs several inches up (why I usually wear a hat). My mother refuses to admit it, but I think I was likely dropped as an infant. It would explain a lot.
Fun Fact #2: My head, in addition to being unattractive, is also asymmetrical. Again, if you dare to look closely, one ear is higher than the other. It plays hell with every pair of glasses I have ever owned as they all end up being warped.
Nikon D750
Nikon 85mm f/1.8
f/8 | 1/200 | 85mm | ISO 250
Single B800 @ 1/4 power in a med. soft box boomed directly over camera, with a small round white reflector below subjects chest for a modified clamshell type set up.
Scene composed in and shutter fired using Camranger Mini + iPad Pro.
All strobes, modifiers and triggers by Paul C. Buff
88-0525/AV F-16CM Block 40H 510thFS/31stFW just about to touch down on runway 24 at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk.
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.
Elinchrome ELB400, Profoto RFI Softbox 1,3x2"
Film: Kodak Panatomic-X (Expired 1990).
Dev: Caffenol-c-l, 50min stand, 20°.Agitation 1'st minute .
Camera: Hasselblad 500C/M .
Lens: Planar 100/3.5
SB-600 camera left (held by voice-activated lightstand) triggered through an SC-28 cord. Forgot the power, but I know the zoom was at 85mm
I really like the portability of strobe lights. I'm talking about the speedlite units, stands and umbrellas, not the large studio strobes with modeling lights. Fortunately with digital the question of whether or not the strobes fired is immediately reviewable.
A flash/ambient meter is almost a necessity I've found in outdoor locations. On the other hand, tho heavier and usually needed a power outlet, are the flat panel displays. A bit bulkier but still fairly portable.
John and I were doing a photo shoot in one of the U's studios and using a soft box . . . hence the warm light on John's neck and 2 strobes, with umbrellas. I find it very relaxing to do shoots with good shooting friends.
Two of the members of the "A-Team", Nita Jane, and Barry come onboard when the shoot is more complex and more assistants or creative input is needed.
This was pretty straighforward, and I took the opportunity to do some "wing shooting" of the preparations.
A foggy day in the mountains, visibility near zero, looking for something to shoot. Found this water lily, lit with a 200 ws strobe, warming and diffusion filters.
N435AS Alaska Airlines-990/ER (cn 43292/4668) On final into BWI as the skies clear after a rain shower.
Shelburne Falls & Colrain Street Railway number 10 out briefly at night.
Strobist: x3200 behind the car @50%, AB1600 to the left of the car at 50% with a 15 degree grid, x3200 to the left of the camera at 25% with a 30 degree grid
- 2 Nikon SB-80DX flash triggered by 2 Pocket Wizard Plus II
- First flash at full power | Zoom 85 mm | Shoot bounce reflective umbrella | Placed on the left over the subject
- Second flash at 1/8 power | Zoom 108 mm | Shoot bounce circular reflector disc | Placed on the right of the subject on the ground