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The only thing worse than people poaching your flashes is people with point and shoots poaching your flashes. The way I thought my SB-800's work is that the optical trigger has to be on in order to sync them with pocketwizards. So that's fine, I'll just tape them up with gaffers tape. Which led to a solid hour of frustration as little kids with compact digi's fired my strobes over and over again. And at the worst possible times. Unfortunately, I realized after the fact that I could turn SU-4 mode off.
Strobist info: Two SB-800s, 1/4th power, in both corners of this side of the gym. ~70mm zoom fired with pocketwizards. Nikon D200 and 50mm F/1.8.
Otago Rally 2010. Images by Dunedin Photographer, Michael McQueen.
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1 flash with a diffuser dome | Zoom 105mm | power 1/2 | Placed on the left of the subject | triggered by pop-up flash Camera (Nikon D7000)
playing with iTTL and placed one "group" in the lamp, and one thru a umbrella to the left, i know that TTL is alittle antistrobist, but it works great! with modifyers and compensation in the camera
This is my first time trying the strobe technique....i love the effects and love the way the sky is clear while the model's face is bright enough.....
Its great to learn something new.....will now try to use it more often...
strobist info: bare strobes on the left and right of subject (2m distance)
My fist attempt and not really happy about the result, but i have to try it when the sun is still on the surroundings, please give me tips on how to place the lights...
This was tough! Assignment was to shoot a poster for Classika, a children's theater company (for ages 5-12). "Capture the acrobatics...make it look difficult!" was the guidance.
Problem was the location was cramped and cluttered, I had only 30 mins or so with the actors, and the outfits were too dark in some places, but overly reflective in others. And they wanted all three actors on the poster. I just couldn't figure out how to shoot it.
As a last resort, I pulled out a black linen drop, and tried to copy the "Twilight" poster look... desaturated and compressed, with hopefully some kind of cloudy texture added in post. At least the kids would respond to it, I figured.
I ended up making a few lighting errors that came back to hurt me in post, but eventually I got a usable poster I think. Not great, but good enough!
Strobist: SB-900 with 1/4 CTO and shoot-thru umbrella on camera left, SB-800 behind models to camera right, with snoot for ballerina and umbrella for leaping guys. Slightly desaturated in post to tone down over-reflective tunic.
Thanks to klsanderson for the texture.
First attempts at off camera strobes. Nikon SB-20 camera right (wishing I had a stand and umbrella) strobe setting on my TV. Another SB-20 hair light sitting on a coffe table.
First attempts at off camera strobes. Nikon SB-20 camera right (wishing I had a stand and umbrella) strobe setting on my TV. Another SB-20 hair light sitting on a coffe table.
With my daughter Lana and my friend Joel..
Strobing exercise courtesy of Pareng Jason..
Nikon SB600 and Nissin Di866 triggered with PT04 III
Info: SB600 at camera right and Nissin Di866 (Full Power) at the back of Pareng Joel
Christmas pirate nutcracker shot with 3 strobes,triggered with poverty wizards: 1 Nikon SB-28, 1/8 power, green gel, fired from behind through white shower curtain material, 1 SB-28 camera right, 1/32 power, fired through 24 inch white umbrella, 1 SB-600, camera left, snooted and gel'd with red, 1/64 power. Camera settings: Nikon D50, f4.5, 1/400, 50mm prime lens. I'll be using this series as Christmas cards this year.
Another from the wine splash test, this time with droplets captured on the way in as well as the splash.
Vivitar 285HV placed about a foot away from glass at 90 camera left. Camera mounted on a tripod and used shutter release cable to trip the shutter with one hand while dropping water droplets into the glass from a turkey baster held high in the other hand. Flash triggered with a Gadget Infinty trigger.
iPhone capture rate can't keep up with the refresh rate of the display. Neat. At science museum in Seattle.