Shooting against the light using off-camera flash to expose the subject

Strobe '

I taught a strobe lesson in Shinjuku, with the help of the talented Youko Sunshine and makeup by Beauty By Alexandre. After we got the makeup on, it went fantastically. Thanks to everyone involved, and especially to David and Tom.

my attempt in strobe lighting.. ^^

lol, i have to turn my flashlight on and off for "flash" hahahah

i just had a workshop from Scott Kelby. and here's the result:)

Kerb 2010

First time using a strobe flash

Lead Nurse Practitioner

More practice with the flash. Going with a Stofen Omni-Flex diffuser to soften just a bit. I wanted to see how the shadows fell. The flash was camera left at 45 degrees, bouncing off a 12' white ceiling. I may try a black card next time to keep the light going to the celing. Turned off the ambient light, so the strobe was the primary light source.

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Model dancing across the frame.

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Shot with 50mm 1.4 1/60 f/5.6 - Suntax 132AF on left 1 meter away at Lo - 1/16 power, Silver reflector about 6 inches right.

Used a homemade strobe to do this shot and many of the other strobe pictures.

LBE79

Mamiya 4 x 5

Two strobes (Calumet Genesis 400) camera left and right triggered by sync cable.

50mm 1.4 prime

These represent my first try at this technique.

Strobist:

Vivitar 285, 1/16 power, bounced off a sheet of paper to the rear.

I'm interested to see what advantage i can gain from using an additional strobe.

This was a room in the puppet house, with a noisy strobe light.

Another one with the blue bag as the background but this one was lighter. I just straightened it and cropped it to make a square, created a shadow/ darker edges around the bottle that made it stand out, and removed a line on the bag.

Strobe Flower / 频闪花

(121), 2010

53 X 50 cm

Sara decided to make her self comfortable on the brand new white back drop while I was playing around with my new shoot thru umbrella. You can see the umbrella in the reflection in her eye :) I converted to mono b/c the rug is a distracting shade of bright red.

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Family Medicine Physician