First shoot with my strobes

tompii

I have been reading this forum for a long time now, and i must say i absolutly love it.
Now i think i have the guts to post something, anyway here it goes!
This is my first shoot with my new small strobes.
C&C please.

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Enjoy.

Swartzy

Great model...great lighting...beautiful processing...cool setting. Looks like you have it dialed in.....now to the next step....selective lighting :D:D

Qarik

in general these are well exposed, well composed shots at a neat setting. nice set.

2 nitpicks:

1) #3 has the up nostrils POV..slightly unflattering
2) #1 the shoes blend together..I think a some speration would have been better.

Nikolai

Welcome!
I generally like ##1 and 2
Good luck!

Matt S

I thought this was the best of the bunch. Then someone had to go and mention the "up the nose" thing, now I can't see past it! Doh!

Really though this shot is great and I think it is the most flattering of the model.

The first shot didn't do much for me, but I don't know if I could pinpoint what bugs me about it. The one in the doorway is good, and I liked the backlit effect.

Overall well done.

tompii

Thanks alot for the c&c and the warm welcome!
I´ll think of these great tips for the next shoot.

Swartzy, selective lightning... do you mean like lightning half the model, or more like lightning only the model and leaving the surroundings alone?

thanks.

Swartzy

tompii wrote:

Thanks alot for the c&c and the warm welcome!
I´ll think of these great tips for the next shoot.

Swartzy, selective lightning... do you mean like lightning half the model, or more like lightning only the model and leaving the surroundings alone?

thanks.

In a way. Primarily what we like to do is create a dynamic appeal with our lighting. The backgrounds typically shouldn't be as bright as the subject as it distracts our eye to other elements. There are no rules per se but we often find by "modeling" our light we focus on the elements in the frame that we want to convey...in these instances the model. The lighting is used to create a mood, an appeal, a message, etc. as we use background elements to enhance and "show off" our subject.

tompii

Swartzy wrote:

In a way. Primarily what we like to do is create a dynamic appeal with our lighting. The backgrounds typically shouldn't be as bright as the subject as it distracts our eye to other elements. There are no rules per se but we often find by "modeling" our light we focus on the elements in the frame that we want to convey...in these instances the model. The lighting is used to create a mood, an appeal, a message, etc. as we use background elements to enhance and "show off" our subject.

Thanks alot for explaning!
I will think of this next time im out shooting.

Now i am using my sb900 and 2x vivitar 285hvs with shootthrough-umbrellas.
Shalle i use some kind of snoot to control the light to the model?
Or shall i try blocking it with a gobo or something?

Best regards Tomtom