Retry at a self portrait (This time, high key)

jdorseydesign

I did a self portrait a week back and it turned out a little ominous.

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=155575

So I'm back in front of the camera trying out another setup. This time I decided it was easier for me to do high key, considering the room I'm using has a pink wall at the moment (LOL).

Strobist info..
40" umbrella to camera right
Bare flash with a gobo on it to block flare from the back camera left.
SB-600 behind me with a stofen on it to blow out the pink wall to white.



Better? Less serial killerish?

Did I do the high key thing correctly?

adbsgicom

Much better look, and I like your lighting. I believe in high key, you'd want a lighter colored shirt. The pink is creeping in a bit, but not much.

Why is there a stoffen on the b/g light? Are you talking about the omnibouce, or a different attachment? I would have expected a flagged light there? I only ask because I don't know, not questioning your decision since it looks really good and there doesn't seem to be any flare off the wall.

jdorseydesign

adbsgicom wrote:

Much better look, and I like your lighting. I believe in high key, you'd want a lighter colored shirt. The pink is creeping in a bit, but not much.

Why is there a stoffen on the b/g light? Are you talking about the omnibouce, or a different attachment? I would have expected a flagged light there? I only ask because I don't know, not questioning your decision since it looks really good and there doesn't seem to be any flare off the wall.

Heh, there's a stofen on the background light because David Hobby used one when lighting his background on the Strobist DVDs.

adbsgicom

David Hobby is a good reason..
You are talking about the omnibounce, right? The little white boxy lid.

jdorseydesign

adbsgicom wrote:

David Hobby is a good reason..
You are talking about the omnibounce, right? The little white boxy lid.

Yeah, sorry, one of those little guys. BTW, the SB-600 is pointing TOWARDS the wall and away from the camera with the stofen on it. Not 'up' as you might be thinking. I think this makes the light go off in all directions except back towards the camera.

adbsgicom

Thanks, I'll play with that. I have an omnibounce, but didn't really think about using it (I flagged my flash, but I think I still had it too bright as I had a lot of forward reflection off the wall). The omnibounce emulates a bare bulb with light shooting out in all directions, so you will still have some back light, but given you likely didn't have to blast the wall too hard, the net effect is to provide some rim lighting that worked well.