First off camera flash shot

Toshido

After a month of nervous waiting my much anticipated flash triggers arrived yesterday. While doing some initial testing with less than spectacular batteries I am happy with my first off camera flash picture.
The shutter speed was too fast and I got a black border at the bottom, but I think it worked out well. The second flash off to camera right did not fire (batteries in trigger) either. Overall I liked the, admittedly unintentional, effect.
The sweater hood alone created a nice little bit of fill on his left cheek and just enough to know where his eye is.
The background was cluttered mess (my shop) but it was virtually black as well so a little work with lightroom's adjustment brush cleared up the background.
I think I am going to like playing with off camera flash. Now to get umbrellas and softboxes

chrisdg

I think it is indeed a compelling image. You don't often see extreme, nearly split lighting on a child, so i think it makes the little guy look intense. The shutter band across the bottom actually created an interesting vignette to frame the image. It's fun when a series of problems actually contributes to an image.

Scott_Quier

- It's really nice when a bucket of lemons turns into a pitcher of lemonaide .... and with little if any effort. This is a cool shot!

ivar

Very cool shot, and yay for off-camera flash! Off camera flash is so awesome, shoot and try as much as possible!

D'Buggs

chrisdg wrote:

I think it is indeed a compelling image. You don't often see extreme, nearly split lighting on a child, so i think it makes the little guy look intense. The shutter band across the bottom actually created an interesting vignette to frame the image. It's fun when a series of problems actually contributes to an image.

yuuup!

chrisdg

expanding a bit on my original feedback...

in my mind's eye, it's like the little guy has just suddenly emerged from of a cold, desolate, and very dark location and stepped into a small ray of light coming from a nearby porch lamp...unintentionally spooking the viewer.

You see this in dark, thriller type movies.

In fact, (assuming the subject is your son) I think you should order a FotoFlot or similar to forever document your first ever off-camera flash attempt!