Taking the strobes out for a walk

reyvee61

Ok, why would you want to take your portable studio strobe lights outside?
Well my thoughts were to have more control over the lighting.
I had to make do on a recent shoot where I didn't have a scrim or much shade to thwart the high noon sunlight so I brought one of the strobes out and placed it within two feet of my subjects. I used a 24 inch softbox on a 400ws strobe at about half power.

The results were ok but didn't quite kill the harsh shadows on their faces as good as I would have liked.
Example 1



Example 2



The shadows are bothersome in my mind and in retrospect I should have cranked up the power a bit more butl it wasn't a full paying job thankfully and they were happy with the pictures.

I've seen some dramatic work done in broad daylight but I've yet to produce such.

Here are a few from a practice shoot I did a while ago with the strobes at a longer distance from the subject.

Example 3


Example 4


Again, not quite what I was shooting for.....

In retrospect I believe I could have done a fine job on the last two just shooting normally....

Live and learn

Qarik

I found you have to crank up the power and go high speed sync and you DOMINATE the sun when outdoors in bright light.

reyvee61

Qarik wrote: »

I found you have to crank up the power and go high speed sync and you DOMINATE the sun when outdoors in bright light.

I will keep that in mind next time but I will making myself some scrims....