Success of this lighting setup

Sask2005

Hi

Can anyone post photos to this thread showing the results of photos taken using this setup : http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1166287

And if no one can post pics - how close would the setup have to be to the subject being photographed.

PS. I want to see other pics using this setup other than the ones shown on the webpage.

Thanks
Bruce :barb

zacker

Sask2005 wrote:

Hi

Can anyone post photos to this thread showing the results of photos taken using this setup : http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1166287

And if no one can post pics - how close would the setup have to be to the subject being photographed.

PS. I want to see other pics using this setup other than the ones shown on the webpage.

Thanks
Bruce

looks like someone has been to the "Strobist" site.. google strobist and youll get all the off can flash lighting instructions, DYI lighting instructions and soo much more.. Im useing this set up myself ( just started) and have a canon 30D with a Nikon SB-25 flash and the canon 420EX..works great!

Sask2005

Thanks - never thought of that - found some good sites already.

bruce

zacker wrote:

looks like someone has been to the "Strobist" site.. google strobist and youll get all the off can flash lighting instructions, DYI lighting instructions and soo much more.. Im useing this set up myself ( just started) and have a canon 30D with a Nikon SB-25 flash and the canon 420EX..works great!

Nikolai

Bruce,
I can vouch for Shay

I've been using similar, if not identical, setup (built by his recommendation, actually) for 2+ years, it works great.

Here's a couple from when I was shooting for "bw in color" challenge.

I wanted the low light, so my flash was at a min power...





HTH

LiquidAir

http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/

The best site going for professional results from shoemount flashes.

Sask2005

Nice - tell me what the background is made from, how many and what types of lights lit the articles and how you set it all up?

Thanks. clap

Nikolai

Bruce,

Sask2005 wrote:

Nice - tell me what the background is made from, how many and what types of lights lit the articles and how you set it all up?

Thanks. clap

First of all, I have a favor to ask: if you can please edit your post and remove my images from there, that would be great!
I'm asking not because they are mine:-), but simply because having copies of pictures from the original posts in replies make the threads bloated and hard to read
TIA!

Now, to your questions:-)

It was simply two poster boards, one white, one black. Kids usually have them in the house for whatever school projects they do, so I used the ones that was "lying around":-)

Light is exactly as Shay described, with the exception that I used a brollybox (shoot-through white umbrella) instead of reflecting umbrella.
Sunpack 555AutoEX on a stand on a side of the target, PocketWizard activated.
I believe I was shooting with 20D at the time.
HTH

Bodley

Sask2005 wrote:

Hi

Can anyone post photos to this thread showing the results of photos taken using this setup : http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/1166287

And if no one can post pics - how close would the setup have to be to the subject being photographed.

PS. I want to see other pics using this setup other than the ones shown on the webpage.

Thanks
Bruce

Was shot w/ 580ex in a brolly box type umbrella with 580ex background light both on pocket wizard multimax's. Shot against white foam-board because subject was being extracted from the background. Needs color correction. Actually screwed up the shoot by metering at 200 iso and had camera set at 100 (first time out shooting with a meter).

Sask2005

My efforts
Hi People

I had a go last night with a rig up of side strobe lighting, reflectors (but no umbrella) and the like.

What do you think? And how do I post pics to this thread (I read the instructions and they didn't help me)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzphotopro1/279409212/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzphotopro1/279409414/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nzphotopro1/279409212/in/set-72157594345001658/

Shay Stephens

Here is a recent example of the setup taken just a few days ago:



I used one light on a light stand with a small softbox instead of an umbrella and a pocketwizard to trigger instead of a sync cord. Those changes were made to make moving around outside more practical, but the effects on the photo were negligible if I had instead used an umbrella and cord.

Sask2005

Nice photo - great shot.

Shay Stephens wrote:

Here is a recent example of the setup taken just a few days ago:



I used one light on a light stand with a small softbox instead of an umbrella and a pocketwizard to trigger instead of a sync cord. Those changes were made to make moving around outside more practical, but the effects on the photo were negligible if I had instead used an umbrella and cord.

Sask2005

I didn't know the other person's posts and pics could be removed - that's another thing I have learnt.