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Strobist first results - opinions please?
After reading countless forums about strobist photography I took a light stand, flash unit, camera, tripod, reflector screen and two 500 watt flood lights outside last night and these are the best pics of the 83 I snapped.
I was trying for minimal side or front lighting, to just light up a little of the object with a little lit background and I think I got it.
What do you think, how could I do better - opinions please?
![2276356654_9546f5a0cb_o.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/2276356654_9546f5a0cb_o.jpg)
![2276356842_b16b0e7853.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2276356842_b16b0e7853.jpg)
![2275564773_74fa105966.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/2275564773_74fa105966.jpg)
![2276357082_840da4b517.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2031/2276357082_840da4b517.jpg)
![2276356550_1ce73bc0da.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2069/2276356550_1ce73bc0da.jpg)
Sorry can't work out how to post exif data.
I was trying for minimal side or front lighting, to just light up a little of the object with a little lit background and I think I got it.
What do you think, how could I do better - opinions please?
![2276356654_9546f5a0cb_o.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/2276356654_9546f5a0cb_o.jpg)
![2276356842_b16b0e7853.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2276356842_b16b0e7853.jpg)
![2275564773_74fa105966.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/2275564773_74fa105966.jpg)
![2276357082_840da4b517.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2031/2276357082_840da4b517.jpg)
![2276356550_1ce73bc0da.jpg](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2069/2276356550_1ce73bc0da.jpg)
Sorry can't work out how to post exif data.
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Just a few thoughts... the first two seem a little off balanace to me. The BG is lit up on the left side of both of them and the right is just darkness. I can understand that you're going for side lighting, but I think I'd try a tighter crop. I generally try to ask myself what each part of the shot is providing, and if I don't have a good answer, then I cut it out.
The backgrounds are also a bit distracting in some of them, maybe try stopping down to a lower aperature to blur them a bit?
Hope that helps!