Only if the instructor and her daughter show up.:-) Dave
On 5/15/07, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/15/07, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just thought i'd give a brief out line from last night, for those that > > are interested.:-) > > > > Instructor brought in her light system and her 19 year old daughter, > > who as it turns out, does not mind having her picture taken, unlike my > > daughter.LOL > > > > Her system is pretty basic, but does a very good job. Two 500 watt > > strob's and stands, a plain Jane rod and stand fore backdrops and > > that's it. > > Back drops are painted muslin, and canvas, and props were foam > > cushions to raise people up to make a nicer, rounder group photos. We > > worked on the 3', 6', 6',6' triangle being subject 3' away from > > backdrop and the lights 6' away a6' between them. This is her basic > > small studio setup. > > > > We spent an hour or so watching her pose and shoot her daughter, and > > showing us various ways to soften light with out a softbox, and use > > home made reflectors for shadow reduction in certain cases.She showed > > the class how to work the light meter, at least i can do THAT.:-) > > > > With home made light box, and metering, it only took her a moment to > > set the power on the stobs for her working ap of F8. Stob's trigger by > > wire and i see now what you need for the hotshoe to do that. > > She works with a D70. > > > > At the end of the night she posed a group of 5 students, some tall and > > some short etc, and showed us ways to position them, and also briefly > > touched on using a flash and umbrella as studio lighting in a pinch. > > I may have to go this route for any pet store shoots, as if they are > > all small like the Petvalu my wife works at,. i won't be able to > > utilize the 6' method, but the one stobe method sh eshowed us. Either > > that or get the stobbracket and just lift the flash off the camera. > > > > The best part was at the end, she asked to see the horse, pet and kid > > pictures i was asked to bring in, and she thought they were all great. > > I'm happy.:-) > > > > Next week, our turn to wreck havoc in the photography world. > > > > LOL > > > > Thanks for listening. > > Now I'm ~really~ sad that I'll be missing GFM. Sounds like there'll > be a killer group photo... > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
