Well done. I liked the last two quite a lot, with the very last being my favorite.
Paul
On Oct 25, 2009, at 7:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:

Shots from my very first modeling photoshoot on Saturday. Great fun for me, though a *lot* of hard work. Hotshoe flashes are versatile little buggers, and I was using two of them triggered wirelessly off the popup flash. But the lack of a modeling light in the setup so I could get accurate focus is a serious impediment. I had to keep turning on and off a small gooseneck halogen lamp, and that really slowed me down.

Shots were lit by one or two AF-540FGZ flashes and shot with a K20D and DA* 50-135mm lens @ f/8.0, 1/125th. All manually focussed (too dim for AF) and the flashes were all on manual too.

As an aside, I now truly grok all the complaints from here about the Pentax flashes auto wireless behaviour. I don't have too much trouble with a single flash with some ambient light, but two flashes at once and near darkness -- total chaos! Luckily, I figured that out while doing prep work for this shoot, so I started in full manual mode and stayed there. But that strongly suggests either switching in future to A/C studio strobes, or just getting some el- cheapo (eg Vivitar) flashes in future. If I can't make use of the P- TTL logic, why waste the dough?


My model is Tina Hung, an aspiring actor/singer/dancer. Tina is practicing her "serious look" here. :-)

Makeup & styling: Tina and Louise Peacock
Camera: Pentax K20D, DA* 50-135mm F2.8
Lighting: Pentax AF-540FGZ x 2,
       Westcott 45" shoot-through umbrella,
       home-made snoot,
       silver Dollar-store auto-reflector.
Studio: my living room. :-)

http://is.gd/4Bt4X

Comments gratefully received.

-bmw

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