On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> 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.
Late looking and commenting on these, but they're lovely. I know absolutely nothing about studio lighting, so I really appreciate what you've done here. Beautiful woman, very well captured. Terrific job! 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
