frank theriault wrote:
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
Thank you very much, Frank!
BTW, I've since learned that aiming a small clamp-on tungsten light
through the umbrella doesn't affect the lighting and provides lots of
light for focusing. Well, there's a minimal effect if you shoot wide
open, say f1.4 through f2.0, but it's only small and it's warm so that's ok.
-bmw
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