That LED array does sound like a tempting piece of equipment.
There've been several obstacles to my wanting to get too deeply into
flash photography -- the biggest one being affordability. Another is
that I'm just not crazy about carrying around anything more than I
absolutely have to.
Still, at some point, I do need to step out of the little comfort zone
I've built around natural and ambient light. When I do, I'll definitely
look into an LED array.
Thanks for the info!
-- Walt
On 3/20/2012 6:51 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Temperament, schmemperament. :-)
Walt, learning how to light is all about two things for me: light
shaping, and personal growth. When I started 5 years ago I told
everyone I was a "natural light shooter". I eventually figured out
that this is really a code-phrase for "I'm afraid I'll suck at flash."
Everything you learn about photography has good effects on everything
else you do in photography, and possibly elsewhere besides.
If I was starting out with lighting experiments today I'd go straight
into LED lighting. I have a battery-powered 160-LED array and I can
tell you it's an awesome tool, and cheap; $50. Because it's continuous
you can see the effects immediately: the highlights and where the
shadows fall.
"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original
dimensions."
--Oliver Wendell Holmes
On "Cab": when I first saw that in Lightroom it immediately reminded
me of Botticelli's Venus, so I figured I had a keeper.
Thanks, Walt!
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:37 AM, Walt Gilbert<[email protected]> wrote:
I actually love studio photography, but I love /other people/ doing it. I
just don't think I have the temperament for it. I also love Paul Stenquist's
car work, but I'll be damned if I'd want to try and make a living at it. I'm
pretty sure I'd be awful at it.
That said, I like all the shots, but I really love the "Call me a cab!"
shot -- particularly the pose. Classically feminine.
-- Walt
On 3/19/2012 3:25 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
For the studio fans (all four of you): two more finished images in my
Postmodern Pinups project:
http://goo.gl/udU3k
I had hoped to get to more of last week's Posing Workshop shoot, but
learning how to do decent background extraction using a copy of the
blue channel in Ps took up all my spare weekend time.
By the way, I had an unbelievable Duh! moment. With a flash of utter
brilliance, I rotated my second monitor, an older Dell LCD, to
portrait position and was able to edit these portrait orientation
images so as to completely cover the now vertical screen, increasing
their area roughly 400%! I have had this monitor now for about 6 years
and this is the very first fecking time I've thought to do that. Live
and -- eventually -- learn. It's like buying a brand new 30" monitor,
for portraits anyway.
Kit:
K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8, ISO 100.
4 Bowens 400WS strobes, 2 barn-doored on backdrop; 2 in 42" gridded
softboxes.
Lr, Ps.
Thanks to Bob W for the "Postmodern" moniker.
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