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p.7 #1 · Show us your setup!

Thanks!

I don't really think in terms of ratios so much as difference between f-stops...I know it's mostly semantics, but that's just how I was trained to approach it.

Of course, since I was flying blind without a meter for once I'm not sure exactly where everything metered.

If the model's highlight side was at-exposure, then her shadow side was probably about 2 stops down. The ringflash was just lifting the shadows a bit. With backlight like that you really don't need a lot of output, as it's banging right into the lens...if the ringflash was getting about 125ws and was 10' from the model then the backlight was getting about 220ws and is also acting as key. I failed to note it above, but there was probably a reflector panel to camera left bouncing the backlight back into her face.

Oct 07, 2009 at 03:08 AM

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p.7 #2 · Show us your setup!

Thanks shatterkiss...that last post was awesome. I'm amazed you guys had the energy to do all that

Oct 07, 2009 at 03:09 AM

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p.7 #3 · Show us your setup!

Just found this thread. I guess I'll bring it back to life. Here is my setup shot for a beach shoot:

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The results from that morning:

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Oct 26, 2009 at 07:12 PM

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Will, Flashes gelled, I assume?

Oct 26, 2009 at 09:43 PM

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p.7 #5 · Show us your setup!

derek walter wrote:
Will, Flashes gelled, I assume?
Yep. 3/4 CTO on all of them.

Oct 27, 2009 at 01:17 AM

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p.7 #6 · Show us your setup!

Here is one from a workshop I taught over the weekend. Very simple, very effective:

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Just a Canon 580ex in a 28" Westcott

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More from this workshop/set

Oct 27, 2009 at 02:47 AM

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p.7 #7 · Show us your setup!

Very cool, Sid! Saw them on Facebook and I could tell from thumbnails they were going to be good.

Here's a quickie from me from earlier today...just a little sample before I head to bed. If people are interested I can write up a full narrative like I did earlier.

This is Jennifer from Ford Models. A pair of quick images we grabbed outdoors (second model of the day, 1st of 4 or 5 looks we did with her):

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And the behind the scenes shots:

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That's Evan, who was assisting for the day, hand-holding a Profoto AcuteB pack and head with Zoom reflector for a little kicker. Image on the left has a silver reflector kicking a little light back. We were going for something a little similar to recent John Varvatos campaigns, which I believe have been shot by Danny Clinch. The day's shooting was all done for Ford Models.

It's worth noting that, in heels, both of those models were taller than anyone else in the studio today...and Evan is, what, 6'4"? Welcome to the fashion biz.

Oct 27, 2009 at 03:37 AM

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p.7 #8 · Show us your setup!

Nice Simon. It's always good to see your setups and hear the backstory.

<Chas>

Oct 27, 2009 at 04:16 AM

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p.7 #9 · Show us your setup!

Simon-

what ap. were you shooting at in 1b? looks like relatively shallow DOF, and I was
wondering how you managed that (or does your camera body sync at a redonk
high speed?)

Oct 27, 2009 at 05:42 AM

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p.7 #10 · Show us your setup!

Hey Jason! Think I shot the first frame at f/1.4 @ 1/125th or so, then the second at f/8 @ 1/250th. That alley at my studio is so sheltered that it's commonly a 4-6 stop difference between it and the light out in the street 20' away. Those were shot with a D300, so I'm limited to a 1/250th sync...nothing too crazy there!

Oct 27, 2009 at 11:43 AM

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p.7 #11 · Show us your setup!

Sid,

Have you ever had any problems tilting the Westscott Apollo softbox? The only reason I have not purchased it yet is because I hear its hard to tilt the softbox is this true? In your pic above it seems that you tilted it without any problems.

Dave

Oct 27, 2009 at 09:20 PM

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p.7 #12 · Show us your setup!

I can't thank you guys enough for going through your setups. I am just getting into portraiture and this has not only given me a lot of ideas but also a lot of inspiration to get out there and do it.

Oct 27, 2009 at 10:08 PM

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p.7 #13 · Show us your setup!

muskydave22 wrote:
Sid,

Have you ever had any problems tilting the Westscott Apollo softbox? The only reason I have not purchased it yet is because I hear its hard to tilt the softbox is this true? In your pic above it seems that you tilted it without any problems.

Dave

Not really. You need to tuck the bottom up a little but to get it to tilt, but nothing that 1. requires effort or 2. takes more than six seconds.

I use this sucker all the time. I'm always pointing it up or down, and just because the bottom is tucked up a bit, it doesn't change the light very much, if at all.

Just get it. It rules.

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:04 AM

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p.7 #14 · Show us your setup!

Alright great to know!! I am planning on getting one of these to use with my 580ex and I am also planning on using my alien bees when I get them with this softbox too. I have heard that they barely fit, but I think it would give off some awesome powerful light.

Dave

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:24 AM

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p.7 #15 · Show us your setup!

Alien Bees fit in there with no problems:

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Oct 28, 2009 at 12:33 AM

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p.7 #16 · Show us your setup!

All amazing shots guys.. thanks for the behind the scenes shots..

Evan IS 6'4. Amazing that models are that tall.. "I wish I was a little bit taller"....

simon: In the shot of 2a with evan on the step above the models is that the same setup as 1b, but with only 1 model instead of 2?

Ryan

Oct 28, 2009 at 06:40 AM

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p.7 #17 · Show us your setup!

I'm 5'8"

Oct 28, 2009 at 07:36 AM

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vidoprof wrote:
simon: In the shot of 2a with evan on the step above the models is that the same setup as 1b, but with only 1 model instead of 2?

Both of the left-side panels are the same, we just started it as 1-shots and then did a series of 2-shots before calling it a day on one of the models. I wasn't as happy with the 2-shots as I felt that one of the models totally overshadowed and stole the shot from the other, so I'm only using the solo images from that setup. Same light in all of them, though - we just let Evan hunker down up there and track Jennifer with the strobe as she moved. Since he was feathering it up off of her, it was as important that the strobe stayed aimed at the reflector as it moved where she moved.

All of those shots were just the AcuteB handheld from over the shoulder and behind, basically. It's a very easy way to spark up natural light shots and make them look just a little more interesting.

Oct 28, 2009 at 12:19 PM

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p.7 #19 · Show us your setup!

Sid Ceaser wrote:
Here is one from a workshop I taught over the weekend. Very simple, very effective:

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Just a Canon 580ex in a 28" Westcott

Can you provide a link to this softbox?

It would work w/ an Alien Bee and my Nikon SB-28?

Oct 28, 2009 at 03:14 PM

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p.7 #20 · Show us your setup!

Link to the Apollo Westcot at B&H

And, yup, I use this softbox with both my AB strobes in studio, and with a myriad of speedlights (580ex, Vivitar 285, Sunpak 120j, Nikon SB-24, etc)

Oct 28, 2009 at 03:20 PM

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