One Light Set ups
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Sid Ceaser
Registered: Mar 18, 2005
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Country: United States

Sean,

got a pic of what the light looks like?

seanmcfoto
Registered: Dec 06, 2004
Total Posts: 369
Country: Ireland

er Kinda..

http://flickr.com/photos/seanmcfoto/205726605/
Due to Flickr's term of service I'll put that there....

All that's on the other side is the bulb that you see through it. I've been online all evening and found Stephen Eastwood has some shots using this idea barebulb. I found there was too much lens flare and lack of contrast so I fastened the bulb to foamcore and cut out a hole using a tam tam stool bottom (circular). The guts of the light fitting are inside a plastic electronics box with mains going in and the 4 core control cable with power and starter feeds coming out to the lamp. These lamps are usually used in large ceiling fittings. The shot was ISO 400 1/160 at f2.5 if I remember right. The EXIF should be intact. Hope this helps..

PS yes that is her boyfriend on the phone. Bodybuilder. Big.Yipes...

deanwh
Registered: Jun 22, 2003
Total Posts: 1498
Country: Australia

Heres some I did a couple of days ago with 1 580ex into a shoot-tru brolly, fired with an st-e2. This set-up works very well for me on location. All were location portraits for magazine stories:
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Edited by deanwh on Mar 20, 2007 at 02:25 PM GMT

oasis
Registered: Apr 14, 2005
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Country: United States

Nice shots Dean! I love location lighting...

Troy Moth
Registered: Sep 12, 2004
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everything in my "fashion" gallery on my site is done with just one light. Sorry I can't link to them though (flash gallery)

espressogeek
Registered: Jul 17, 2006
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lordarka wrote:
A few of mine...

Arka C.

What color backdrop is used in that second shot? I just love how it has such subtle ambience.

lordarka
Registered: Jun 13, 2003
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espressogeek wrote:

What color backdrop is used in that second shot? I just love how it has such subtle ambience.

Thanks! That's a dark red seamless paper backdrop. Glad you liked it!

Arka C.

shatterkiss
Registered: Sep 30, 2004
Total Posts: 3684
Country: United States

Here's a new one, not sure how I feel about it yet but I was surprised what was possible with one light, an octabox and no other modifiers or accessories of any kind. Got a bunch from the same shoot that I'm still sorting through, but figured I'd post this as a kind of barometer. Totally unretouched except for the RAW balancing, unsharp mask/resize and the watermark.

deanwh
Registered: Jun 22, 2003
Total Posts: 1498
Country: Australia

oasis wrote:
Nice shots Dean! I love location lighting...

Thanks Oasis. I've only just started shooting with the flash in M (no ettl) and find I have way more control over the scene. Thinking of adding another speedlight now too.
Cheers, Dean

mufutau
Registered: Dec 19, 2005
Total Posts: 561
Country: United States

Shatterkiss, I always love your pictures.. this is another nice one.
Wish I can learn from someone like you.

Mufutau
Bronx, New York

shatterkiss wrote:
Here's a new one, not sure how I feel about it yet but I was surprised what was possible with one light, an octabox and no other modifiers or accessories of any kind. Got a bunch from the same shoot that I'm still sorting through, but figured I'd post this as a kind of barometer. Totally unretouched except for the RAW balancing, unsharp mask/resize and the watermark.

M-E-P
Registered: Jun 06, 2005
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Country: United States

SImon:

another great one!

Thanx for sharing!

woffles
Registered: Nov 27, 2005
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Took this one a while back with a cheap clamp on desk lamp and a black towel for a backdrop. Could be better but I still like it.

ryandrn
Registered: Jan 21, 2005
Total Posts: 140
Country: United States

one light with umbrella above "gangsta lighing"

eventhestreets
Registered: Jan 05, 2006
Total Posts: 552
Country: United States

These were all done using a single light set up. Just and Alien Bee B800... usually positioned just slightly to camera right and slightly above model.

-Jason

www.jasongaskins.com

stiksandstones
Registered: Oct 18, 2004
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^ jason, those are awesome.

eventhestreets
Registered: Jan 05, 2006
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stiksandstones wrote:
^ jason, those are awesome.

thanks man! appreciate the compliment.

-Jason

www.jasongaskins.com

dennysb
Registered: Oct 19, 2004
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Country: United States

ilegales wrote:
Nice thread -as always thanks Simon for that good info

heres a one light shot i did on a grey background using a beauty dish and grid

model is about 5-6 foot from the grey backgorund
dish on our right pointed down 45 degrees..

Alejandro

Alejandro, your photo is beautiful, it shows how much you can do with one light. Thx!

dennysb
Registered: Oct 19, 2004
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Country: United States

eventhestreets wrote:
These were all done using a single light set up. Just and Alien Bee B800... usually positioned just slightly to camera right and slightly above model.

-Jason

www.jasongaskins.com

Jason, those are really beautiful photos. This is a good thread, lots of inspiration.