It helps to have a handsome model, and your son certainly is, but good lighting and posing technique, such as you've demonstrated, will always bring out the best in any subject.
You know you "done good" when your subject is pleased.
Keep up the good work!
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.
First off, nice work! Did you use any light modifier for these shots? I can't tell if there was a softbox/octabox used. I'm going to take my AB800 outside for the first time this weekend and I'm trying to figure if I should bring the octabox or not...
Thanks,
Keith
Edited by Keith Bratcher on Nov 16, 2007 at 01:52 PM GMT
Keith,
Bring the octabox. Controlling your light just works better with an octa. Plus it gives you a nice soft wash of light over your target. What size do you have?
Keith Bratcher wrote:
First off, nice work! Did you use any light modifier for these shots? I can't tell if there was a softbox/octabox used. I'm going to take my AB800 outside for the first time this weekend and I'm trying to figure if I should being the octabox or not...
Thanks,
Keith
Wow, Keith you dug up some oldies there. Anyways, those were taken way back when I first started getting into using a strobe, and hadn't yet bought a modifier for my AB. So to answer your question, no they didn't have any kind of modifier. However, nowadays I always shoot with a modifier. Usually a medium softbox, or a beauty dish. And now typically, I use two strobes for shoots. But here is a semi-recent one lighter.
Justin Berman wrote:
Keith,
Bring the octabox. Controlling your light just works better with an octa. Plus it gives you a nice soft wash of light over your target. What size do you have?
Thanks alot Justin. I may have to get the foldable octabox for location work as the one I have takes too long to put together.
eventhestreets wrote
Wow, Keith you dug up some oldies there. Anyways, those were taken way back when I first started getting into using a strobe, and hadn't yet bought a modifier for my AB. So to answer your question, no they didn't have any kind of modifier. However, nowadays I always shoot with a modifier. Usually a medium softbox, or a beauty dish. And now typically, I use two strobes for shoots. But here is a semi-recent one lighter.
Yeah, I just started at the beginning of the thread and only got to like page 45... I didn't realize how long ago this thread was started. Old shots or not, they are still awesome shots. Thanks for the info. Much appreciated. Looks like I'll be toting around my octabox...
A 48" octobox to camera left, and a 48" white reflector below the camera, Flash set to I think about 600w/s, and hugely over exposed with blown highlights everywhere haha, probably my favorite of the shoot though.
Here's a new one from today, very quick edit on it. I'm really enjoying playing with mixing strobe and daylight. This is just a single SB-800 over her shoulder to edge-light her and keep her from blending into the background.
AB400 w/ medium softbox and silver reflector. It was originally a two light setup, but my 580EX hairlight went in to sleep mode and didn't fire for this one
