Reporting in from QLD
- At September 03, 2009
- By Neil Creek
- In Flash
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It’s been a long time, and I’ve been so busy with so much different stuff going on, including a couple of cosplay meets and the biggest shoot of my life – Manifest – but I wanted to give a quick update.
I’m currently up in sunny Queensland with Naomi, visiting her parents. I’m up here for 5 days, and Naomi is staying for 10. I have a lot of photo processing from Manifest waiting for me when I get home :)
The first night here, Nomes and I went to watch the sun set from a nearby park, and I couldn’t help myself but take a few shots. I spiced them up a bit by adding some off camera flash. Pics below followed by how I took them.
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- Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkII
- 1/200sec, f/6.3, ISO 100
- Canon 580EX on 1/4 power, with orange gel to camera right
I wanted to get a portrait shot of Nomi enjoying the beautiful sunset, with the sun in shot. I knew, however, that this would put Naomi into silhouette and stop any features from showing. I could possibly have used a reflector to get light back onto her face, but I went the easy (and more expensive!) option of an off camera flash. I stuck my 580EX on the plastic foot and put that on my tripod (I didn’t bring any light stands on the trip) and put it at about 45 degrees to Naomi to the right.
A few test shots were used to change the settings on the camera and the flash to get the balance right, and I added the CTO orange gel to warm up the cool blue flash light to match the warm setting sun. The result, even though the angle for the light is wrong, looks quite natural.
For the last shot above, I simply put the flash on the picnic table there and shot it up into the tree to make it stand out against the sky.
Crosslit Leif – P365 Mar02
- At March 12, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Features, Flash, People
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I’ve been wanting to experiment with cross-lighting a subject with flash and the sun, ever since I read about it on Strobist. The effect can be very cool, but I knew I’d need some practice.
Leif was over again this weekend, and we were practicing photography together again, so he (only slightly reluctantly) agreed to pose for me again so that I could try it out. These were shot on a handy baseball pitch, which could be a useful location in the future.
I was using two bare flashes, a Canon 580EX and a Vivitar 285HV. Most of the time they were both set to full power, to match the sun, and were on stands 2-4 meters away from Leif.
Canon camara right, 45deg from camera. Vivitar, camera left 90deg from camera. Beware the GROIN BEAM!
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Same setup as previous but with Leif blocking the sun, and the Vivitar moved back a bit.
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As above
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Sun camera right at about 100deg. Canon camera left at about 80deg. Vivitar directly below camera set to 1/4 for fill.
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As above but the Vivitar directly behind Leif at 1/1 power to provide a rim light.
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Behind the umbrella – P365 Feb20
- At February 29, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Equipment, Flash
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A slightly different view of one of my most often used pieces of photographic equipment, my white shoot-through umbrella and stand.
Blue sea necklace – P365 Feb12
- At February 17, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Equipment, Flash, Jewelery, Setup
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In each issue of Connect, the Bead Society of Victoria’s quarterly magazine, they feature a member’s bead challenge. This time the them was “Seaside”. This detailed necklace which was made by Carmel Manley was voted most favourite by fellow bead members.
Following that is the setup for the shot, for those interested.
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