Chapter 2: People
Yesterday I began Chapter 2 of my strobist journey – People. I had a lot of help from Peter Li. I couldn’t have done this shoot without him, and this shoot made me realize how important it is to have an assistant on location with you. It makes life much easier. So thanks, Peter!
Also, big thanks to Evelyn Wilroy, the model, for letting me experiment with my new gear on her!
For lighting we used:
- Natural Light
- (2) Vivitar 285HV
- (2) 32″ reflective umbrellas
- (1) 580EX II
- CyberSync Radio Transmitters
Not much to comment about the following picture. We “borrowed” this idea from an ad out of a magazine. We really liked the harsh shadows that the sun gave us.
For the next picture we used the sun and two 285HV’s reflected, one camera left and one camera right. We purposely overpowered the left strobe to overexpose her right side. Not everyone will agree with this, but for me it just “works.”
We had tons of fun shooting the next shot. Evelyn threw on a long “flowy” dress and I thought it would be a great idea for her to twirl around so the dress would flow. Not much to be said about the setup for this shot as I actually remembered to take a pullback shot for you guys.
The rim light in the back really helped to separate her from the background. I really love the way this shot turned out.
It was starting to get pretty late, but I wanted to squeeze in one more shot. We had a strobe reflected high camera left and another at eye level camera right. A strobe was placed on the table behind her for rim light.
And a couple of the photogs with the model, hehe.
Last two…
