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June 7th, 2009 by Calvin Jung
Big thanks to Anh for inviting me to shoot with him and Peter yesterday. It was a great experience, and I will now be offering this service.
It was an overcast day with light rain. Great day to be shooting, less the rain, as it was basically a huge softbox outside. But that wasn’t enough for me, and I got to use my own softbox that I just received a couple days earlier. I picked up the Lastolite 24″ EZYBOX from BH and couldn’t be happier. I used it with one 580EX II and triggered it with the CyberSync system.
June 4th, 2009 by Calvin Jung
I haven’t been shooting cars much lately, but I recently gave mine a bath and figured it was time I give it a proper shoot. I brought out the strobes with the intention of only using two to light my car up – “less is more.” Why use 3 when 2 will suffice? Anyway, it was a bit difficult to balance the lighting, and it’s still not quite there, but it’s an improvement.
I also haven’t done any rig shots with my new wheels, so here are a couple. Would have had more but the shoot was cut short due to rain.
*note: images were processed on my dad’s uncalibrated monitor and color/saturation/exposure may be slightly off.
May 20th, 2009 by Calvin Jung
1/250, f/4, iso100
580 camera left @ 1/8, diffused through lumiquest promax system
1/250, f/4, iso100
580 camera left @ 1/8, diffused through lumiquest promax system, silver reflector camera right
Anyone want to buy a camera? Hahaha. No. Seriously, though.
My trusty iPod Mini!
Check the EXIF for the last two shots. The strobe settings are the same.
May 11th, 2009 by Calvin Jung
larger version
hi-res
The picture of the Joker from the Dark Knight was lifted from Google Images.
Trying to create fire with smoke.
May 11th, 2009 by Calvin Jung
Lit a few candles and blew them out to get the smoke.
580EXII camera left at 1/8, 1/200, f/7.1, ISO 100
^^^Composite of 3 shots
May 5th, 2009 by Calvin Jung
As much as I’d like to have a second body, I know I will benefit more if I invest my money into more lighting gear.
I plan on replacing both my Vivitar 285HV’s with LumoPro LP120’s from mpex.com. The 285HV’s are great work horses, but I don’t like that they skip levels. The 285HV’s can be set to 1/1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/16 powers. The LP120’s can be set from 1/1 to 1/32 power without skipping any levels. This is not a huge deal, but it’s a nice feature for an extra $40 each.
Additionally, I am looking to purchase an EZYBOX softbox from Lastolite. One of my umbrellas blew over (go figure) and broke, so rather than replacing it with another umbrella (the more economical solution) I decided to step it up with a softbox.
^^^15″ version shown
