On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > Love them, Bruce!
Thanks, Walt. > Just flat-out crazy about the soft light in the first four shots. I still > haven't gotten a soft box yet, but that's the next item on the list! Here's a recommendation for you. Last night I succumbed to LMA (light modifier addiction) and ordered a new softbox: http://www.ebay.com/itm/300896302632?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT This design is ideal for hotshoe flashes because it is very efficient, light weight, and behaves like an umbrella so all umbrella doodads work with it. With a multi-shoe you can put three flashes in it for big light. Put a high wattage CFL in it for video. Plus the octagon shape gives a round catch-light in eyes. It's a smaller knock-off of the Westcott Apollo Orb but is only $25 (free shipping) rather than $125. I just hope it doesn't fall apart too fast. It's shipping by rowboat from Shenzhen so don't expect a report on it for a while. > Of course, now that I've started using flash, I have a whole new reason to > hate you. You don't know how much I appreciate that, Walt. > -- Walt > > > On 6/12/2013 7:18 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> So I landed a paying gig last weekend. I was to document the opening >> of a new club: show off the facilities, catch the opening night band, >> dancing, drinking, and try to snap some of the staff too. Here's a >> small set of 12 of the more interesting shots (of the 74 finals >> delivered to The Brawley brass): >> >> http://flic.kr/s/aHsjG1qjie The Brawley Opening >> >> All taken with my K20D, DA* 55, DA* 16-50 & DA* 50-135. >> >> The first three staff shots (wait, bar, kitchen) were lit with a used >> $30 AF200T in an 18" softbox on a monopod, gelled 1/2 CTO, and wielded >> by my able assistant (my wife). I precomputed the flash exposure >> assuming a fixed rough distance to the subjects, then set the shutter >> to let in ambient room light about two stops below the key. When WB >> adjusted for the orange gel, the background goes a blue tint to give >> it that cool look. >> >> The west wing and patio shots are HDR, as you've likely guessed -- >> apologies in advance. I used Nik HDR Pro and it's pretty good, but I'm >> not really an HDR kinda guy. I just figured these facilities shots >> would benefit from that Marketing Imperative where Over The Top just >> isn't good enough. :-) >> >> Most of the dark club dancing and band shots were taken at ISO 3200. >> In the past I dismissed that as useless on the K20D but they clean up >> nicely with Nik Dfine, so I'm coming to rely on it now. (It even >> removes colour banding well so I'm going to go back and revisit some >> of my "lost" K100Ds shots.) >> >> >> Comments welcome, as always. >> >> -- >> -bmw >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
