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cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:18

Got a little bored tonight, so ended up playing around with my strobes. I'll post a photo of my setup if I get chance.

Anyway, here I am.

C&C welcome.

Chris

http://www.chrispowellphotography.com/gallery/albums/photoshop/people/2006_1005_Chris_Collage.jpg

Tonights and a load more self portraits here (http://www.chrispowellphotography.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=36)

Art Rodriguez

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:21

Great job. I like it.

Art

dkenney

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:24

Yeah, I like it too. The only thing I just noticed was some "yellow" showing where you spliced them together. Just clone it out and you have a party of one!

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:25

Yeah, I like it too. The only thing I just noticed was some "yellow" showing where you spliced them together. Just clone it out and you have a party of one!

Cheers spotted it 2 now. I have to look at my monitor at an extreme angle to find it :p Really need to get it calibrated.

dkenney

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:31

Your photos are very nicely exposed! But calibration is good too. hehe :)

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:36

Here are a few snapshots of the setup:

One softbox, and one umbrella (using 100watt strobes) The softbox strobe was on about 60watts and the one on the umbrella at about 80watts.

One shoot through umbrella behind fabric using a Sigma SG 500 Flash unit to light background up.

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:36

and another

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:38

I've got a load more from this shoot, will post them as and when I get around to posting them.

freefallu

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:39

you are blowing the background shooting through a brolley ? How much photoshop did this leave you with ? Could i see an unedit pic of you ?

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:40

you are blowing the background shooting through a brolley ?

If I dont, I get a hotspot. The fabric isn't that thick, thick enough not to see through it.

Could do with another light on the floor, but I'm all out of strobes.

I think there is also enough light coming from the front to help blow the background out.

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:43

Here you go, an un-editted version. (shot RAW)

As you can see, the top blows out nicely, but there isn't enough light on the floor, need another strobe to do this.

dkenney

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:44

Ok, I have to ask a lame question. How are you getting your BG so white in photoshop... are you using curves? Sorry, I am still learning. Thanks so much for showing your setup!

freefallu

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 14:49

sweet job man, thanks a million for posting. I just got the bowens 2 x 500 kit delivered , so cant wait to get stuck in , it feels like Christmas morning. when i was about seven.

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 15:01

Ok, I have to ask a lame question. How are you getting your BG so white in photoshop... are you using curves? Sorry, I am still learning. Thanks so much for showing your setup!

Dodging.

I am using curves but not to make the background white.

Start with dodging at 5%, then keep going over until the background is white. use as soft and large a brush as possible, obviously a smaller one around the detail, but make sure it is soft.

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 15:23

Here's the unprocessed one after a little processing....

http://www.chrispowellphotography.com/gallery/albums/photoshop/people/2006_1005_191900.IMG_0093-01.jpg

christyjo2

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 16:07

I think it looks great!

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 16:17

And another...

Just playing around in Photoshop now.

http://www.chrispowellphotography.com/gallery/albums/photoshop/people/2006_1005_190311_IMG_0032-01.jpg

cmpowell125

5th of October 2006 (Thu), 18:04

I have tonnes, i'll see how long it takes before I get bored of the PP.
http://www.chrispowellphotography.com/gallery/albums/photoshop/people/2006_1005_190613.IMG_0046-01.jpg
http://www.chrispowellphotography.com/gallery/albums/photoshop/people/2006_1005_185930.IMG_0010-01.jpg
http://www.chrispowellphotography.com/gallery/albums/photoshop/people/2006_1005_191447.IMG_0080-01.jpg

cmpowell125

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 05:48

Done another one this morning...

http://www.chrispowellphotography.com/gallery/albums/photoshop/people/2006_1005_190331.IMG_0033-01.jpg

dkenney

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 10:22

Dodging.

I am using curves but not to make the background white.

Start with dodging at 5%, then keep going over until the background is white. use as soft and large a brush as possible, obviously a smaller one around the detail, but make sure it is soft.

Thank you !!! Do did a great job!

happilyariana

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 10:26

I love this, very cool. I wish I could do something similar.

cmpowell125

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 11:42

Thanks,

I've got another one for you. Click on the image for a larger version. (http://www.cpowell.co.uk/files/2006_1005_Chris_Collage2_large.jpg)

http://www.chrispowellphotography.com/gallery/albums/photoshop/people/2006_1005_Chris_Collage2_small.jpg (http://www.cpowell.co.uk/files/2006_1005_Chris_Collage2_large.jpg)

Pricey

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 12:18

Haha, thats excellent dude. Really works, great job!

cmpowell125

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 12:22

Cheers,
You'll all be fed up of seeing me soon.

MagicallyDelicious

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 12:25

haha! all these look great!

really like that last one!

led hed

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 12:42

Cheers,
You'll all be fed up of seeing me soon.

um, like NOW!

j/k

nice idea and pics. :)

cmpowell125

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 12:54

um, like NOW!

j/k

nice idea and pics. :)

Well I wouldnt blame you, im fed up of seeing myself. hehe

whiskaz

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 13:55

ashleymcnamara

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 13:57

those are pretty cool!

cmpowell125

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 13:58

Looks great, man! You stop PP a little short on a couple of 'em (you can see where you missed dodging the BG in spots) but I'm sure you're eyes had just begun to fail you by that point ;)

I've got a white/high key muslin coming today. I only have 1 strobe (!!) to work with... we'll see if I can pull it off...

BTW... 17-40 for these? What focal length? Looks like a pretty tight space there and you did well getting your whole body in these w/out distortion.

I noticed a few spots I'd missed when I put them all together in the last one. Strange I cant see it one minute then spot it the next. I'll blame my un calibrated monitor. I found if I look at it almost from the side I can see the bits that i've missed. Little hard co-ordinating the mouse when looking at this angle though. hehe.

Good luck with your attempt, do you have an external flash you could use aswell?

And yeah 17-40L nearer the wide end, as you can see from the distortion, ran out of space in the room, and wanted to make sure I was in the frame, hehe

whiskaz

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 14:16

I noticed a few spots I'd missed when I put them all together in the last one. Strange I cant see it one minute then spot it the next. I'll blame my un calibrated monitor. I found if I look at it almost from the side I can see the bits that i've missed. Little hard co-ordinating the mouse when looking at this angle though. hehe.

Good luck with your attempt, do you have an external flash you could use aswell?

And yeah 17-40L nearer the wide end, as you can see from the distortion, ran out of space in the room, and wanted to make sure I was in the frame, hehe

Happens to me all of the time... i'll notice missed spots or halos or what have you after the fact. Ditto the uncalibrated monitor and add a sprinke of haste for me :)

I have a 580ex in addition to my b800 but unfortunately no way to get it off the hotshoe. Another light is in my future but for now, maybe I'll learn something by trying to make it work :)

cmpowell125

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 14:18

Happens to me all of the time... i'll notice missed spots or halos or what have you after the fact. Ditto the uncalibrated monitor and add a sprinke of haste for me :)

I have a 580ex in addition to my b800 but unfortunately no way to get it off the hotshoe. Another light is in my future but for now, maybe I'll learn something by trying to make it work :)

Can the 580 not be used as an optical slave? When the B800 fires it triggers the, not used the 580 so not sure if this is possible, but its how I got my Sigma SG500 to fire.

whiskaz

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 14:37

Can the 580 not be used as an optical slave? When the B800 fires it triggers the, not used the 580 so not sure if this is possible, but its how I got my Sigma SG500 to fire.

Negative ... it can't :(

cmpowell125

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 14:38

Negative ... it can't :(

Rubbish.

freefallu

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 15:29

Funny the things you notice. The tone or colour temp seems different in some variants. Would part of the processing take account for this or were these shot over more than one night ?

cmpowell125

6th of October 2006 (Fri), 15:53

Funny the things you notice. The tone or colour temp seems different in some variants. Would part of the processing take account for this or were these shot over more than one night ?

That would be my fault :rolleyes: wasnt planning on stitching them all together to begin with when I processed from RAW. Its not obvious until you put them together. There are lots of little things that are bugging me now, but I'm sick of looking at myself, so can't be bothered to go back and make them more consistant. Next time :p