questions about this setup

[thaking]

i found this video on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQXpb9Wfo_w), so i set out to attempt this today...i tried setting up mine similar to the video (he has a diagram):

lumopro 90 degrees from subject camera left, 1/8 power bare flash, head zoomed to 28 (minimum).
lumopro 45 degrees from subject camera right, 1/8 power bare flash, head zoomed to 28 (minimum).
camera at ISO 400, f/8, increased shutter speed to darken the background.now, according to the flash, at ISO 400, f/8, and 1/8 power the distance from flash to subject is 6ft...granted, he used vivitar flashes in the vid, but notice his flashes are much further from the subject than that - maybe 10-12 ft...i went with what the flash says to use (6ft) and the light is very harsh...

shouldn't i follow the distance-to-subject on the back of the flash? any tips?

[thaking]

hmm, was my question too confusing? basically, i used the distance-subject numbers on the back (which stated 6ft) and it was very harsh...but, the vid showed a pretty big distance...am i misunderstanding how to use the distances on the back of flashes?

if this is not clear, please let me know and i'll try too clarify....

[Damian75]

What flashes are you using are they set to manual or the thyristor do you have any examples of what you are getting that you can share?

[thaking]

flashes - lumopro L120 (http://www.mpex.com/browse.cfm/4,12311.html) (from mpex, replaced vivitars), all manual, fired using cybersyncs (if that matters at all)...

if you happen to look at those flashes on their site, the pic of the distance-to-subject is different than that on the back of the flashes i received - so i went with what was actually on my flash rather than the website...

of course you'd ask for a sample! :) i did't post anything because the results were obviously bad...i'm at work right now and will post one this afternoon when i get home...

edit: it was mentioned that since i used 2 flashes, the distance would be different than that listed on the flash because i was providing more light..sounds correct, logically speaking...so, if this is true, how would i go about figuring the distance-to-subject based on the chart on the flash when using 2 flashes instead of one?

[thaking]

work has been crazy...here are two shots...one has the lights 6 ft away and the second has the light camera left moved to about 8 ft away...(light camera right didn't seem to have an impact, but i wasn't too concerned about that one because it was the light hitting the fact i was questioning)...thoughts on the light camera left, hitting the face...

6ft:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c141/cyberpac9/light6ft.jpg

8ft:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c141/cyberpac9/light_8ft.jpg