Using a single strobe (NOT hotshoe flash)- creative examples - mark II

izthistaken wrote in post #14230850
From a recent wedding. Got to shoot backup and let me think more instead of panic the whole time.

Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 35 mm
ISO Speed 250
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire

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Sofa by izthistaken, on Flickr

Is that underexposed or is it just my diying eyes?

looks UE to me too.

Same, looks underexposed to me on a calibrated monitor. :/ Maybe up the ISO to about 800 to help your ambient light to have a bit more impact?

To me it looks like in-camera meter trying to expose the white dress as mid-greys so the skin/bride is underexposed.

5D2/135L, one 580 EXII camera right, a foam core 8.5x11" reflector camera left, on seemless. One slice of star fruit in tonic water...I meant to buy seltzer water...but who drinks gin and seltzer? And it was still bubbly enough

-jq- wrote in post #14231784
5D2/135L, one 580 EXII camera right, a foam core 8.5x11" reflector camera left, on seemless. One slice of star fruit in tonic water...I meant to buy seltzer water...but who drinks gin and seltzer? And it was still bubbly enough

Whoa! Very elegant!

akfreak wrote in post #14226971
my girl, 5 also, has the same tooth hanging by a thread! She is so excited but scared at the same time. Great shot. She is beautiful!

Thanks ak! Her grandmother was massaging it until it came off then she couldnt wait to put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy to collect it

rbromfield wrote in post #14228151
I scouted the for the location a few days earlier and I had to go through so bushes. It was definitely worth it. The portraits were lit using a White Lightning X1600 and a large octabox with diffusion material removed.

I put the lighting setup in the river and it held firmly.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

^^ nice work!

mikewinburn wrote in post #14229388
Good luck, my good man... and lets hope business stays good enough to hire an assistant

Thanks Mike, yes hopefully

Zerimar wrote in post #14229873
congrats on the Setti I absolutely love mine

Thanks Zerimar....me too, i dont want to shoot outdoors without it

I'm not really worthy to post in this thread... but I'm pretty happy with this one:

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DarkBoxPhotography wrote in post #14231192
Is that underexposed or is it just my diying eyes?

pretty underexposed.

nes_matt wrote in post #14232126
I'm not really worthy to post in this thread... but I'm pretty happy with this one:

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Untitled by MCG photo, on Flickr

This is my daughter, Kate. These were all shot with 85mm F1.8, evening sun behind camera left, shoot through umbrella with YN580 wearing a 1/2CTO gel, YN triggers. All ended up about a 1/2 stop too hot and I had to tone them down a bit. F4, 1/250th for all. More here: http://www.flickr.com …4/sets/72157629​771451095/

If in the evening you still have that much ambient light you might want to go to HSS mode on a Canon Flash ( shutter speed control ambient) Or use an ND filter to tame that ambient.

I If it was I, I would of used a Diffuser to block that hard light from blowing out her hair, or put her in the shade and control it that way.

This is just a suggestion, before you ever turn on the flash, get the background light under control. Make sure the background is exactly like you want it look. IE her hair isn't blown out, the sky inst blown out, ect... Then when you have that set up then turn on the main light (the flash) and all you have to do is match the power to your aperture setting you have chosen.

Example is you want a shot with shallow DOF you lens will be opened up pretty good and you wont need much flash. The exact opposite for deep DOF, the lens will be stopped down so you will need more power. If you run out of power bring it closer, if you cant dial down enough move it away.


With that much sun I would of also considered using a reflector to kick that nice sun back onto her face while she was in the shade or under a diffuser. I use a 7' wescott white shoot thru as a scrim, it is perfect for what you are doing.

Happy Easter, She sure looked like she was having fun

bts with my 5 yr old and wifey...

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Balancing the sun's 12 noon light with an Einstein. . This is pretty much SOOC, except for a slight saturation boost for the blues.

^ Lovely.

Thanks for the underexposed comments. After I thought it looked good, I posted it....then noticed it was pretty UE. I fail.