shooterman village idiot, actually a genius!  More info | Aug 15, 2007 01:30 | #1 For the very first time I tried off camera lighting with a Sunpak flash shooting through an umbrella. My wife was kind enough to pose for me even though she didn't have any makeup on, LOL. Please let me know how I did and how I can improve. If anyone would like to PP this we would both appreciate it.
Randy
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sleeys Senior Member 349 posts Joined Apr 2007 More info | Aug 15, 2007 11:26 | #2 For the very first time I tried off camera lighting with a Sunpak flash shooting through an umbrella. My wife was kind enough to pose for me even though she didn't have any makeup on, LOL. Please let me know how I did and how I can improve. If anyone would like to PP this we would both appreciate it. Thanks, Randy Hello Randy,
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Anderson-Photography Senior Member  709 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jul 2007 More info | Aug 15, 2007 13:22 | #3 Randy, I think you did a nice job using off camera lighting for the first time. I think the light to shadow ratio is not bad at all as the main lights height and angle is creating a nice shadow on the right side of her face. I think you're main might be a tiny bit strong as she appears a bit overexposed around her left eye and cheek but overall, a very nice effort. Chris Anderson
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evolved Senior Member 338 posts Joined May 2007 More info | Aug 15, 2007 13:32 | #4 did you use an optical slave triggered by the on camera flash for the sunpack?
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sleeys Senior Member 349 posts Joined Apr 2007 More info | Aug 15, 2007 20:52 | #5 Thanks sleeys and Chris. I didn't have a reflector last night, but got one today. evolved, yes I was forced to use the on board flash to trigger the optical slave, and what a pain in the butt that was. I had the on board FEC set to -2 though as I didn't want the camera flash to have much effect. I forgot to get a PC sync cable when I came home with my stuff to use the flash. I bought a Wein Hot Shoe slave that also has a PC connector, but forgot about the cord. The Wein hot shoe slave is an expensive piece of junk. About 75% of the time the off camera flash would not fire. Not to mention the pre-flash setting it off. I learned a few colorful words last night trying it out Shooterman, you might want too try them ebay triggers V2.
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evolved Senior Member 338 posts Joined May 2007 More info | Aug 20, 2007 12:16 | #6 shooterman wrote in post #3735258  The ebay V2 triggers are at the top of my list Alex. Thanks again! when you do buy them.. don't get them from ebay. go to www.mpex.com
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evolved Senior Member 338 posts Joined May 2007 More info | Aug 21, 2007 06:51 | #7 shooterman wrote in post #3765098 Thanks for the tip. I believe that is the shop that strobist recommends. yes it is. good group of guys in there. It's nice having it close... there aren't many actual camera shops around anymore.
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