Using a single strobe - creative examples - post yours

Chas, you're wearing brown shoes, aren't you, with purple socks...yeah I gathered all this from your post. Don't ask me how

1stGenRex wrote in post #10873105
Chas, you're wearing brown shoes, aren't you, with purple socks...yeah I gathered all this from your post. Don't ask me how

WTF? Really? And I would guess from your post that you're a cheap beer swilling, red-neck who lives in a broken down trailer and drives a 1964 Chevy handed down, pick-up truck that smokes so badly that you cause accidents at every red light that you blast through because you're too busy chugging another Bud-light with one hand and scratching your ass with the other.

Ryan: Stunning light and colour there.

Dave has a point though, so I don't get why people flip out. Some of what separates fantastic pictures from the good ones are attention to small details like the one Dave pointed out.

ChasWG wrote in post #10873154
WTF? Really? And I would guess from your post that you're a cheap beer swilling, red-neck who lives in a broken down trailer and drives a 1964 Chevy handed down, pick-up truck that smokes so badly that you cause accidents at every red light that you blast through because you're to busy chugging another Bud-light.

damn dude, we should start a business!

1stGenRex wrote in post #10873206
damn dude, we should start a business!

Ha!

Are we better now? Because I'd like to post an image and get this thread started again.

Love it! The DOF is perfect! What lens did you use?

Roona99 wrote in post #10872505
Some home made food photography:

Always interested to hear advice / tips / what to improve ?

ChasWG wrote in post #10873071
Wow, you guys are jumping on Dave a little hard. Yes Pham and Ryan are some of the better photogs posting images of that nature in this thread and to this site, but is there work beyond reproach? No.
Dave's comment was his own personal opinion, an observation. Everyone has them and he is entitled to his, just as you are entitled to your own. If he can't post his opinion here, what's the point of this place?
To claim that Dave has gear or skill envy is simply being mean spirited and offers nothing of value to the discussion.
Ryan is obviously very proud of his work as he should be. That last image posted is stunning. But we all have to know that some people will not like all of our work. Again, their opinion.
Ryan and all of us should be gracious and accept other people's praise or knocks, take from them what he/we will and move on. Ryan is a proud person obviously and wants to defend his work as we all do, but to beat up on a guy that makes a simple comment, founded or not, (personally the clock hand didn't bother me as much as the backlash toward him does) diminishes the usefulness of this board and makes this a place for haters and elitest.

I have personally learned a huge amount from this board over the past year or so and feel my photography has improved hugely since becoming a member here. I would so hate for this site to become yet another bash board where no one learns anything except how to kiss ass and yell down any new ideas.

I do not get where you are gathering your reply from?
Who said he had envy? I never jumped down is throat ...

I am not defending anything. Ok, it's not even worth explaining anymore, just read my reply above. Everyone move the subject along.
brapbrap sskeeeetskeet whawhawhawha

There's just too many humans in this thread and it's become too much of a wedding/fashion/glamor thread, lit with one strobe.

I offer up a different portrait.
"Ghost"

Heres two of mine, first day with the 580

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rohicks wrote in post #10873253
I do not get where you are gathering your reply from?
Who said he had envy? I never jumped down is throat ...

I am not defending anything. Ok, it's not even worth explaining anymore, just read my reply above. Everyone move the subject along.
brapbrap sskeeeetskeet whawhawhawha

Ryan, I'm gather my reply from the entire last two pages of this thread. Maybe you should go back and really read it, all of it and not just the parts you wrote. Others helped you along that path and I make mention of them in my reply. Did I write that you said the bit about gear and skill envy? No, I didn't. Try not reading between the lines too much.

Group hug anyone? Anyone? Ok...no?

drisley wrote in post #10873252
Love it! The DOF is perfect! What lens did you use?

Thanks! I used the good old Nifty fifty @ f/2.8

Here's a few more from my shoot with Nofar in NYC. (first two were shot with maxi-lite and gold deflector, last 3 were shot w/ deep octa w/ internal diffusion)
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ChasWG wrote in post #10873222
Ha!

Are we better now? Because I'd like to post an image and get this thread started again.

Go for it. If nothing else, the haters will find something else to **** about while I troll the forum trying to gather up all the free/useful info I can get