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jhayesphotography wrote in post #9779626
fantastic pics Jordan, she is very beautiful

thanks a lot Jason

yes she is, that's my future sister-in-law.

just locked up my order for the AlienBees B800

Good info on the grids....I have been wondering about these. Do you all use grids for your AB's other than the PCB grids? I am a tad tight on the spending right now.

No lie, the dude I work with has a fear of honeycomb shaped holes....first person I've met that's like that.

Bad incident with bees?

BT-S wrote in post #9779705
thanks a lot Jason

yes she is, that's my future sister-in-law.

beatiful photo !

like the lighting in this..

did was it modified? looked like just the bare reflector on the second one..

phamster wrote in post #9782375
beatiful photo !

like the lighting in this..

did was it modified? looked like just the bare reflector on the second one..

thank you pham..

i did have a shoot through umbrella for fill (ab800), but camera right was bare ab800 and camera left was bare 580exII

Jordan,
Nice.
You may want to consider using the blend tool in PS to get rid of the sharp shadow edges on her arm.
The other edges aren't as noticable.

Someone convince me to pull the trigger on a b800 for 280 instead of waiting for the 2 light genesis kit for only $370 ^_^

dmward wrote in post #9782750
Jordan,
Nice.
You may want to consider using the blend tool in PS to get rid of the sharp shadow edges on her arm.
The other edges aren't as noticable.

Very good point, will do.

Thank you

gibsonla wrote in post #9783590
Someone convince me to pull the trigger on a b800 for 280 instead of waiting for the 2 light genesis kit for only $370 ^_^

Why do you want to be convinced? No more patience? Tired of waiting and want something now?

I could certainly understand that.

I don't mind waiting if I have a definitive date to wait until. As it stands I'm tired of being jerked around and knowing when the kits will actually be in stock. Could be 2 weeks, or it could be 3 months. Just need people to convince me that bees are worth paying way more for =)

2x B800 camera left, 580EXII camera right

Raymond,
Nice smooth lighting on the car. Big panel?

It would be nice if there was some tonal separation to pop the edge of the car from the dark background on the right of the image. Also along the top, seats, windshield frame etc.

AB800 + 42" white umbrella(camera left)

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