Using MULTIPLE strobes - creative examples - post yours!

I posted these and a load more in their own thread.

#1 Strobist: TBC Elichrome light at the rear.

Green gelled 580EXII camera right 70% power and YN560 camera left 60% power.

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North of Auckland wrote in post #11356790
ckr

love that bottom one.. do you have a fog maker? details on the smoke please

Aurielle Model ~ Portfolio Grey Seemless

Aurielle and I are trying to get a portfolio started for her..

she is in her early 20's and i feel she has great potential to go far in the beauty business of modeling ..

The Grey Seemless was provided by Ryan O Hicks, setting this thing up and taking down is a real pain.. thanks for bringing this Ryan..

to get this shot we had to have..

1. A fan for hair
2. Key lighting was the Quadra camera left @ 2.8 power
3. Side lighting was the 60 inch Softlighter in with AB1600 @ 1/2 power camera right rear for the fill

about the skin work.. (i am still learning skin work, the dodge and burn, at pixel level, takes really long.. so i am experimenting with other methods that gets good results but much less time.. ) i do know the simple plug in's don't get the pro results you want so don't do plug ins..

3 layers..

1. top layer is a high pass filter @ opacity of 33 percent with blending mode of overlay
2. 2nd layer is a cleaned up layer of skin smoothing opacity of 88-90 percent
3. original layer that was hand cleaned up with photoshop spot healer manual mode

BTW it is weird to work with Grey Seemless for me.. it isn't my style... haha

CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperturef/2.0
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed50
Exposure Bias0 EV

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The background goes good w/ her eyes. Stunning as always.

Well I was going to post but Pham posted sooo....

That Aurielle model is unreal! Nice work as always Pham

Here we go.. I've been lurking here for a long, LONG time and have been in awe of all the fantastic work that's been posted. This thread is a constant stream of inspiration for me.

Anyway, I decided it was time to start putting up..

This photo is from a shoot I did about a month ago out in the desert. Two wirelessly-controlled 580EXIIs on stands- one bounced with an umbrella to my left and one bare off to my right and set back a ways.

Looking back, there are obviously things I'd do differently (lighten up her face, for one), but as it was my first "real" shoot, I'm happy with the results. Also, what looks like pixelated fringe on the model's chest is actually the Sikorsky crystal neck strap.

Thanks.

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Badass concept for sure. More light on here face would have been killer!

phamster wrote in post #11357397
love that bottom one.. do you have a fog maker? details on the smoke please

Cheers Pham.

The smoke machine is a 900w one with an output of 2500cuft, takes about 4 minutes to warm up and then good to go. The thing is about the smoke is it acts as a big light diffuser so be careful when front lighting as you'll loose contrast. The machine cost me NZ$134 but they'll be cheap as over there.

Here's a couple of setup shots.

First one Moppie (one of the mods here) gobbing off to the models.

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phamster wrote in post #11357488
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setting this thing up and taking down is a real pain.. thanks for bringing this Ryan..

welcome to my world. LOL
good job on the PP Pham. Did you purposely leave the hair on her face ?

phamster wrote in post #11357488
Aurielle Model ~ Portfolio Grey Seemless

Aurielle and I are trying to get a portfolio started for her..

she is in her early 20's and i feel she has great potential to go far in the beauty business of modeling ..

Really? YA THINK?!?!?!
Mastering the obvious, I see.

phamster wrote in post #11357488
The Grey Seemless was provided by Ryan O Hicks, setting this thing up and taking down is a real pain.. thanks for bringing this Ryan..

I think seamless is probably one of those unfortunate, immovable realities of what we do. We're always going to need it, it's always going to be a pain.

Setup for some head shots Pham and I have of Aurielle

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An old one that seemed to have missed the flickr boat --

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had a shoot with up and coming singer/songwriter Pascal Beauboeuf

cool shot Nakid eye! Very formal yet angry!

Here are a few more from my wife last week...
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npompei wrote in post #11360301
cool shot Nakid eye! Very formal yet angry!

Here are a few more from my wife last week...
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I see you finally bought her a coat! Sweet! These look better than your last effort for sure. Nice.