Using MULTIPLE strobes - creative examples - post yours!

hawk911 wrote in post #9905819
from the other day. i need to remember the center deflector to tame the hot spot...

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Hi Geoff,

Taming the hot spot is great and I do use deflectors quite a bit but mostly with the beauty dish and strip boxes. The beauty of using a large modifier is that you don't have to point the center of the modifier at the person's face or the center of the body and in fact you get better results when you aim the hot spot past the nose and towards the fill side. I find this helps open up the fill side and gives me more even lighting without the intense hot spot.

Robert, I used my 9x36 strip on this shot.

hawk911 wrote in post #9905819
from the other day. i need to remember the center deflector to tame the hot spot...

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I see what you mean about taming the hot spot, but all the same I think it's a great shot and I like the color of the seamless paper too.

TMR Design wrote in post #9905885
Hi Geoff,

Taming the hot spot is great and I do use deflectors quite a bit but mostly with the beauty dish and strip boxes. The beauty of using a large modifier is that you don't have to point the center of the modifier at the person's face or the center of the body and in fact you get better results when you aim the hot spot past the nose and towards the fill side. I find this helps open up the fill side and gives me more even lighting without the intense hot spot.

Thanks for the this Robert.

R_Metzel wrote in post #9889248
How about using multiple strobes aesthetically and functionally.....

LOVE this shot! It would be even better if the guy kneeling on the right was "armed" as well. Great concept though...

hawk911 wrote in post #9905972
Robert, I used my 9x36 strip on this shot.

Hmm ok, same concept but less to work with.

Is there a particular reason you used a 9" x 36" strip for the main light?

was hoping to create more drama on her abs. I could have used my 24x36 rectangular gridded box, but I was feeling adventurous.

hawk911 wrote in post #9906174
was hoping to create more drama on her abs. I could have used my 24x36 rectangular gridded box, but I was feeling adventurous.

Adventure is good. Just curious.

R_Metzel wrote in post #9889248
How about using multiple strobes aesthetically and functionally.....

Great freaking concept, and well executed!

If I had something to say for improvement, it's that the "victim" should actually be running - there would likely be more urgency in his face, and motion in all of him, that would lend itself to a more dramatic shot.

It looks like he's standing like a mannequin, and trying to make that face.

mickeyjuice wrote in post #9904718
Nice work, but the whites of the eyes look overworked. (If they're not - WEIRD!

I don't think I touched the eyes, but now that you mentioned it they do look kinda funky.


Hehe when I pulled down the blue saturation slider in ACR it make the eye go funky. I will have to fix that thanks for looking out.

hawk911 wrote in post #9862081
from last week:

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hawk, I think I know that chick ( Im from racine as well )

Spaz... got a name? I do

Damn, there's some great work in this thread! Thanks for everyone who shared.

Why didn't I find this thread earlier?!!

Here's one from my totally random shoot today! Let me know what you think! There are more on my flickr and facebook (links in signature)!

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GenuineRolla wrote in post #9896018

Looks like Joey L's CD cover

Here's another from my shoot last night... A little more low-key... Feel free to view larger on flickr...

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