Using MULTIPLE strobes - creative examples - post yours!

I'm just starting exploring multi-strobe shooting. Here's one of my best so far, a "product" shot of my 180L for a presentation I'm putting together. I used an old flash gun with a home-made softbox at full power camera left, but shielded from the background; a silver reflector under the lens to lighten the shadow; a 580EXII above right at 1/8 power with a mid blue filter; and a 430EXII at 1/4 power lighting the white background with a purple filter. I tried to get a natural vignette with a home-made snoot, but I didn't like the look so I removed the snoot and added the vignette in post processing.

Two off camera flash and first time doing it. plus I've maybe shot 700 shots in all

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Meet Vera...

Last shot is a league or two above the others.

mininut wrote in post #13050708
Meet Vera...

2 DLite 4 IT stacked in clamshell, 2 yn560 barebulb camera left and right behind Vera

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Wow fantastic work

dezl_dub wrote in post #13038845

hey Derek do you mind sharing how you lit your scene?
its great

Thanks!

I originally thought I'd get away with one light but I ended up using two because I couldn't get everyone lit evenly.
B800 boomed through beauty dish @ 1/4 power
B800 a bit lower @ 1/8 power for fill and blend. Triggered with cybersync's

tried something different and did some car photos
i still need to work on how to minimise reflections
but overall im happy with the results

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If it's the ambient fluorescent lighting that's giving you the reflections, turn them off. If it's your strobes, shoot a few photos without them and do a composite Love the 5 flashes in the background one!

it was everything lol
the workshop lights
the ceiling had some skylights lit up and caused reflections
and the reflections from the strip box

iJelly of you guys with a studio. Using my livingroom for now. FML.

D-Lite It 4 with the reflector it comes with about 3m behind subject and another one with the default ****ty small softbox about a meter (I can't quite remember to be honest) in front of subject, up high.

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Tharaka wrote in post #13052779
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Excellent skin work.. is the process your trade secret or are you willing to share? ;]

plawa wrote in post #13054313
Excellent skin work.. is the process your trade secret or are you willing to share? ;]

I think its a photoshop plugin where the skin is smoothed out completely then a texture is added.

A few on here seem to use it but they tend to be a little coy about sharing the name of it...

I am personally not a big fan of the look.