Using a single strobe (NOT hotshoe flash)- creative examples - mark II

Dekun wrote in post #12044928
http://farm6.static.fl​ickr.com …5537831286_d2e0​9ec07d.jpg

Single strobe shot through the flower.

Now this is a cool shot, focusing must have been a pain in the butt though. Can you elaborate on this?

excellent work, as usual, Phil.

by the way, I like your new signature! more pizzazz than your former one

PhilF wrote in post #12048361

I think this is definitely worth a second post

I love this model. Very good lighting as well!

bored so i did a re-edit trying some new things.

Chloe' - Toile

Six16 wrote in post #12045642
Been follwing you and pham for a while, ryan. You guys are the reason I signed up and started posting. I gotta question for you though. On these shoots how many shots of these models do you take to get those few amazing portfolio pics?

I dunno? You just shoot and shoot. Then weed through them later. Can never go back after the shoot to do it again so you just shoot as much as you can. Once you get your setting down and your concepts or poses in mind. Then all of the images should be good. It will just be a difference of which composition is better and which pose fits it.

My trusty 50" softbox

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zachbreaux wrote in post #12049646
Chloe' - Toile

Link:http://www.flickr.com/​photos/zachbreaux/5539​442626/

Me like

Mind sharing where you get backdrops like this?

DigiNon wrote in post #12049821
Me like

Mind sharing where you get backdrops like this?

Thanks! The backdrop is just a dark purple (close to eggplant) wall and i overlayed a french toile wallpaper onto it in ps.

zachbreaux wrote in post #12049832
Thanks! The backdrop is just a dark purple (close to eggplant) wall and i overlayed a french toile wallpaper onto it in ps.

Nice, very creative.

BoneJj wrote in post #12048350
Now this is a cool shot, focusing must have been a pain in the butt though. Can you elaborate on this?

Indeed, I did this outdoor on a flowerbed. Camera 1/1600 shutter @ f/8. I shot it with a TTL cable to bring the flash behind this flower (left of image just out of frame and it is point toward right of image). The flash has to be rotated slightly toward the camera, this way the background is not illuminated and reflected light from the opaque stem does not get to the camera. The challenge was to keep the flash out of frame with my not so long arm.

PhilF wrote in post #12048361

what an outstanding image.. I am a huge fan of Mono images and an even bigger fan of images of this quality
well done
Chris

Please go easy guys 1st post ever of an off camera flash image and am in awe of the work in these threads
anyway here we go
Bubble car

For your next trick, get 2 flashes... put one on low power behind you in the Isetta, and the other up above the camera and to the left, pointing down.