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

+1 ^^

Totally agree - a stunning image - "Abbadon31" - WoW!

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Mola Setti w/ stacked Pad & Opal

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Cathpah wrote in post #13338546
Posted a few on the multiple strobes thread, but figured I'd add some from my shoot with Jennifer K to this single strobe thread as well.

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Nice set #4 is my favorite. What do you call that off color style and how is it done? I'm noticing it a lot on here.

abbadon31 wrote in post #13332995
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Nice work All

Love the images Rob and Zach


Here is a hard light shot last night with a bare quadra.

Of course, I like this shot but the one thing that's bothering me is her left forearm. On my laptop, it seems to be much darker than the rest of her body, drawing my attention to it. Just wondering if that's just exaggerated with the laptop.

SuperHuman21 wrote in post #13342597
Of course, I like this shot but the one thing that's bothering me is her left forearm. On my laptop, it seems to be much darker than the rest of her body, drawing my attention to it. Just wondering if that's just exaggerated with the laptop.

Nope, its much darker. The result of not having a modifier to make the light source larger. I'm guessing the angle of her arm is pointing just a few degrees above where the light was. so her wrist is causing the shadowing.... just enough light wrapping around it to illuminate it a bit, or perhaps bouncing off a rock or something below her.

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This is an amazing pic; goes to show that harsh, direct strobe can be used to one's advantage.

i agree amazing how well those hard shadow lines are mostly hidden.

Steve Ruddy wrote in post #13342181
Nice set #4 is my favorite. What do you call that off color style and how is it done? I'm noticing it a lot on here.

Thanks Steve. That process is called split-toning, and can be done in Lightroom through the split-toning module, or in photoshop through curves and manipulating each of the r, g, and b channels. There are other ways to do it, but those are the two ways that I do it.

aaron.dunlap wrote in post #13342614
Nope, its much darker. The result of not having a modifier to make the light source larger. I'm guessing the angle of her arm is pointing just a few degrees above where the light was. so her wrist is causing the shadowing.... just enough light wrapping around it to illuminate it a bit, or perhaps bouncing off a rock or something below her.

Yup, and it really detracts from the image for me. I like Scott's work, but this one, that differential really grabs my eye. Makes me laugh when I see "BW" and the like for that image, when Scott usually produces much stronger stuff (when the light triggers

aaron.dunlap wrote in post #13342614
Nope, its much darker. The result of not having a modifier to make the light source larger. I'm guessing the angle of her arm is pointing just a few degrees above where the light was. so her wrist is causing the shadowing.... just enough light wrapping around it to illuminate it a bit, or perhaps bouncing off a rock or something below her.

Yeah, I wondered if it was possible to lighten it up in PP. Just a nitpick.

Cathpah wrote in post #13342828
Thanks Steve. That process is called split-toning, and can be done in Lightroom through the split-toning module, or in photoshop through curves and manipulating each of the r, g, and b channels. There are other ways to do it, but those are the two ways that I do it.

Thanks I have PS is there a set point for the individual rgb curves? Un less I'm wrong it seems most who do it get the same look.

Cathpah wrote in post #13338546
Posted a few on the multiple strobes thread, but figured I'd add some from my shoot with Jennifer K to this single strobe thread as well.

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So awesome! Love all of them.

Not glam or fashion, but still a single strobe into QBox24

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ZSutton wrote in post #13332631
Rashid--

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Rashid by Zach Sutton Photography | ZSuttonPhoto.com, on Flickr

Rashid this is an epicly composed image! I rarely comment and post but felt the need to when I saw your image. GREAT WORK!

Steve Ruddy wrote in post #13343401
Thanks I have PS is there a set point for the individual rgb curves? Un less I'm wrong it seems most who do it get the same look.

Nope, no set way to do it. I tend to keep my shadows with cool colors (i.e. blue/purple) and highlights in warm colors (yellows/oranges). Each image requires different colors and levels of toning, so it's best to just get in there and play/experiment.

Hope that helps!