Show us your setup and the final result!

MalVeauX wrote in post #17568429
Heya,

Playing around with ND filter, gels and full flash in softbox, chasing the kid around.

5D classic
EF 200 F2.8L @ F4
3 Stop Marumi ND filter
1/200s
ISO 100
(That put me at sunny 16 (1/100s, F16, ISO 100) exposure value, and it was late afternoon, so a little less bright than typical high-noon)
1/4th CTO Gel on Flash
Yongnuo 560 III, Flash at full power (1/1)
24 x 24" softbox, kept about 3 feet away (constantly moving it to catch up with the squirt)

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/sdew​LC IMG_7852 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

Late evening, in the bright sun, always trying to shoot into a back-lit scene (testing flash, exposure, power needed, etc)

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/tssW​qz IMG_4016 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/tssT​5r IMG_4018 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/tq8c​9A IMG_4021 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/tsba​t9IMG_4029 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/tswS​PKIMG_4038 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

Very best,

Watching you grow makes me proud!!!! Keep it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great job!!!

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Had this over in the G&N section so I thought I'd drop it off over here as well...

Mamedia,

Your background blew out from dof or did you put something there to cover the blinds?

DisrupTer911 wrote in post #17570421
Mamedia,

Your background blew out from dof or did you put something there to cover the blinds?

Look closely. He has backdrops above the door and windows.

oh duh!!

Great shots again, Joey! What boom stand are you using?

MalVeauX wrote in post #17568429
Heya,

Playing around with ND filter, gels and full flash in softbox, chasing the kid around.

5D classic
EF 200 F2.8L @ F4
3 Stop Marumi ND filter
1/200s
ISO 100
(That put me at sunny 16 (1/100s, F16, ISO 100) exposure value, and it was late afternoon, so a little less bright than typical high-noon)
1/4th CTO Gel on Flash
Yongnuo 560 III, Flash at full power (1/1)
24 x 24" softbox, kept about 3 feet away (constantly moving it to catch up with the squirt)

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/sdew​LC IMG_7852 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

Late evening, in the bright sun, always trying to shoot into a back-lit scene (testing flash, exposure, power needed, etc)

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/tssW​qz IMG_4016 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/tssT​5r IMG_4018 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/tq8c​9A IMG_4021 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/tsba​t9IMG_4029 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/p/tswS​PKIMG_4038 by Martin Wise, on Flickr

Very best,

I love this post. It encourages me that nice portraits with great lighting can be achieved with out spending an arm and a leg to do so. Thank you!

One from last week. Pretty much straight out of the camera. Client wanted an 'out-door' look. Bank light and fresnel as the main light sources with a mini Chimera as a fill along with a card.

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Heya,

^^^ Wow, you nailed the look. Very well done.

Very best,

Setup

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JoeyBaccala wrote in post #17572723
Setup

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/tBf2​XQ Elma/Dramatic BTS by Joseph K Photography, on Flickr

Product:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/t5uT​h2 Dramatic by Joseph K Photography, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/sYdo​TW Elma by Joseph K Photography, on Flickr

Nice captures

SamFrench wrote in post #17572796
Nice captures

I agree
Nice Joey

I absolutely love this thread!
I recently shot some macro of oil drops floating on water and here is my set up and the shot.
OK, I just set up the oil drop macro thing again just to show you exactly how I shot it. Sorry about the lousy quality of my shot...I took it with my cell phone.
1. So I had a glass dish sitting on a sheet of glass or just a large flat Pyrex dish and figure out how far your subject has to be from the water surface. I did it "dry" by measuring the distance from my 100mm macro lens with some cheap extension tubes 65mm in total for the tubes (no glass inside them). I used 2 rulers: one for focusing on a number on the ruler and another one for my husband to measure the distance from the lens to the number I had focused on. It needed to be about 5 inches away from the water surface.
2. I placed a colorful picture on the floor between the supporting boxes and planted an off camera flash pointing a t the picture. The brighter the image, the better.
3. Now, I positioned the camera on a tripod about 5 inches away from the subject which wasn't even in a dish yet. I got my remote shutter ready, in my case an app on my android called EOS Remote, free from Google Play Store or you could simply use any remote shutter.
4. Have the camera face the dish, carefully pour water into the dish about 5 inches away or whatever your calculations give you and place something on the surface that will be used for focusing. The DOF is super shallow (I shot at f2.8), maybe 2-3mm which is 1/16" maybe. Razor thin. I used a fruit sticker that floated on the surface because any paper placed on water got saturated within seconds and sank to the bottom. You can't focus on that.
5. I had a bottle of oil ready with a long bamboo skewer for picking up some oil and dropping carefully a few tiny drops of oil onto the surface. My remote shutter was ready as was the flash. I kept shooting and live viewing the results.

The oil drops have a mind of their own and floated where I didn't want them to float. I carefully dragged them into place using the same skewer. Some drops merged into a large blob which I didn't want either, so I cut them in half with that skewer and moved one away before they "decided" to merge into one big one again
I have attached an image that shows you my set up If you have any questions, please ask. Forgive the mess; it's my art studio where I paint, teach and shoot

So my friend and I went golfing up in Northern Michigan. Ive had this idea floating around in my head for some time now, and much to my delight the practice range was empty so I immediately set up and started shooting him practicing. I know my processing isn't up to par with most of you all but I like how it turned out.