Show us your setup and the final result!

DThriller wrote in post #18110260
I'm surprised that two speed lights lit up that whole umbrella and was that bright.

Very nice shot

That's the reason why I sold my Elinchrom RX One. With my 4 YN560III I'm more flexible and I got more power. With the right light modifier you can get more light than a bare speedlight because the spill is reduced. I tested many parabolic umbrellas with speedlights and this one I used has nearly a perfect parabolic shape: https://www.dropbox.co​m …105cm_dslr-forum.jpg?dl=0

So there is a focal point (~19cm...23cm) in the umbrella. If you place a speedlight (bare or with diffusion cap) there, the whole modifier is lit and you get the most light output: https://www.dropbox.co​m …ep_umbrella_dua​l.jpg?dl=0

I built a dual flash bracket that both speedlights are getting close to the focal point. At full power with two speedlights you get about f/22 + 0.33EV; ISO100 in 1.5m distance with no diffusion sock. Quiet enough for all situations. The sock is eating up about 1 EV (EDIT: 2 EV, 1 EV was wrong). Here is the selfmade bracket: https://www.dropbox.co​m …/03_dual_bracke​t.jpg?dl=0

I tested various distances, speedlight brackets and umbrellas. In the German www.dslr-forum.de you can find about 60 pages just about the parabolic umbrellas. There I posted most of my knowledge. And on my website (http://flopix.de) you can find a sheet with different distances in one 60" umbrella with a quad bracket that shows the light reflex. Not much flexible as a Broncolor Para but also quiet nice (especially for speedlights).

mpstan wrote in post #18110937
Do you mind if I ask how you got the warmer skin tones....... gel? local pp? Also I'm interested in where you obtained your umbrella. With the right bracket would there be any reason 3 speedlights wouldn't fit? Great photo, thank you sir

Good point but I don't like uneven numbers. Makes the calculation more complicated. But I also built a quad flash bracket: https://www.dropbox.co​m …V0MgcmTz3rASjP4​-LzDJ8AXWg
https://www.dropbox.co​m …AXgU5OW4myU4UJD​2HGSeyte7w
https://www.dropbox.co​m …sOqAJQhej8zrBos​khhgsBtf3Q

The problem here is: it's heavy and that's the reason why the design is like it is: it balances out the weight of the bigger umbrellas and the four speedlights. The disadvantage is that you not getting that close to the umbrella shaft. But I'm quiet happy with that for umbrellas starting at 60" of size.

For the photo above I did not use any gel. And of course no local color adjustments, just global fix for warmer colors and RAW development.

I got my umbrella from alibaba.com: it's called "new product deep parabolic Studio Umbrella manufacturer china phtography" and the vendor is MingXing. They are quiet similar to the expensive Profoto deep umbrellas for what I can judge regarding to their product photos.

Hope that all helps a little bit. Cheers!

Kind of a weird one here

Shot a wedding at a blowing alley and needed a shot of the bride throwing a ball

Set up a 580 on a stand and tried to grab focus in almost pitch dark. This was a lucky shot.

5dm2 and 70-200 2.8

Scatterbrained wrote in post #18110974

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What camera is that you are using??

A7RII. I use my Canon glass and a Metabones adapter so I have the L bracket mounted on the Metabones rather than the camera, which is probably why it looks a bit odd.

Alveric wrote in post #18111030
And just like the average gear head the gears aren't even connected, eh?

They're stuck in a quagmire of museum wax.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #18111449
A7RII. I use my Canon glass and a Metabones adapter so I have the L bracket mounted on the Metabones rather than the camera, which is probably why it looks a bit odd.

Yea that and the size ration between the tiny camera and head...

DThriller wrote in post #18111275
Kind of a weird one here

Shot a wedding at a blowing alley and needed a shot of the bride throwing a ball

Set up a 580 on a stand and tried to grab focus in almost pitch dark. This was a lucky shot.

5dm2 and 70-200 2.8

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Nice shot.

I would think this would be a great opportunity for a second curtain sync shot. Just a thought . . .

golfecho wrote in post #18111689
Nice shot.

I would think this would be a great opportunity for a second curtain sync shot. Just a thought . . .

Gotta love your avatar...

Angmo wrote in post #18113106
Gotta love your avatar...

Thanks! Are you with the F-15's?

golfecho wrote in post #18113370
Thanks! Are you with the F-15's?

Sorry, no. Former USMC. Iwakuni 1st MAW.

Scatterbrained wrote in post #18110974

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IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/KJjM​8C GearHead by tltichy, on Flickr

Good to see a post from you! And nice lighting!!

Thanks.

Just had a mom send me a photo from my Senior shoot last night.

Light from the strobe seems to be too cool compared to the ambient light.

BLOOMHOWER wrote in post #18116763
Light from the strobe seems to be too cool compared to the ambient light.

Yes it does. And my Gels were way back at the car. Fortunately, they will never notice.