This was my third time using off camera portable strobes and it's safe to say I'm addicted. All images were taken in bright sunlight with two bare Sunpak 383s. Any comments or constructive criticism would be great!
very nice overall. Some seem a bit "hot" and have some hard shadows in places. I dunno if that was intentional or not, but I found the shadows a bit distracting.
very nice overall. Some seem a bit "hot" and have some hard shadows in places. I dunno if that was intentional or not, but I found the shadows a bit distracting.
which one seemed hot? None of them are blown out. The only one that is hot is the b/w one and it's only so because when I did the conversion I only kept the red channel.
very nice overall. Some seem a bit "hot" and have some hard shadows in places. I dunno if that was intentional or not, but I found the shadows a bit distracting.
which one seemed hot? None of them are blown out. The only one that is hot is the b/w one and it's only so because when I did the conversion I only kept the red channel.
I don't mean blown out. I mean that they look like they're lit by hard lights, which they are. I can't say it's a bad thing, aside from disliking the shadows.
I think they're great, Kevin. What would be cool for people here is if you showed some simple lighting diagram with each shot. Something like this (I used my best guess)...
I think they're great, Kevin. What would be cool for people here is if you showed some simple lighting diagram with each shot. Something like this (I used my best guess)...
You hit the nail on the head Art. The spaceship was a little bigger though.
the only b&w image you offered had the worst shadowing.
In the industry that I represent, shadowing is pretty much a no no unless it is complimentary. In your b&w, the shadow from the bare Sunpack 383 is evident. A diffusion of either paper, spun, wire, silk, grid, or cloth would of taken the shadow away, but you would of needed to push in your flash to get the levels that you were after.
the only b&w image you offered had the worst shadowing.
In the industry that I represent, shadowing is pretty much a no no unless it is complimentary. In your b&w, the shadow from the bare Sunpack 383 is evident. A diffusion of either paper, spun, wire, silk, grid, or cloth would of taken the shadow away, but you would of needed to push in your flash to get the levels that you were after.
All of your color images are awesome.
I wanted the shadow in the B/W image. It fits the pose.
