After the comments and my own lack of satisfaction with my last entry (and other "studio lighting" shots, I decided to mess around with my 580EX and use that with the softboxes and the umbrella so I could get decent shots at f1.4. I was forced to read the manual (just a page or two).
Well I think I'm somewhat on the right track. This shot is nearly straight out of the camera and uncropped! And Shutter speed was 1/3200 - this makes for a much sharper image! Sorry for putting you through another SP, my model pool is limited.
Ok, so no photoshop on this, but I couldn't help imagining what I would do if I just threw a little fractalius and Lucis at it. Hmmmm....
Ok, I threw some fire and a few other things at it as well. I'm soooo bad. :P
This turned out quite well with for using the lighting setup. I think the other one fits you better, but this is a good start if you ever want to "go straight". Photography speaking, of course.
Your light is pretty good in this! You have shadows on your neck and under your arms and hands. Gives a much more 3D look :)
May I make a suggestion? If you are having trouble learning your lighting set up, try using them one at a time. Use one light for 5 or 6 days until you get more comfortable with the camera settings and the light settings, then move to 2 lights, etc... It could just be that you need to back them up a bit or dial them down a hair :) Either way, the learning curve is steep with strobes (I still use constant lighting and even THAT took me what felt like forever LOL) and I am nervous about going that way (strobes) myself :P
great tutorial link and oh yeah, like I have the patience for that!. (NOT) see below on how to stop a hummer's wings... :)
nice SP Ken and the lighting seems great to me; btw all the math & numbers you & JD kicked around gave me a wopping headache, so now I have to stay on the couch all day, drink more coffee and look at pretty pictures to make it go away..
Thanks Joe! I just read the tutorial and learned much! Mainly that I don't have enough patience for hummingbird shots. ;-) Seriously though, the setup info was great. Much appreciated for pointing me in a direction.
nice sharpness. a few things with the flash. When your in the studio set up you don't really need a shutter speed faster than the standard sync (1/250). If you take a photo without the strobes and the photo is dark, then you have no ambient light affecting your shot. The effective shutter speed is the duration of the flash which is around 1/10,000 of a sec. And the lower your power setting on your flash the faster the shutter speed. Take a look at Ann's tutorial for a better explanation.(involves reading, but its on the interweb so its ok :P) Hope this is a little helpful.
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