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05/12/2008 11:01:50 PM · #101 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
My very first shots from my very own Stdio Focus Point :) |
Congratulations!
They look great! If you want a little feedback: Lighting looks really good in the first. Nice shadows on the side of the face, look just right. Perhaps a reflector from below would be good to lighten shadows under the eyes.
On the second shot, lighting is also very good. I don't think the vignette works as well as in the first, but that's just a pp decision anyway.
How about a picture of the studio and lighting setup?
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05/12/2008 11:14:53 PM · #102 |
Some recent strobisting:
  
   
Mostly just fun setups to work on light... as you can see, I'm lacking in the "model" department, but have plenty of help from other photographers who grudgingly take their turn infront of the camera. Vancouver is an awesome place to be if youre into this sort of thing, as the strobist community is growing fast and meets often. Basically, were jealous of Seattle.
My lightstands / brollies are at the border, hopefully the delay isn't long! wooooooo
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05/12/2008 11:22:10 PM · #103 |
Originally posted by nshapiro:
...How about a picture of the studio and lighting setup? |
Tomorrow I take some shots of the whole studio and post it here. Not a big huge place, but it's a very nice private and starter studio. Right now I have an alien bee B800 with 34X40 softbox and 2 fluorescent powered umbrella lights. I do have only white backdrop at this point, but a filler strobe and other backdrops will be coming before my opening day June 1st.
and yes, I didn't like vignette either, I am going to replace this with no vignette one, looks a lot better...
FP
oh, and yes... a reflector of course ;) don't have any right now.
Message edited by author 2008-05-12 23:31:02. |
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05/12/2008 11:30:30 PM · #104 |
| I've got a question concerning the cactus v2 trigger. I'm using an old sunpac flash and it seems to be working fine as long as my shutter speed isn't too fast. Anything faster than 1/320 and the flash doesn't record. It flashes but it seems too late. Is this normal for this device? The packaging says it has a response time of up to 1/1000s. Anyone have similar experience? |
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05/12/2008 11:45:16 PM · #105 |
Originally posted by Patrick_R:
David what setup do you have? I've always been a fan of yours.
well to any canon user here really what do you do? Do you have to buy the 300 dollar transmitter thing? which flash gets the most bang for the buck ect. |
I did get the Canon ST-E2 transmitter, but I don't think it was really needed. I thought I would want the flexibility of using ETTL with multiple flashes, but as it turns out I always put the flashes in manual anyway. As to the 580EX, it only needed if you want to use the flash unit as a master for other 580EX or 430EX flashes, which puts the 580 on the camera where you don't want it. As I learn more, a less expensive flash with a pocket wizard would have been the most usable system. Wires are terrible when shooting on location. with IR I'm always turn heads to maintain line of site, and I've found I like the control of setting the flash power myself... so I bought things I didn't need and missed a couple I did.
As to the rest of the setup, I don't have the super compact light stands because they fell over too much. I went with a pair of Bogen 3361 stands and lastolite 45" shoot through umbrellas. |
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05/13/2008 06:18:27 AM · #106 |
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
I did get the Canon ST-E2 transmitter, but I don't think it was really needed. |
Does this mean you have an st-e2 that you would be willing to sell? At the moment one would work for us as our studio is small and it would allow me to get my 580 off camera. At some point we will pick up a 430 and then down the road look at the radio popppers. Still kicking myself for getting the 420 years ago rather than the 430. Just didnt know what I was doing then.
And here is a shot of our studio. Its one of the rooms in our finished basement. The paper roll is one of the long ones. We have two 4x4 plywood boards underneath to keep it from wrinkling. Depending on the light needs I use the 420 off umbrella (as you see there) or put the 580 on that stand attached to the camera by the canon hotshoe cord and then have the 420 bare flash on one of the tripods. Other than the paper background we also use a black muslin. More backdrops and a new backdrop system are in our future along with more flashes. I do wish the ceiling was higher but in general this space is working out really well for us.
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05/13/2008 07:23:06 AM · #107 |
This is one from my Free study.
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05/13/2008 07:44:46 AM · #108 |
The bulk of my recent entries are all strobist lit. THese are some of my faves from not too long ago.
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05/13/2008 08:37:06 AM · #109 |
all shot with a single flash and the ST-E2:
    
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05/13/2008 11:15:06 AM · #110 |
Originally posted by timfythetoo:
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
I did get the Canon ST-E2 transmitter, but I don't think it was really needed. |
Does this mean you have an st-e2 that you would be willing to sell? |
I'll drop the ST-E2 like a hot potato as soon as I get a couple of pocket wizards!
I also wanted to say how impressed I am with the photos of kids you have created even with limited lighting. I was looking at one of your earlier posts and am still trying to figure out how what you described gave that kind of light.
I'm curious why the strobist setup if you are shooting in a studio? You can get an AB400 for less than a 430EX and pick up the advantages of a modeling light and easier controls. I love my pocket flashes when shooting on location, but still bought some ABs for attempting to light in the studio.
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05/13/2008 12:41:20 PM · #111 |
Truly some lovely work here. |
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05/13/2008 12:42:12 PM · #112 |
Originally posted by breadfan35:
...Truly some lovely work here. |
Yeah.. you mean "Lovely Girls" oh, and work too LOL |
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05/13/2008 01:43:49 PM · #113 |
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
I'll drop the ST-E2 like a hot potato as soon as I get a couple of pocket wizards!
I also wanted to say how impressed I am with the photos of kids you have created even with limited lighting. I was looking at one of your earlier posts and am still trying to figure out how what you described gave that kind of light.
I'm curious why the strobist setup if you are shooting in a studio? You can get an AB400 for less than a 430EX and pick up the advantages of a modeling light and easier controls. I love my pocket flashes when shooting on location, but still bought some ABs for attempting to light in the studio. |
You let me know when you are ready to drop it.
Let me know which image you are talkign about and I can hopefully give you more details.
We are going the strobist route right now because of the general convenience of the setup. At some point we will probably invest in an AB type setup for the studio - but that will come once we are bringing in enough money to be able to afford it. For us to financially afford to expand our lighting capabilities means working within the system we have already signed up for The speedlight set up gives us great flexibility in bringing our gear along and providing light wherever. One more 430 and light stand setup plus an st-e2 will give us a pretty decent lighting package that can go wherever. We have been getting pretty comfortable with the results we recieve from our setup right now. No reason to jump ship on it just yet.
And I would like to add that we have perused many of your images as well and were quite impressed with the lighting and general quality of your work. This is one of my faves -
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05/13/2008 01:48:33 PM · #114 |
| So could someone do me a fav and point me in the direction of those ebay triggers.... really don't want to spend that much on my portible system. |
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05/13/2008 02:08:36 PM · #115 |
Gadget Infinity
I see you are a Canon person so make sure you get the right one to match your flash whatever it is. I have old ones and had to modify them with some extra sheilding to prevent mis-fires.
This should be the right one for you if you have a Canon flash: V2s |
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05/13/2008 02:10:31 PM · #116 |
I got Steve Kaeser's trigger set and works great. It is pretty inexpensive. Here is the link
Radio Trigger Set |
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05/13/2008 03:04:30 PM · #117 |
| cool thanks so I'm pretty stoked about this whole thing! If you had a $300 starting budget to see if you really liked it.... what would you get? If anyone has the time to make up a fictional shopping cart it would be greatly appreciated. I just don't have a lot of money to "guess" on my equipment. I'm not afraid of manual at all. I grew up on an all manual camera and I still toy around with my XTI in manual mode. With all that knowledge could someone help me? |
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05/13/2008 03:04:59 PM · #118 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
I got Steve Kaeser's trigger set and works great. It is pretty inexpensive. Here is the link
Radio Trigger Set |
The nice part about those Gadget Infinity triggers if all you have are flashes is that if you have 430EX for example, you don't need anything else to be able to use them as the flash slides right on to the receiver. In other words you can use a flash that doesn't have a PC sync and you don't need to buy a hotshoe that has one. |
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05/13/2008 03:07:55 PM · #119 |
Originally posted by tcmartin:
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
I got Steve Kaeser's trigger set and works great. It is pretty inexpensive. Here is the link
Radio Trigger Set |
The nice part about those Gadget Infinity triggers if all you have are flashes is that if you have 430EX for example, you don't need anything else to be able to use them as the flash slides right on to the receiver. In other words you can use a flash that doesn't have a PC sync and you don't need to buy a hotshoe that has one. |
I saw your links after I posted mine. I liked the Gadget Infinity, feature and price wise, I probably will buy from them next time ;) |
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05/13/2008 03:13:39 PM · #120 |
The Gadget Infinity folks are in Hong Kong, but their stuff comes quicker than from B&H. Even though I now have PWs and I know they can take the abuse, I still take the cheap ones out in the field when I go to harsh environments - I can afford to lose a $30 tool way more than a $400 tool. [A friend of mine won’t let me refer to my gear as toys anymore and demands that I call items tools :)]
The biggest thing to watch on the inexpensive triggers is the batteries in the flash itself. I have never yet changed the batteries in the triggers and have had them for years. BUT...if your batteries are low in the flash itself you will see sporadic behavior from the triggers. Other than that, they work very nicely.
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05/14/2008 11:17:48 AM · #121 |
This was a single flash, though it was my moon unit ABR-800. Before and After post-processing.
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Message edited by author 2008-05-14 11:20:57.
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05/16/2008 06:46:00 PM · #122 |
Woooo, my new strobisting gear arrived today!
2x compact lightstands (the LumoPro knockoff of the Manfrotto nano, from MPEX)
2x shorty swivels
2x black/white brollies
Sooo stoked I can raise my light more than 4 feet off the ground! |
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05/16/2008 06:54:51 PM · #123 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
I've got a question concerning the cactus v2 trigger. I'm using an old sunpac flash and it seems to be working fine as long as my shutter speed isn't too fast. Anything faster than 1/320 and the flash doesn't record. It flashes but it seems too late. Is this normal for this device? The packaging says it has a response time of up to 1/1000s. Anyone have similar experience? |
I have V2s Cactus triggers. They only sync up to 1/200 with my Canon 30d but even if they could sync at a higher rate my camera's sync speed is 1/250.
What is the sync speed for your camera as this will be the fastest that you can sync the triggers. That being said, sometimes they don't sync to that but which flash you have seems to have some impact on the triggers. My Canon 430ex doesn't like to play very nicely with my Triggers yet my two Nikon Flashes have no problem.
Message edited by author 2008-05-16 18:57:56. |
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05/16/2008 09:24:05 PM · #124 |
Got my RadioPoppers this week. This was taken Wednesday night. Canon 550EX, as a slave, off to the far left (just out of sight of the camera) with a RadioPopper Receiver on it. Canon 580EXII on camera with RadioPopper Transmitter to fire the slave. In this case, it was dark enough I think the RadioPoppers were unnecessary, but I needed a chance to play with them.
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05/16/2008 09:54:02 PM · #125 |
| I have the cactus v2s...I did the antennae enhancement the strobist site suggested and I have a range of about 300 feet from them now and they never misfire.....all that for $30. |
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