No Evilby
LN13Comment: So to answer some of the questions:
1.) No this is not identical triplets. This is just one person, my youngest daughter.
2.) Some people's comments were inferring that this may be a self portrait. See #1 above.
3.) How I did it: I set up the camera on a tripod, facing my basement couch. I hung a big piece of black felt on the wall behind and drapped over the couch. I had my daughter sit on the couch so I could manually focus the camera, I set it for manual exposure at 30" seconds and f8. I had her move along the couch so I could get a good idea what positions she should sit in. Luckily, we could use the edges of the cushions as a guide. I hung a white umbrella from the ceiling, so I could bounce my flash toward her. I turned out the lights, she took her first position, I hit the shutter on the camera and I held my flash above my head, toward the umbrella and fired. I had her move to the next position, and fired the flash again. Then a third time.
I only took about eight shots. Initially, I only did two flashes, with her basically looking at herself. The lighting didn't come out right, and you couldn't really see her face. Then we tried three of her, the one in the middle facing forward and the ones on the sides looking at her. This time there was a lot of overlap. FInally, she suggested the hear, see, speak no evil thing. This took two takes, just to get the positioning right.
Thanks for the nice comments, and I hope I didn't lose too many points for having them in the wrong order!
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