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 12/24/2008 08:52:25 AM · #201
Originally posted by Ivo:
Alright, I've hidden from the "light" long enough and will kindly ask for some help. I am really intrigued by the whole "strobist" concept and it makes practical sense for reasons mentioned over and over.


First, Welcome and please make sure you come back here and share all your experiences with us.

Originally posted by Ivo:

The question is simply "which way should I go"?


I am not familiar with the Nikon system but I went with the Cactus triggers only because it would be hard to ask the wife for $800 on Pocket Wizards after I just spent over $5000 on my JEEP. So for obvious reasons I chose the cheaper triggers. I did check out the Alien Bee triggers but IMO if money is not an issue I would go straight to the top and buy the Pocket Wizards. I know I will once money is there.
 12/24/2008 08:12:23 PM · #202
I tend to avoid using my flash because I generally prefer natural light, but sometimes it can't be helped.
Since I avoid it so much, I'm hopeless at using it and have decided it is time I try a little harder.

Meet Griselda - my new friend who will be my PATIENT model, while I mess around with options.
I also got a new flash for Christmas, so now I might finally learn how to use it.

I am thrilled with this effort - both my ugly friend and the tree look pretty good to me :-)


12/24/2008 09:09:01 PM · #203
Bad case of flash envy here...

I like the back-light on the wall behind Griselda. Griselda looks a little cool, perhaps a little stronger light or a gold reflector would help.

Perhaps, if you behave, Santa will bring the rest of her next year. ;-0
 12/25/2008 12:29:05 PM · #204
Originally posted by ambaker:
Perhaps, if you behave, Santa will bring the rest of her next year. ;-0

LOL that was cute :-)
 01/20/2009 04:33:13 PM · #205
New gear. I had been using a DIY Beauty Dish as my key or main light for most of my shoots lately. Especially if I was getting close up shots because I like the round catch lights in the eyes better then the spider lines that an umbrella gives.

Photos of the DIY Beauty Dish:
(top left)

One of my shots taken with it:


But today my new 20"x 20" softbox arrived:




A few quick images with it:




I'm thinking that more often than not I'll be sticking with the Beauty Dish for tight portrait shots because I still prefer the round catch lights, but so far I'm diggin' the new softbox.

05/30/2009 09:53:36 AM · #206
Did a forum search for this and found nothing, so I thought I'd put a link here.

For those that are interested/havn't found it yet, you can watch Nikon's 30 minute "Speed of Light" video (on using Nikon's CLS in practice) with McNally here free on Google Video!

This post on Strobist goes some way as to explain why it hasn't been removed from the site, which is nice!

Enjoy
 07/09/2009 07:59:47 AM · #207
Is anybody doing BootCamp II from DPC?
 07/09/2009 03:29:43 PM · #208
I've been doing lots of strobist style work, but only rarely have a chance to get on DPC any more. So noticing this thread pop-up again, I thought I'd add some images to the thread:

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All of these were shot with 580EX on camera as a master, and 580EXII on a light stand with shoot-through umbrella (two of them also have another 580EXII on a light stand behind the bride to light up her veil). Slaves were fired using RadioPoppers.


07/09/2009 03:34:08 PM · #209
Simply amazing David! I'm venturing into it a bit more and am pleased with the results though I've got a fair ways to go to catch up with your quality. Thanks for posting as I find it very encouraging!

Message edited by author 2009-07-09 15:34:44.
 07/09/2009 03:40:36 PM · #210
Just awesome work! Thanks for sharing the lighting.

Originally posted by dwterry:
I've been doing lots of strobist style work, but only rarely have a chance to get on DPC any more. So noticing this thread pop-up again, I thought I'd add some images to the thread:

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All of these were shot with 580EX on camera as a master, and 580EXII on a light stand with shoot-through umbrella (two of them also have another 580EXII on a light stand behind the bride to light up her veil). Slaves were fired using RadioPoppers.
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