I had an opportunity to photograph my son Chris this evening. We stepped out into the field just outside the back gate of our backyard. I wanted to test out the new diffusion sock for my DIY beauty dish that my wife made for me. Chris wasn't particularly excited about modeling for me, I use him a lot and I'm sure he's bored with it.
The sun had not yet set but was behind large clouds to the west. I metered for the clouds behind Chris and underexposed them by perhaps 1 stop. I then turned on the strobe. I was using a single Nikon SB-800 at 1/2 power, 1/1600 @ f/2.8 for the photo at the top of the post.
Here are a few other images from this 10 minute shoot, when your only getting one look from your subject... There was a light breeze this evening, beauty dishes are idea if you have any sort of wind. An umbrella would have taken off across the field had I used it.
I really like the quality of light from this beauty dish, unfortunately it is so hard to travel with. I really only use the beauty dish when I'm in town shooting. When I'm on the road, I use a small softbox that produces a similar look.I have several up coming workshops, for a list of those click HERE.
7 comments:
Great photo! What's your method of choice for triggering the strobe over the sync speed limit? Are you a CLS guy?
Hi Andrew: Yes, I am a CLS guy. I used my built in flash to trigger the single SB-800. I also use Radio Poppers when the normal signal can't be seen. DT
David, How were you able to shoot at 1/1600th of a second when the flash will only sync at 1/250th?
Hi George: Both Nikon and Canon allow for high speed sync. You set this function in the set up menu on each respective camera.
Check your manual how you do so. DT
I used a plain white shower cap from Wally World. It drops 1 stop of light.
Beautiful result you got it! I really enjoyed your work, congratulations! I'm trying to do a DIY beauty dish, and after I finish I'll post the results on my blog. Again, congratulations.
Love this shoot! Great use of the light - simple but so effective!
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