Any Strobists Here?

[Ranie]

Reviving this thread.
Did a portrait shoot for a family of 3. After the shoot, the daughter wanted to have more shots of her outdoors (informal). It was quite dark already.
When I saw the bike with her dad, I suggested to her that we shoot her with the bike.


This is a 3 light set-up
2 SB900 on shoot thru umbrella on both sides
1 SB 900 gridded , and aligned to the girls face
D90 with 17-55F2.8
All triggered by Nikon CLS

 

[Joseph Bautsch]

Ranie, good shot. She and her father will treasure this one for many years.

 

[Ranie]

Thanks Joseph. I hope they like it.
Im still working on their family pics.

 

[Marcel]

Great shot Ranie,

Are you planning on getting rid of the electric wires in the background? this is the only critic I would have. But the overall effect is stunning.

Marcel

 

[Ranie]

Great shot Ranie,

Are you planning on getting rid of the electric wires in the background? this is the only critic I would have. But the overall effect is stunning.

Marcel

Hi Marcel, Actually I did blur it already on post production. Thanks for pointing it out. It's either to clone it out or might as well crop it out.

 

[ohkphoto]

Really, really nice, Ranie! I vote on cropping out the wires. As always, your lighting is so superb! Thank you for posting the setup info!

Best Regards

 

[Ranie]

Really, really nice, Ranie! I vote on cropping out the wires. As always, your lighting is so superb! Thank you for posting the setup info!

Best Regards

Thank you Helene

 

[fotojack]

wow! Quite the shot, Ranie! Love the overall effect...and fantastic lighting arrangement! Really makes the whole scene stand out. Love it. And yeah....I vote to crop out the wires, too.

 

[Ranie]

wow! Quite the shot, Ranie! Love the overall effect...and fantastic lighting arrangement! Really makes the whole scene stand out. Love it. And yeah....I vote to crop out the wires, too.

Thanks Jack

 

[Ranie]

Hi guys, I would like to revive this thread for those strobists here.


This is a 3 light set-up.
3 SB900 was used:
1 SB900 on large Octabox in front of model
2 SB900 firing on white backdrop (bare). One on each side
All triggered by Nikon CLS

 

[Marcel]

Very nice lighting Ranie. I'd just warm it up a little in PP (for my taste which is very personal).

Here's what I'd do (might be my monitor???)

 

[Ranie]

Nice take you got there Marcel, but that photo was originally done to be hi-key, that's why I put 2 SB900s to fire at the white background and had a large octabox in the front.
Did a few tweaks in post process to achieve that look.
Your monitor is spot-on. It was just made to look that way.

 

[Marcel]

Nice take you got there Marcel, but that photo was originally done to be hi-key, that's why I put 2 SB900s to fire at the white background and had a large octabox in the front.
Did a few tweaks in post process to achieve that look.
Your monitor is spot-on. It was just made to look that way.

I don't mind the high key, but the bluish-cyanish cast makes her look cold to me. But I respect your intention and was just voicing my personal taste.
Very good shot by the way! It's nice to see you back on the forum.

 

[Ranie]

Thanks Marcel. Glad to be back too. Been so busy the last few months that I was in Australia.
Now, its good to be back home.

 

[Ranie]

These are from my old files.
During this time, its all in the experimenting stages of using strobes and CLS



JODIE

3 light set-up
1 SB900 on softbox 45 degrees high left of model.
2 SB900 (one on each side with flags)
Triggered thru Nikon CLS

 

[Ranie]

Another one from the same time as the above pic.
Basically same lighting set-up



NICOLE

 

[Ranie]

Another old pic.
2 light set-up
1 SB600 in white shoot thru umbrella about 18 inches above the models face
1 SB600 Bare far left of model to light up her hair (left side)
All triggered by Nikon CLS

 

[Browncoat]

Something is bothering me about that one too, Ranie. Your color processing is always spot-on, but that one does look a little "off". It almost looks as though you uploaded a 16-bit version instead of 8-bit.

 

[ohkphoto]

Ranie, I'm so glad you revived this thread. You have really mastered the CLS . . . beautiful portrait!

 

[Ranie]

Something is bothering me about that one too, Ranie. Your color processing is always spot-on, but that one does look a little "off". It almost looks as though you uploaded a 16-bit version instead of 8-bit.

Anthony, which pic are you referring? And to tell you frankly, I don't have any idea about that "bit" thing.