The night life

Mr. Harvey Ranola and I decided to do a little late night shooting on top of a parking garage a couple of weeks ago. It was a fun experience and the first photo shoot I had done in a few weeks. I really wanted to try and utilize the low light that is available on top of that garage. I did have to bust out the flash, though on the shots near the ledge, but I put a red filter on it. This diffused the light and when converting to grayscale, red seems to do better. I don't know if there is any science to that, but that's what seems to happen to me. By diffusing the light enough i was able to capture the ambient light of the city.

Enjoy.

Trying to hack it as a Stobist

So I am taking it slow, working my way into the world of off camera lighting. I started out a few months ago purchasing a SB-24 and a couple of light stands. I haven't stretched my strobing legs as much as I would like to, but I have started.

Here is a quick head shot that I did in the empty room-for-rent that neighbors mine. It's of the brand new member of the San Jose Stealth's dance team, Miss Ashley. She was a great model, and we had some fun shooting.

As you can see, my setup was one SB-24 to the left of me and one white poster board reflector. For the background I used a black blanket and I had her sitting on my computer chair. To tilt the flash a little, I used a stack of DVD cases. If that's not resourcing then I don't know what is.

Next, being the poor college art student I am, I'm going to give a shot at constructing my own soft box and run with that. I felt that with these photos, I had a little too hard light, even though I did have a diffuser on my flash. We'll see how that works.