The first photo I took of myself this evening is about representative of the level of understanding and practice I'd had using strobes, and lighting portraits in general.
The second photo was taken 3 hours later, when my power pack blew up.
i'm over the fuckin moon about the fact that I am apparently good at more than just landscapes. I've Still Got It
anyway here's the lighting setup for the second one. Fresnel strobe on the low wall next to the camera set to full flood with the barndoors mostly open, ring flash on the camera for specular on my pentax and the cool flashbulb reflection in the graflex flash, 5" reflector on the tall light, and a bare bulb behind me at maximum power for my hair (head and arms). was using the norman superlite 800 power pack for my evening shots since it allowed me to dial down from 400ws to 100ws and had a built in optical trigger, but then it exploded
not shown: the air conditioner behind me. because i removed it in lightroom
not that this helps, but 1/60s at f/11 and iso 200 with a canon 100mm f/2.8 macro and my EOS 5D Classic
I do not own ANY lighting modifiers other than a pair of 5" reflectors. Country Theys Make Do
