outdoor strobe |
Bored. Today was a slow day, so I thought I would spend about 15 minutes testing balanced exposures outdoors with a studio strobe for key and the natural Sun as backlight/hairlight. I obviously could have found a better setting than my back yard, but I didn't want to spend too long on it... besides, I don't have a power inverter for my truck, a portable generator, or location battery packs. The plain 'ole extension cord off my electric hedge trimmer decided the location. Not terrible for a first attempt, but I feel like the shade from the enclosed yard made it difficult to really see the effect. I need to go on a diet and start working out again. The shot setup wasn't terribly difficult. Use an incident light meter to meter ambient, then set your strobe to match when metering flash... or slightly higher in this case where I wanted the background darker (like a half stop to a stop). The very upper edge (garage eve) was burned by hand because I think it's ugly in the shot, but then we're back at the location statement. I'm glad the work day is over.
Nice hairlight.:-)
I wish I could do people. People are even harder than food.
This is a great pic. I don’t know squat about photography but your pictures are always fantastic.
BTW… “diet” is a really bad word. Plus, you don’t need lose any weight.
What a great picture!
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