Janelle Monae - Tightrope ft. Big Boi

Side By Side #14

Side By Side #14
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

14th in a series of side-by-side images and diagrams using the Strobox iPhone app.

Lighting - Dynalite in a stripbox camera left and behind...Dynalite in a large softbox (with black paper covering 2/3rds of it to make a stripbox) camera right and behind....SB600 in a westcott shoot thru umbrella above and slightly left....silver reflector for fill camera right....SB900 with CTO gel set to 1/16 behind my head and pointed at Botero 023 grey collapsible background.

Self Portrait 5-26

Self Portrait 5-26
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

After a no-show model (If I had a dollar every time that happen, this would have been shot with a D3) I decided it was self-portrait time !!

Lighting - Dynalite in a stripbox camera left and behind...Dynalite in a large softbox (with black paper covering 2/3rds of it to make a stripbox) camera right and behind....SB600 in a westcott shoot thru umbrella above and slightly left....silver reflector for fill camera right....SB900 with CTO gel set to 1/16 behind my head and pointed at Botero 023 grey collapsible background.
Retouching in Lightroom (nothing weirder than staring at your own face magnified 10x)

Funny and a great idea !!

How to Get Your Camera Back When You Lose It
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Andrew McDonald has a strategy just for you that will increase the chance of getting your camera back. He took the following series of images and leaves them on his camera so that anyone who finds it and scrolls through his pictures will see them.

Catch !!

Catch !!
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

Beer & Portraits 2
Hanging out with some friends...a few beers...a few strobes and a camera.

Strobist - SB900 with a shoot-thru umbrella camera right. SB600 with red gel pointed at Botero backdrop behind subjects head.

Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - The Mighty Sparrow

Sex Pistols meets Green Day

Band of Horses - Laredo

I LOVE this song !!
Matthew Sweet...Son Volt...Neil Young...all rolled together in a top-down, lazy summer kind of way. A quintessential driving song with a chorus that makes you want to hop in the fast lane and gun it.



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Flickr Photo Download: Lighting Modifiers Cheat Sheet

Great Examples of what different light modifiers do in a controlled setting.

Flickr Photo Download: Lighting Modifiers Cheat Sheet

Side By Side #13

13th in a series of side-by-side images and diagrams using the Strobox iPhone app.

model portfolio shots for Lyubov (model mayhem #354228), she was very professional and a lot of fun to work with. Location - Skylands Manor in Ringwood, NJ Lighting - My flashes were acting up, so I broke out the silver reflector and had our VAL (voice-activated lightstand) hold it at the top of the stairs to direct the sun down at model for a hairlight, seperation from the back, and to light the edge of each stair. He was a big help, I need to bring an assistant more often. I used my SB600 and Orbitz ringflash for fill on axis. Retouching in Lightroom....man, I love Lr

Side By Side #12

12th in a series of side-by-side images and diagrams using the Strobox iPhone app.

strobist - SB28 with DIY beauty dish camera right....DIY ringlight on SB600 for fill, Sunlight thru window.
Lightroom for post,

Side By Side #11

11th in a series of side-by-side images and diagrams using the Strobox iPhone app.

Great model Lee Loo La (Mayhem #814736)
Strobist - SB900 flash with Orbitz ringlight on axis...gridded SB600 behind model and camera left.

Side By Side #10

10th in a series of side-by-side images and diagrams using the Strobox iPhone app.

Robert from Fox's 'Hell's Kitchen' for a Chef Revival Ad

Strobist - SB900 with shoot-thru umbrella camera left...SB600 low camera right for veggies...and SB28 behind him camera right. Started by trying to get a good exposure on the steam and then added the lights.

Side By Side #9

9th in a series of side-by-side images and diagrams using the Strobox iPhone app.

Product shots for great sequence onesies at convertibledesigns.com

strobist- SB900 in a softbox camera left...white foam board for bounce on right...silver paper from underneath and silver reflector above...retouched in Lightroom...masking and color background in Photoshop.

Side By Side #8

8th in a series of side-by-side images and diagrams using the Strobox iPhone app.

Nikon D300 with 50mm 1.8 lens set to 1/200 at F2. SB900 with Lumiquest III small softbox behind and above subject. I pointed it more towards the camera to get the falloff in the background. I also use a boom cymbal stand with a swivel holder as a poor man's c-stand with an SB600 and Orbits Ringflash on axis for fill. Finally, a little tinfoil on the table in front for more fill and umph (technical term).