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Newark New Clients

Newark Shoot 6
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

Publicity photos for a great Newark, NJ company.
Lighting- SB900 in an Apollo softbox camera left....SB28 behind and camera right for rim light.

Top Gear

I'm getting ready for a corporate shoot tomorrow with limited time and space for equipment so I'm checking out which gear to take and which to leave behind. Seems like a good time to complete my list of Top Photo Gear on Amazon.
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Fall Portraits 1

Fall Portraits 1
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

I always look forward to one particular school that I shoot portraits because they prefer to have them outside instead of the standard plain background.

Lighting
-SB-600 in a shoot-thru umbrella camera right and close to the subject for wrap around lighting,
-SB-26 in a silver umbrella camera left.
-Both flashes have a 1/4 CTO gel on them to warm up the strobes so they match the sunny daylight.
-White balance is set to 'sunny' and I dialed in -2 to add a little blue.
-Shot in manual mode with the ISO at 200.
-Aperture at 5.6 so the background is blurry but the depth of field can't be too narrow since kids fidget.
-Shutter set to 1/200 to make the background 1-stop darker than the subject so they pop out.

Lamb in Tangine

Lamb in Tangine 1
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

Hung out with friends on Saturday, always bring my camera and some lights, so I decided to shoot his dinner. He just bought a Mediterranean pot called a Tangine and made Lamb stew with quinoa, ground cherries and dried fruits in it. It tasted as good as it looks.

Lighting - SB900 in a Westcott Apollo softbox high and behind the food. I forgot my reflector, so I opened a white shoot-thru umbrella in the front for fill.

Boris On My Roof

Boris On My Roof
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

Great model Boris (Model Mayhem #1283633)
Lighting- SB900 in an Apollo softbox camera right high on a c-stand.

WC Boris

WC Boris
Originally uploaded by Arclight Images

Great model - Boris (Model Mayhem #1283633)

Lighting- SB900 with a DIY grid as the key light on-axis and 2 feet above the subject pointed at the face. SB600 in an Orbitz Ringflash for fill. Two Dynalites in gridded stripboxes behind the subject and 8ft to the left and right. Large pieces of black cardboard held up by lightstands and clasps on either side of the subject to flag lens flare and block the side lighting on the face.

Retouched in Lightroom and Wet Chrome preset added.

At B&H Photo, Employees Say Not Everything Is Picture Perfect

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