First real strobist shoot

[aim54x]

Over the weekend I went a long to a shoot with a friend of mine and snapped off a few frames. I just wanted to get some feedback on these.

[photomarcs]

Hey dude! Great Strobistry!

The only criticism that I personally have, is the shadows falling on the right side of the face in the 2nd and 3rd image.

Be careful and wary of those shadows as they can cause an unwanted harsh appeal.

Although do have a nice effect, but to me they are portrayed in a way that could be improved on. May i suggest posting up a quick guide to your lighting setup to critique? maybe that will be the best option for further C&C.

Great Work Though! I know you're not a Strobist fanatic..so for me, this is a big leap for you mate!

[wendellt]

I really like how you captured the flare in the 1st image it adds some nice atmosphere
also the moment you captured is nice and natural

your getting some shadows from the hair over the face easy way to fix this is just move the hair whenever it blows in front of the models face

i can see you have a fill light and a rim light which works very well and you have mixed 3 light sources in the 3rd very ambitious

well done

[aim54x]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Hey dude! Great Strobistry!

The only criticism that I personally have, is the shadows falling on the right side of the face in the 2nd and 3rd image.

Be careful and wary of those shadows as they can cause an unwanted harsh appeal.

Although do have a nice effect, but to me they are portrayed in a way that could be improved on. May i suggest posting up a quick guide to your lighting setup to critique? maybe that will be the best option for further C&C.

Great Work Though! I know you're not a Strobist fanatic..so for me, this is a big leap for you mate!

Thanks Marcus. I was using a SB-800 shooting through the diffuser panel of a 5-in-1 reflector on one side (as a mainlight) and a orange gelled SB-600 (sometimes snooted, but most of the time set at 85mm zoom) on the other for rim light + background light at times. This was the set up for the night with the two flashes changing sides, and the position of mainlight also varying between high and low. Hope this helps.

I really like how you captured the flare in the 1st image it adds some nice atmosphere
also the moment you captured is nice and natural

your getting some shadows from the hair over the face easy way to fix this is just move the hair whenever it blows in front of the models face

i can see you have a fill light and a rim light which works very well and you have mixed 3 light sources in the 3rd very ambitious

well done

Thanks Wendell, coming from you this is awesome!

[surenj]

Good to see that you are dabbling in Strobism!

What feel were you going for?

These have a candid type of feel. I like how you have kept the lighting so it almost looks like streetlights rather than deliberately lit. I find this is not easy to do in general.

Just in general, I feel the background doesn't separate from the model well enough. Perhaps use color for this.

How did you overcome the problems of holding a diffuser in front of your key light?

You are brave to use a hard light as key to light a female! thoughts?

When I am in Sydney, would love to join you for these type of shaningans with multiple flashes....

[aim54x]

Good to see that you are dabbling in Strobism!
What feel were you going for?

I am not sure what I was going for, it was more an experiment for me.

These have a candid type of feel. I like how you have kept the lighting so it almost looks like streetlights rather than deliberately lit. I find this is not easy to do in general.

Can I write this off to luck? I suggested we should use an orange gel, so we did, I just felt like gel was suitable (maybe it was the orange rim light that i had in mind, but the Gel stayed on and it became BG light as well.

Just in general, I feel the background doesn't separate from the model well enough. Perhaps use color for this.

Cheers mate, I will try to remember this for next time.

How did you overcome the problems of holding a diffuser in front of your key light?

VALs (Voice Activated Lightstands) they are very useful, especially if they can give you feedback and warnings about lighting becoming incorrectly placed as you and your model shuffle about.

You are brave to use a hard light as key to light a female! thoughts?

Stupidity/inexperience would be my answer for this, but I think it worked out alright. I am quite happy with my results and am looking forward to doing this again and learning more.

When I am in Sydney, would love to join you for these type of shaningans with multiple flashes....

Both my SB-600 and my SB-800 are currently out on loan, but I would be happy to tag along for another go as well. I am starting to feel the need to get some strobist gear!

[photomarcs]

I am starting to feel the need to get some strobist gear!

HALLELUJAH!!!!!! HE'S SEEN THE LIGHT! i kid i kid! xD but good to hear you're opening up moreso to Strobistry =D fun isn't it?