Danielle warms my house

[Photomart]

It was cold outside, so Danielle and I decided to stay inside and shoot. As soon as I get some time I'll post more of the many excellent shots from Danielle's shoot. Stay tuned.

Nikon D300, Nikkor 28-70 @ f2.8, AB-400 with 36x48 softbox next to camera, AB-400 with 30-degree grid as a rim light, AB-800 with 20-degree grid as hairlight, the rest of the light was came from ambient room lights (dragging the shutter at 1/40 sec).

[Bodyscapes]

Thank you. I find it very helpful when you include your lighting set-up in your posts.

Great photo BTW.

[Kejacobson]

You just had to rub it in some more...didn't you Marty

KJ

[nakins]

You suck has bad as bobby.

[soupman]

Thanks for the information. I like the DOF and background lighting that keeps the focus on the model. You must have been in a large room. I have not thought of "dragging the shutter". I'll have to try that. Were you using a tripod or holding the camera when you took this shot?

Thanks for sharing.

Re: Danielle warms my house 

[Photomart]

Originally Posted by soupman

Thanks for the information. I like the DOF and background lighting that keeps the focus on the model. You must have been in a large room. I have not thought of "dragging the shutter". I'll have to try that. Were you using a tripod or holding the camera when you took this shot?

Thanks for sharing.

I dig shallow DOF ... it really puts the attention on the model (although with Danielle, that's not much of a problem). in the previous shot and the one below, she's standing in the hallway that leads to my living room. I'm standing about six feet in front of her, leaning against my 36-48 softbox. The back wall of the living room is about 10 feet behind her and since it was night and the living room was dark, I turned on every lamp and overhead light in the room.

I think most photographer forget that ambient light can be an excellent "additional" light source. I'm always aware of the ambient light anywhere I shoot, and I try to use it when I can. Since my standard 1/250 flash sync made the background go black, I dragged the shutter to 1/60, then to 1/40 before I got the quality of light I wanted.

As for a tripod ... I can't remember a model shoot in the past five years where I've used a tripod (I like to move a lot when I shoot), so when dragging the shutter, I try to stay above 1/15 sec with my non VR lenses and above 1/8 with my VR lens.

Hope this helps.

[PhotoAl]

Ok Marty, do you take students? I gotta learn your techniques.

[Photomart]

Originally Posted by PhotoAl

Ok Marty, do you take students? I gotta learn your techniques.

As a matter of fact, I do take students ... and I do tutor other photographers. My place or yours?