On March 21st, I am
teaching a class at Bay Area Photo Club on “Using Flash Creatively” so I
thought I might try to learn something about it before I try to teach the
class!
Meet Christine. Steve and I had the pleasure of
photographing her on Sunday. She
was a real joy to work with.
In today’s photo, I wanted to
simulate a sunset photo at an old barn. The sky
was overcast with very little color in it. I set my white balance in the camera to 8,600K which made
the ambient light turn more golden.
I then sent light from a Nikon SB800 (with an orange gel) through an old gate
with slates. I wanted the Nikon SB800 to
light-up the background and also provide some shadows on the wall behind
Christine.
Christine is totally lighted by the
defused light of the overcast sky.
I believe that the shadows more interest into the wall and increased the feeling of depth to the image.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D4, 24-70mm f/2.8 at 43mm, ISO 100, f/3.3 at 1/125th
of a second.
Post Processing:
Lightroom 4—applied Nikon Portrait
preset during import, set white and black points, decreased shadows and increased
highlights and added vibrance and clarity.
Photoshop CS5—applied nik
Color Efex Pro glamour glow and pro contrast to image.
Awesome.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
I like the lighting and her pose. Good job.
ReplyDeleteTed
You did a good job making the background more interesting. Would like you to explain what nik filters do. Thanks for all the info.
ReplyDeleteTyler
Thank you for walking us through the shot and showing the diagram. But what I want to know is how you decided on this type of shot?
ReplyDeleteTelly
How long did it take you to set this shot up? I like the results but something seems to be off even though I cannot tell you what it is.
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