April 2, 2013

Using Flash Creatively—No. 10


I got the idea to turn the side of a building during the day into a dark night club with a singer performing in it.
Emili did a great job acting like a singer.  Unfortunately, I did not have a microphone, so I asked Emili to act-like she was holding one and singing into it. 
The lighting was straight forward—three Nikon SB 800 in SU 4 mode and gelled acting as stage lights and Elincrhom Quadra to light Emili.
Enjoy.
Camera settings:  Nikon D4 on a tripod, 24-70mm f/2.8 at 50mm, ISO 100, f/16 at two 1/30th of a second on a tripod.
Post Processing:
Lightroom 4—applied Nikon Vivid preset during import, set white and black points and added vibrance.

Photoshop CS5—cloned-out the light stands of the Nikon SB 800s in behind Emili and added the microphone in her hand.

4 comments:

  1. You hit a home run with this one.
    Debbie

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  2. I like this series. It has given me a lot to think about. Not sure that I would be able to duplicate any of your shots but I might at least try.
    Keep up the good work.
    Snider

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  3. Your lighting diagram does not indicate that you used a softbox. Why didn't you use a softbox?
    Bert

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  4. I see what you are trying to do, but the background just does not say night club.
    Percy

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