Capturing your Setup Shots

After looking at many of the millions of Flickr photostreams that make use of off camera flash, I've decided to start including some captures of the setups I used for pictures displayed on this blog. I'm starting to see the benefit of doing so. It gives you a much better idea of where the light is actually going. This is something that's hard to predict when you're tightly focused on your subject. These setup captures act like mental notes of what worked and what didn't in a lighting setup at the time you were doing it. I've added a second umbrella since my last post. I was happy with the results, but I still have a lot to learn. Practice! Practice! Practice!