Thursday, June 12, 2008

Quick Studio Style lighting





I had an idea for a little off camera lighting project. The entire setup took only 15 minutes. I borrowed a guitar from my son and decided to shoot against a bright background (my dining room) for some contrasting colors. Here are a couple of the pictures. I especially liked the contrast between the bright guitar and the darker orange wall and so I also did a few captures in black and white.

The setup: Guitar was suspended from an overhead shelf using a bungee. I used 3 strobes, one mounted on camera, but pointed away from the subject it was the trigger for the other flashes. I used Vivitar 285HV with optical trigger and pointed into a shoot-thru umbrella at camera right and an SB800 in SU4(Slave mode)was positioned under the guitar and pointed upward.






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