3 posts tagged “sb-800”
In my last post I mentioned that I had lost a 2GB memory card full of photos from our camping trip at the Black Rock desert. I tore apart EVERYTHING looking for it and nothing. I spent almost an entire day cleaning my car, double and triple checking my camera bags, unpacking all my camping equipment and making phone calls to the places we stopped on the trip.
A couple days ago, after I had finally accepted that my photos were lost forever, I received a call from someone saying they found my card! The card must have fallen out of the car when we made a brief stop 100 miles away from home.
Moral of the story: label your memory cards with your contact info and make backups on the spot if possible!
Although I'm way behind in my editing, here's a couple from that card...
Here is a quick self-portrait of myself (left) and my good friend Danny (right). Check out the lighting and exposure specs below...
I used a "clamshell" lighting technique by using two umbrellas and two wireless SB-800s at about 1/16 or 1/32 power. I really enjoy the almost 2d look of clamshell lighting and the unique bottom-lighting effect (1:1 ratio). It would have been nice to have a third light to use as a spot on the wall, but I only have two speedlights for now.
Exposure was 1/250 @ f2.5 ISO 100 with a 50mm f/1.4 lens. To help out with checking focus and composition I shot tethered.
Later in post, I changed the color of the white background to what you see above.
If you look through my blog, you'll see that I don't do too many portraits and I haven't had much experience with it. Therefore, I would love some feedback ;)