Sisters

A week ago I had the pleasure of putting on a flash workshop.  During the workshop we talked about, and practiced, many techniques.  During this session of two sisters, I was able to use many of the techniques we discussed so I thought I would post some of the images to show how effective these techniques can be.

This first image was taken about 2 hours before sunset.  The light was harsh so we went under a bridge and found some open shade.  The light was coming in fairly evenly on both sides sides so we placed a translucent scrim on camera right to reduce the intensity of light on the shadow side.  The light direction was still high so a hand held strobe was place in a 32" umbrella and brought in from camera left to give the final lighting.

This next image was taken in a very narrow alley.  The light was totally top down creating a very unflattering light.  By using a strobe, again in a 32" umbrella, on camera right, we were able to come up with this interesting shot.

By the time we did this final image, the sun had almost gone down but we still had that warm glow of the penumbra or twilight.  this light was augmented with a strobe to camera right to create this image.

Flash workshop - big success

Last Sunday's flash workshop was great.  We kept  the class size down so that everyone was able to get lots of hands on time to practice the new techniques.

The next workshop will be on creating table top product photography for small retailers and E-tailers.  If you want to make your product shots stand out, this workshop is not to be missed.