Thursday, October 21, 2010
Brand New Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8 RM3500
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Brand New Canon 1000D RM1580 (FOC 4gb sd card +bag sling)
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BRAND NEW YN 460 RM180
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Brand New Canon 60d
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
The Magazine Shoot
SHOOT DAY
With rain clearly in threat, I reluctantly call off my assistant for the day. (Sorry again Mrs. Land.) Because of over packing I am embarrassingly the last to arrive. The MUA had already begun the magic of applying a severe coating of "Pancake Makeup" to Kevin's face. Under the clock of 2 hrs to play we were given a heckuva gift to test out… the Paul C. Buff ABR-800. Now, I will make an honest confession Studiolighting.net. Totally honest. This was the absolute very first time I had used a ring light! The closest thing to it was placing an 84inch Photek Sunbuster umbrella directly behind me in a 1200 watt Profoto head (studio rental) to simulate the effect. My understanding of a ring flash comes from 100's of post all across the internet from Dave Hill, David Hobby, David Tejada (The Davids rule, I know!), photo.net, etc… So I could from a technical point of view, say what I should expect from a ring light. So here we go:
Beauty Dish high in a diffusion sock into the ceiling!
Here I set the Dish as high as I could (about 11ft) into the ceiling to allow the light to be high enough to place the model in the beauty dishes' optimal focal point (the best distance for your size beauty dish-remember, this is highly objective). I set the diffusion sock on the beauty dish to soften the light and allow the light to spread out softly. At the opposite corner I placed a 42" 5n1 reflector (gold side up) to softly fill shadows were inherently dark because of the use of such a small main light small because of the lights size and distance. I chose the gold side so that some complimentary warmth would be added to the skin.
The key to this simple 1 light setup (That's right, 1 light!) was to get the dish high enough overhead to allow the light to spread out wide enough to light both my scene and my subject. (Dont miss that lil Elinchrom Skyport radio receiver on the flash just above the dish and sock in the picture). This simple combination creates some moody yet controlled light. The dish creates a circle of light with a dramatic falloff while the reflector softly fills the totally dark areas of my model.
SETUP 2:
Beauty Dish with Ringlight fill!
Starting with the same setup as before the only differnece this time is add the almighty RINGLIGHT for fill light!! The last thing you guys should have done is let me out of the cage with a ring light! Which ring light you ask? The Alien Bees ABR800 of course! Why you ask? 'Cause its CHEEEEEAP! In a few images I used a 42" disc reflector (gold side) on the floor to catch some of the light and bounce it into the models shadow side.Here's the dire important part. Make sure your ring light does not equal nor overpower your main lights output and viola… instant hit! Fine detail and deep imposing drama all in one image!
I have gotta admit it my ring light training lasted all the better of 90 seconds! Paul C. Buff created a marvelous tool! (Check out the review here on on Me working the ABR800 studiolighting.net!) I give this thing a serious P.O.C. Endorsement! Why? Its easy to figure out, lightweight, packs a good amount of light, being able to use it with a standard photo umbrella, with it being an expandable SYSTEM (not just single use tool) with the optional 30" & 56" moon unit diffuser tools make this the ONLY ballgame in town worth your $399.00 (as far as ring flashes go)! (By the way, my cheap cap on lighting equipment is $400 for any single piece of lighting gear… SO HA!!)
SETUP 3:
Regard,
Mohd Zaidi Bin Desa
Principal Photographer
Mzaidi.com
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