Any photographers in here?

[RADAR THIS]

my dad sent me this the other day...quite interesting, love the idea...and great/random shots...

http://www.thewiebners.com/shovel/about.cfm

 

[RADAR THIS]

here's a few of my dads commercial shots...all film...no digital work...

 

[FunkyBuddha]

excellent

 

[NVP5White]

I received a ton of random lighting accessories in the mail yesterday and today. I tried out the new gear by taking some shots.

The first two are me posing for...myself. This first image is one SB-600 flash through a white umbrella above camera right. A second SB-600 in on the floor shooting up at the wall through a plastic magazine rack. No smiles...it's just the mood I'm in recently.

This second image is one SB-600 into a white umbrella above camera right. There is a second SB-600 into a 42" white reflector above and slightly behind the subject. Its angled slightly towards the back of the subject to create separation from the background.

These two were taken today with my brother. The first image is a clamshell set-up with an SB-600 through a white umbrella on either side of the camera at equal power settings. There is a 42" silver reflector low and camera left of the subject. I'm not sure if it really adds anything here.

This final image uses the same light positions as the first but alters the power of the camera left light to 1/2 that of the key light (camera right). Same reflector positioning, too.

 

[IAMHOLLYWOOD]

ok people so i need some advice i now own a nikon d40x with a 50mm 1.8, 18-135 and 70-300. and a SB-600 speedlight, so whats next, a flash diffuser like a soft box, remote trigger for the flash, etc...? a lot of you have been doing this much longer than me so i'd really appreciate the input. thanks!

 

[NVP5White]

ok people so i need some advice i now own a nikon d40x with a 50mm 1.8, 18-135 and 70-300. and a SB-600 speedlight, so whats next, a flash diffuser like a soft box, remote trigger for the flash, etc...? a lot of you have been doing this much longer than me so i'd really appreciate the input. thanks!

I think soft boxes with small flashes are a bit of a waste. The SB-600 is a good flash but not powerful enough to fill even a medium-sized box with much light. I recommend a white shoot-through umbrella (see pics in my post above) for the SB-600.

To use the umbrella you will need (at the very least) the umbrella, umbrella bracket, light stand and a way to trigger the flash. I prefer inexpensive Cactus triggers which can be purchased on eBay for about $30. Total cost for the kit could be as low as $100.

With a single flash you can shoot some cool stuff, but you will have to employ some creative techniques to get really good results. Head over to strobist.com to learn more. I'd start with their lighting-101 tutorial since it thoroughly explains each piece of equipment and how they should be properly integrated into a single lighting system. Really good stuff...

 

[FunkyBuddha]

I've been using the cactus triggers for the last year and a half now and I still do sometimes. I've been using Canon's ST-E2 trigger for my Canon flashes.

I agree, get the umbrella. I picked up my kit - 2 lightstands, 2 umbrellas for around 60bux on ebay. DIIIIIRT CHEAP. I still use them. Most of my pics here are shot with that setup.

And Ed's right, go to Strobist to learn and do their "homework". Also join the Strobist group on Flickr.

 

[RADAR THIS]

http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/

 

[Tifun]

Nothing too fancy. I did make a fancy filter that makes all blurry lights into hearts. Now I just need to find a real world application that I can use it on.

 

[FunkyBuddha]

Nothing too fancy. I did make a fancy filter that makes all blurry lights into hearts. Now I just need to find a real world application that I can use it on.

Fancy filter? You mean this?

http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_create_your_own_bokeh

 

[323]

thats really coool. never ran into anything like that

 

[Tifun]

Fancy filter? You mean this?

http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_create_your_own_bokeh

Sort of. Same concept. Same effect. So yes. (boobs)

 

[RADAR THIS]

 

[coondogg]

 

[IAMHOLLYWOOD]

hey coon, nice shot! this was hte night before, with not quite as powerful a lens (300mm)

 

[gr?]

 

[Omar MSP]

wow seeing those pics, looks like the moon spins at a different angle than earth.

 

[nazgul350r]

 

[coondogg]

hey coon, nice shot! this was hte night before, with not quite as powerful a lens (300mm)

lol..

mine was with a 250, just an almost full crop...

I wanted to get some on Saturday but it was too cloudy.

 

[LaraS]

Sort of. Same concept. Same effect. So yes. (boobs)

That is so cute!