day 321 - grid one

i don't use grids enough.... so i figured i'd set up a softbox main, and then use a gridded light as a camera right kicker. just an extra touch of light for that side, help seal the deal on the contrast levels.

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day 320 - with dog on couch

didn't take a setup shot for this one. there's a sb-28 @ 1/4 high camera left into 40" softbox, and a sb-28 @ 1/32nd with a honl grid far camera right. camera right foreground there's a sb-28 with a blue gel into the ceiling for the ambient exposure. that's it.

day 319 - all the lights

set up all four of my flashes on this one. softbox for main, umbrella on the ground for fill/up, one on bookshelf for a highlight, one on coffee table for other side. i like it.

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day 318 - greyscale

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day 317 - softlighter 2

alisia was dying her hair, and had it all tied up in a knot on the top of her head. i asked her to pose real quick in front of my improvised softlighter, and this is the result. she looks good anytime, it's just a question of getting her to pose for me.

day 316 - fake softlighter pt 2

i'm still fascinated with the idea of a softlighter. so this is my second attempt to make one. in this one i took a 42" silver umbrella and clothes pinned my softbox diffuser screen to the front of it. the result was pretty much what i expect a softlighter to do, it resulted in a focused and yet soft light source. so high contrast, but low specularity. i like it.

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day 315 - paper sheets

my first idea was to hang these sheets of paper from the ceiling so that a flash behind my head would bounce off of 'em, and create a soft light source for my face. that didn't work. there wasn't enough reflection going on, so i set up an umbrella on the floor for some extra soft uplight fill. it came out allright.

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