so, last time i did this i was trying to acheive some hot light on dark action with two gradients. it didn't work out so well. all i got was a big light blob of flash on the wall. in my post i said i'd try it again, this time with a subject standing there. and now, the prophecy has come true.
so the goal was to have a light to dark gradient on the wall, with the lightest part directly behind me. to pull that off i set up a sb-28 camera left, with a gridspot pointing directly where i wanted the lightest part to be. so far so good.
then, i wanted myself to be lit from the opposite direction, so that the shadow side of me would be right on top of the brightest part of the wall. so a 42" shootthrough umbrella camera right worked as a nice soft light source for me.
i like the resulting image. it has a pleasant sort of a push-pull to it.
strobist info:
nikon d60 on tripod, iso 100 1/160th of a second, f3.5
sb-28 camera left w' gridspot @1/16th power aimed at background
sb-28 camera right w' 42" umbrella @1/8th power
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