today i wanted to try incorporating some window light into my image. so i opened the blinds for once, set up my softbox as a cross light, and started firing away. because this is a mix of flash and ambient light sources, you control your flash intensity with your aperture, and control your ambient light with your shutter speed. it took a few exposures to figure out the right settings, but it wasn't too hard. the numbers i wound up using were 1/4 second, at f5.6 (the largest aperture i could use at this zoom length).
it's an overcast day here in chicago, so the light coming in from outside added a nice bit of color contrast in addition to soft fill. at 1/4 second exposure, any movement you make will be picked up in the areas lit by ambient light. i tried to hold still, but there's still a bit of blurriness on the camera left side.
anyways. not a bad picture.... oh, and by the way, this is day 123.... that means i'm officially more than 1/3rd the way through the 365. it's a milestone, sortof. won't be long now till this project is over and i have to find a new one.
setup shot:
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