Creative Images Studio wrote:
Have you ever used strobs or other lights outdoors?  If so, what do you use and can you post some sample images of what you have captured?  Diagram setups would be appreciated too.  Thanks!

I've used TTL fill flash outdoors (example: )

Never used any off-camera lighting outdoors though, as I don't have any that I could just carry with me like that (I only get to use off-camera stuff during my camera club's studio nights)

AndrewThomasDesigns wrote:
I just use mostly 25 year old flash units... got 3 power settings, can't go wrong with that!

was this shot with the use of your flash units? == very lovely

Creative Images Studio wrote:
was this shot with the use of your flash units? == very lovely

thanks,

that was 3 lights...

sun at the models back, my vivitar 3700 pointed down from the right, and my 550 pointed at the other side toward the model. I also blurred the blue channel to give it that old look.

AndrewThomasDesigns wrote:

thanks,

that was 3 lights...

sun at the models back, my vivitar 3700 pointed down from the right, and my 550 pointed at the other side toward the model. I also blurred the blue channel to give it that old look.

was your 550 set at about 1 stop less then the sun and the 3700 set at a 1/2 stop less?

Creative Images Studio wrote:
was your 550 set at about 1 stop less then the sun and the 3700 set at a 1/2 stop less?

they were both set on M,

if that helps any.

straydogimages wrote:




This was shoot with JTL200 stobe with a battery pack.

did you find it cumberson tracking it to this location?  best to use an assistant and/or sand bags to help ensure that the strob is not blown down by the wind?  were you using a softbox too?

straydogimages wrote:
P.s. so is my avi

love that avi!  i don't know notice much hard shadows.  looks very good.  what reflectors if any were you using on the strob?

re- photography wrote:
Hotshoe mounted strobe bounced off a pop-open disk reflector to the model's left. Ambient scene lighting for background and fill.

i love the combination of the ambient lighting from the backgroudn and the flash.  did you shoot this on a tripod and drag the shutter as well?

re- photography wrote:
Strobe fill again bounced off a reflector to the model's right this time. Key/main light source is difuse sunlight.

wow.  i love this bw image.  great fill control.  what did you use to difuse the sunlight?

Creative Images Studio wrote:

i love the combination of the ambient lighting from the backgroudn and the flash.  did you shoot this on a tripod and drag the shutter as well?

Actually no; I usually prefer using a tripod, but the person "organizing" the shoot sort of "forgot" to get permits....so I was shooting handheld at about 1/60th at 1600ISO and I think F3.5 on a F2.8 max lens. I have a 1DsMII which handles shooting at 1600ISO quite well as long as you aren't printing over 8x10 inches or so, otherwise it would really be pushing it.

Creative Images Studio wrote:
wow.  i love this bw image.  great fill control.  what did you use to difuse the sunlight?

Sunlight was naturally difuse/indirect at the location which is in an alleyway where there is a roof directly above the model, so it is only open to the sky off to the model's left, so I got some good directionality even though it was difuse due to the cloud cover; "open shade" if you will.

EDIT: The ambient light was also bouncing off the reflector a bit and back in to provide some fill, but not enought without getting the reflector in the frame, that's why the strobe was added to make the ratio of the light less wide-spread.

F R Pearce wrote:
What's a strob? I've used strobes outside before, but never a strob.

Haha, hooray for sticky keyboards....

Creative Images Studio wrote:
Have you ever used strobs or other lights outdoors?  If so, what do you use and can you post some sample images of what you have captured?  Diagram setups would be appreciated too.  Thanks!

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