First umbrella lighting photo session

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My first complex artificial lighting photo session with my friends. Photography by me and Lily Kozorezov. Model - Vika Shulishov.

High resolution images available at http://flickr.com/photos/freeborn/

Read blog entry at
http://freeborn.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/umbrella-lighting-shooting-session/

Photography equipment used:

Canon 5D 12mp digital camera
Canon EF 24-70 F/2.8L lens
Canon Speedlight 580EX Mk II flash (x3)
Canon Speedlight 430EX flash (x1)
Lightstands and umbrellas (x2)

Short tip: if you're using flashes for umbrellas bring EXTRA batteries!

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[freeborn182]

Those are small 32" umbrellas

[bready4u]

Great video - are the flashes being powered by a car battery? How did you set that up? You had the 580 EX on the camera for all the shots? What program were adjustments being made in (esp the close ups of the eyes etc)?

Thanks

[freeborn182]

The car battery and the inverter was used to power a 120v fan. Flashes were powered as usually - from AA batteries. I did not have a wireless flash transmitter so I used one of the on-camera 580EX as a master.

All editing was done in Adobe Photoshop.

[MartschinskePhoto]

somehow i doubt this is your 'first' umbrella lighting session. awesome photos tho. you should do a post processing tutorial. yay

[freeborn182]

Honestly, this is my first lighting session when I use umbrellas. There's not much post-processing involved, but I'm planning to do a couple of Photoshop tutorials with some new pictures.

[DrShrinker]

This was your first lighting session? Amazing!

Why did you choose reflective umbrellas instead of shoot-thrus?

What were the two artifical light sources (580EXs, I assume?)

Were you using a Canon STE-2 or radio triggers?

Thanks. And again, nice job.

[freeborn182]

I'm not using Canon STE-2. I used on-camera flash as a trigger for the slaves. 580EX can act as a on-camera master. 480EX can't.

[jamekir]

I can't believe some of the comments on here, especially AllAmericanGuy01, 2 comments down who just rips everything and offers nothing. What a sad troll. Anyway, great work for your first time out with the umbrellas. Shots look really good.

[Lincoshop]

It is unimaginable,if it was you first lighting session.Great...

[AllAmericanGuy01]

Not bad but not good. The lighting could of been a little bit more creative and dramatic. I also didn't grasp what the photo shoot was really portraying. AND it just seems like it was a lot going on in the video between the editing, you setting up, the techno music and the preview of the photos were constantly moving so I wasn't really able to study the photo. I don't mean to sound like I'm nagging but I just think if you work on these, your photos would be great.

[RMO6701]

Great work.. 

[siulsomar17]

P.s don't pay any mind to those mindless comen

[siulsomar17]

great job ! keep on shootimg

[AnnaKlishina]

beautiful photos! 

[pinktissues]

Bloomin good id say! Of course the guys not gonna be spot on perfect first time man, sheesh, tough crowd!

[PoesKlap133]

FAIL, cos your model was so fucking ugly!

[alvarock68]

do you notice that you are in front of one of the umbrellas? the light doesnt help then

[tony77tony77]

what sizes Umbrellas are those?

[OutlawPhotographie]

These are amazing

[cakebaker410]

these are beautiful photos

...

right now i'm just waiting for my model to show up

urghhh

[russellskates]

i like the song. makes me wanna buy a pack of glow sticks.

but yeah, love the photos :)

[slashed60]

Great pictures m8, a couple of tips though.

1- When you have that much room behind your subject try adding another speedlite on a stand behind almost behind the subject (but out of shot) pointing towards the subject, almost like a hair light. This will make some of the pics a little less flat and will seperate the subject from the background,

2- if you use a wide angle close up proportion is sometimes off. Try standing further back shooting with a medium telephoto, and see how the pics look.

[j051885]

awesome video.. great pictures... im very interested in learning photography just like i see here!... whats the first thing U recomend for me ?? what classes, school, or training did u take?? i wish there were more people like u guys arround to learn from and pick up on things... as of now, its just my 7D and me :/ ..

[chrisstara]

thank you for upload such a great video. :)

[javierlocutor]

Excellent, amazing job!

[Uziwood91]

in my opinion this is a great photo session

[coolinen2007]

disgusting amateur bstrds

[olimurugavel]

Great session....

[jonomen]

great photo session....

but I think the shadows are not well controlled...

one of the most hard part in photographing human is shadows control, because it shapes the face and the body contour.

[treeelee]

nice man

[Dbrenizer]

Just put a diffuser on the 580 ex and yourt are on...