Writer/Poet Linda Joy Burke

sb-800?

Cool. This actually gives you a clue as to how much brighter the surrounding (non-shaded) scene is!

Writer/Poet Linda Joy Burke by strobist.

Photographed a very nice poet in Ellicott City this morning, using two SB-800s - Lumy SB-III key and a Ray Flash fill. We were working about two stops over the ambient in this shot.

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noisemedia says:

this has a very soft and calming vibe to it. i like.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Thanks, NM. I am happy with it because this was exactly the palette I saw in my mind when I was setting up the light. Dropping down the (shade) ambient made it look cooler. Then a 1/4 CTO on the key popped her out a bit.

The light from the Ray Flash was straight -- no gel. Her shadow side would have gone to black without the on-axis fill.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

i.rashid007 says:

Wonderful portrait !!!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

mad_airbrush says:

It looks perfect. I like her warm soft skin tone.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

l i g h t p o e t says:

bewitching!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

conorwithonen says:

I'd love to know more about the ringflash technique - did you TTL this or have it set to manual I wonder?
I have one, just haven't used it much and would like to see a tutorial for balancing it with other strobes as I don't think it adds a whole bunch on its own.
Plus I'm always worried it's going to break off - particularly if I try and shoot in portrait orientation.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

strobist says:

Conor-

I will be writing about this one in the future. I used manual, for exact control. This RF model does not even fit the D3 I was using, so I just PW'd the flash and used it with the flash on the bottom of the ring. Worked fine.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul Hodgson @ Box of Frogs says:

Lumi SB-III - what's one of those?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

strobist says:

LumiQuest SoftBox III - I got a pre-production model and have been testing it.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Creative Lightworks says:

I'm loving this shot very much. Very soothing and elegant. How far approx. the light sources from her?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Fort Photo says:

Wow, completely mesmerizing light!

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Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Cory.Lum says:

beautiful work david !

nice !
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

John Adkins II says:

Thanks for commenting on why you used the Ray Flash. I really like the mellow feel of this but was curious to why you used that. Now that I look at the shot more closely, I see why.

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Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

rockhoppermedia says:

I would like to see more about the softbox, I am holding off buying a ezy shoe from lastolite. You have caught her bohemian side beautifully. The ambience balance with her being warmed makes her feel sympathetic.

As for what a Ray flash I dont know anything about, will you be covering that in the future?

Thanks for sharing

Rich
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

strobist says:

More info on the SB-III here.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Matt Buedel says:

Nice balance.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Mikko Reinikainen says:

This has a very nice "David Hobby look".
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

LostSouls says:

nice shot. shake and bake
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

shortyred says:

Did you use in camera metering? Or a hand held?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

jlanta says:

Maravillosa.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

andrew71ca says:

Great shot, I like the subtle CTO effect, just enough to warm her skin a bit. Nicely done!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

mjpatey says:

Gorgeous. Did you choose the ringlight as your fill because it offered some general softness, or is there a more specific reason to use it in this context?
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

barakyedidia says:

I zoomed in to 4260 x 2673 using "All Sizes." Look at her eyes at that (amazing) resolution. There is no on axis catchlight from the Ray Flash. There is a faint bluish highlight above and to the left of where it ought to be if the Ray Flash was around your lens. I'm thinking you were holding it off axis.

Not that that detracts from the shot at all...
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

alextremps says:

Le da un relieve a la modelo espectacular. quizá la trancisión entre árbol y casa, quedan en un mismo plano, seguramente era buscado! saludos!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

snorkie128 says:

I was reading about this technique, and thinking "where on earth have I heard this before?" Then I remembered that you had mentioned this at the L.A. meet. I thought I was either psychic or losing my mind. Lovely portrait.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

LGeorgios says:

I just cannot get over how 3-dimensional that photo is! Thanks for sharing David.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

vulkanino - www.arsmaior.com says:

David this shot is just.. imperfectly damn good.
By looking at the image in photoshop at full size, it "seems" underexposed if you look at the luminosity histogram (a couple of stops!). Also 100% cropping the model's face, it doesn't "seem" perfectly sharp, I mean it's not carved in stone, but..

What does impress me is that in the end the photo is just very smooth and pleasing and damn good (imperfectly). ;)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Hunter Richards says:

This is a great portrait. I am just curious why you didn't balance color temperature between the natural light and the artificial light? I notice many still photographers don't match color temperatures and its something that bothers me as one who works with motion picture photography as this would be seen as a "special effect" or a mistake. Anyways the frame and light looks good, I am just curious. Thanks.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

strobist says:

I tend to use warm vs cool a lot as another layer of contrast between a subject and the rest of the photo. Just personal style, nothing carved in stone.

-D
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

www.alexthephotographer.com says:

David
To be honest my eyes are being puled to windows demanding my attention and it’s hard to move away. The reflection on window is the sharpest part in composition
David was the window the main subject??
Did I miss something here??

Alex
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Gostokom says:

Wow....very well done.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Ganeshbaby says:

beautiful subtle use of light
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Captain Buckfast says:

You know, I didn't like this at all when I saw it on Strobist, but now that I see a larger version of it, I like it a lot, I think it's great! I'm not sure if it's just the size - I think the dark background on Strobist might have something to do with this.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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