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For the Strobist Sundays B&W theme.

For this shoot, I tried clamshell type of lighting. I didn't use shoot through umbrellas because I needed more control over the spill in this space.

The background is a black sheet taped to the wall about 8 feet behind the subjects.

Post-processing: standard retouching, B&W conversion, cropped to 5x7. I skipped my standard sharpening to leave this one a little softer than usual.

Strobist info:
* Key: SB-28 with 1/4 CTO gel above and into a silver umbrella
* Fill: SB-24 into a 28" Westcott soft box just below frame and angled up
Triggered with Radio Popper JrX Studio Triggers.

A before and after post-processing for the "Fencer - Edge" photo.

The photo on the left is basically straight out of camera (RAW + white balance + basic sharpening).

The photo on the right is the final version.

For the Strobist Sunday's theme "Edge"

I was sick yesterday, so I thought that I'd sneak this one into the Strobist Sundays group before Greg closes the theme. :-) I tried to put the "edge" of the epee (this type of fencing weapon) right at the edge of the shadow. This one turned out very close to how I had imagined it.

Post processing: sharpening, contrast boost, darkened right side a bit more, and copied part of the blade reflection from another exposure.

Strobist Info:
* Key: SB-28 with a 1/4 CTO gel into a Lumiquest SB-III soft box at 9 o'clock, just out of frame, and angled up to get more fall off as we go down and around the fencing jacket.

For the Strobist Sundays "Short Lighting" theme.

My model found a wig from one of her old Halloween costumes, and we had fun with some Lindsay Lohan-inspired poses. This one shows short lighting on both of the face and body.

Strobist Info:
* Key: SB-28 with 1/4 CTO and a diffuser dome into a 28" Westcott Apollo soft box, camera left just out of frame.
Triggered with Radio Popper JrX Studio triggers.

For the Strobist Stundays theme contrasting "Still/Moving".

I wanted to make an image where the subject was simultaneously still and moving. A person working at a computer was the only idea that I had time to execute. The light from the screen illuminates the hands for the long shutter speed, permitting us to get some motion blur. I used blue gels on my lights because I wanted the light on the subject to be colder. That light might have worked better if the monitor were a CRT instead of an LCD.

The subject is a little blurry here. I think that's because the screen lights his face a bit during a 1+ second exposure. Any motion makes the image blurrier.

Strobist info:
* Key: SB-28 with a grid and a blue gel, camera right and a little behind the subject
* Fill: SB-24 in an SB-III soft box with a blue gel, very close to camera for some on-axis fill
Triggered with Radio Popper JrX Studio triggers.