Off Camera Flash Workshop

10th Meeting

Last night, we had a blast working with off camera flash: first with a light box and then with some dramatic lighting for portraits.

I made a very simple light box with materials I found around the home: cardboard box, white tissue paper, tape, & white poster board. Strobist has a good tutorial on how to make it. Check it out here: http://tr.im/lightbox/





Here are a few "product" shots we took:




Then we decided to liven it up a bit and took some portraits of ourselves. We used two flashes off camera. One speedlight was on a light stand shooting through an umbrella on the left. The other flash was bare and was sitting on a mantle. You can see the difference in quality of the light and harshness of the shadows between the bare flash and light from the umbrella. We had a ton of fun using 6 pocketwizards: 2 on the flashes and one on each of the 4 cameras we were using. We even forced OAC's community relations director to stand in for a headshot. We were going for low-key, dramatic lighting. What do you think?



Thanks again to Lloyd and Merry of Night and Day Photography for letting us play with your pocket wizards and for your impromptu tilt-shift lens tutorial. Oh, and for letting me post the silly photos of you Lloyd.

Our next meeting will be on April 15th. We will be showcasing our photos from our current challenge: PATTERNS. Be sure to submit your photos sometime before the meeting, preferably by Tuesday, April 14th.

See you there!