Experiments with backlight
Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 10:39PM Cowboy Studio kit -> Lighting experiment -> no one willing to help with the learning -> No problem!
Spent most of the day reading a book that will help with work. Finally finished it off. Wanted to do one last test before going to bed. The wife and kids are not going to help with this, so it became a self portrait experiment.
Key light -> Check (direct light or bounce main flash off wall)
Fill light -> bounce flash off floor
Back light -> Yes vs. No using secondary slave flash
and yes.. the "cowboy" triggered the idea of using a hat and black San Francisco jacket..
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Looks like Daddy Narayanan is no cowboy. Also realizing my weight loss for the first time in a close up picture. Now I know why my mother was so unhappy with the yoga making me skinny to a point where I look malnourished!
It is good for the tummy to be toally gone but my cheeks have disappeared as well and that needs to be looked into..
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This one almost works.. except the slave flash, which is a 280 speedlite seems to flash full power. If there is a way to reduce it or put a diffuser there, that would help. Took 10 shots with different light combinations and two came out okay. Have a lot of learning ahead to figure out this whole lighting scheme..
The portaits take a backseat for now and we will do landscapes over the break!
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I think your parents deserve applause for bringing up a very level headed person,it shows their good attitude towards life