A Little “Strobist” Lighting

Just thought I’d share this.  My girlfriend and I were out doing a quick shoot for our Christmas cards and I thought I’d try out some of the lighting that is frequently featured on the popular Strobist website.   Please disregard the less than engaging pose, we were just playing around and I didn’t expect to actually post this.

The setup was like this:

Equipment:

Nikon D3
Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 AF VR
SB-800  CLS Master and Fill
3x SB-600 with cheap DIY cardboard snoots set on TTL

This really isn’t a very complicated shot so I won’t bore you with the details, but I’ll throw out some super preschool-ish diagrams for you.

As you can see, speedlight A is lighting Michelle’s face and torso, light B is lighting the ground, and light C is providing a rim light for some separation from the background.  Man I am a terrible artist!

The exposure was pretty straight forward.  I metered in M (manual) and got the standard exposure that I probably would have gotten in P or A, and then i stopped the aperture down about 1 stop to underexpose the ambient light.  Then I jacked up the TTL on the SB-600s (each one was a little different) until I got a look that I liked and voila!

Happy shooting!