People here in the valley were treated to an awesome electrical storm that spanned from the Sierra Nevadas to the Bay Area and lasted several hours. Of course, I was out in the middle of it getting some shots. This is something we won’t see again for quite some time and just wanted to share.
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!
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