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Lovely shots! Great deapth of field, colours and clarity. Number 3 is great, such a feeling of motion in a still. Which beach were you on? It has been fantastic here in SD the past week. LJ

Thank you all guys, The inside of the snoot is black, and the whole thing is light secured, I will definatley experiment with other light set-ups. Really appreciate all the comments, LJ

Thanks for the replies, I will try to rig up some rim lighting; I think that should do the trick. LJ

Yes I know what you mean, I was having difficulty controlling spill, but in hindsight I probbly could have put the flash further away to increase the spill on the subject and managed the shooting position to control the light on the backdrop. LJ

Its a nice idea and a good effect but the image does not stand alone without explaination; I have no idea what it means (maybe I am just not 'deep' enough). The coffee brush looks nice but again I am not sure what it has to do with the image other than to frame the subject in the bottom right...

Really nice shot IMO, great contrast in the B&W conversion which I personally love! LJ

1/400 f6.3 ISO 200. Single Strobe fired from 80deg camera right, homemade snoot to control beamwidth, fast shutter to control ambient. I was looking for a sort of meanacing look accentuating the equipment details. C&C Welcome as always, hope you enjoy, LJ

Thank you all for your replies, I think you might be right on the crop, I have plenty of space to expand the original out to the left and I think I may do that. As for the lighting setup, it is one strobe about 70 degrees left of camera and approx 3 feet away and on the same level, set to...

Thank you, yes the effect you are talking about is from post, it does have the effect of lightening the blacks. I am working with it as a style as it is a bit different and works with a range of different shots, I am hoping it will grow on you! LJ

Hi all, Well my long awaited off-camera lighting setup arrived today and with the wife away I was forced to model for myself... Anyway here are a couple of shots from my first foray into off-camera lighting, please feel free to comment / critique as you wish; it is always appreciated. Both...

Sorry for the late reply guys, Thank you for the comments, the photo is actually of my wife and a friend, his wife is hidden just behind him. Fairly typical unfortunately, I am alwasy off shooting stuff while everyone else justs ggets on with life! LJ

Part of another shoot, my lovely wife, assistant and all round crowd pleaser! Hope you enjoy, LJ

So, inspired by all your comments I just want to post one more shot. This early shot used fill flash and is properly exposed, and although I have kept the same tonal effect I have removed both the ugly vignettes and the halo artifacts. Unfortunatley the shot does not stand alone very well IMO...

Hmmm, I am not seeing that, the post workflow was simpley to adjust exposure, reduce saturation a touch then a tinted overlay set to colour dodge and the 2o/c spot lighting effect, which brought out a nice tone IMO but did produce the unsightly vignettes. I can't for the life of me see what...

Alpha, I agree, I do use on camera flash to fill (heck the D40 is actually very good at it with 1/500 synch speed) buti made the decision not to for these. Off camera is merely my next project an I believe will open up a huge number of options. As for the pp, yes, a couple of the false...

bash, Thank you, lots of great information for me here. I have not yet worked with filters or polarizers so I will look into that. I think your take on the 'good' photos is spot on, although #5 still does something for me! I can't wait to twist some more arms and try out some new things...

! I had almost given up any hope of feedback with this.... thank you. ... he burns easily :) LJ

Wow, thank you all for taking the time to comment! I understand the comments about the backgrounds and I am not sure whether I like it mself, not wanting to rule anything out though so thtas what i tried for these ones. Fill flash woudl have helped but I hope to move to off camera flash soon...

Thank you, my next step is to get some off camera flash and I have been getting some pre-purchase strobist time in!! by 'hot' do you mean almost overexposed? LJ

In my opinion number 1 easily; it is the most flattering for her and the most technically correct shot.