First time "studio" shots

[shady195]

I picked up some stands and umbrellas for my hot shoe flashes to have mobile on the go lighting if needed. I am not a pro and have my own idea as to what more I would need and what I should do in the future going forward but would love to hear your guys thoughts

White sheet were used, I know the crinkles show, but I did not want to post process these aside from some cropping to get full feedback and attention.


2 white soft umbrellas were used, one set 2 feet from subhect at 1/4th power at eye level with the subject, flash set to bounce rather then shooting through the umbrella.

Second was set about 3ft away about 4 ft high at 1/4th power as well, also bouncing off the subject.

The subject is my wife by the way

This is where I keep the "subject" :lmao:

 

[2WheelPhoto]

Isn't off camera flash fun? Hey if you have sheets with a wrinkles the best approach (other than iron forever) may be to CRINKLE them and wad them as much as possible. That has less impact on the imnages than long strips and folds. If you decreas the second light about a stop or so you'll have contrast and the images may be less flat. Also notice shooting a subject straight on will make her appear much bigger than shooting at an angle which will make her appear smaller.

Last out take pic is awesome too

 

[shady195]

Yes it is, beats trying to do slower shutter speeds and faster lenses to use what light you have.

Thanks for feedback Wheels, I have noticed that straight on makes her look bigger than she is, also the first outfit dident help being all frilly. I did try and lower the output on the second flash, adjusting where it was with what little room I had, shooting through the umbrella etc and it just dident look right to me at the time.. I was more or less just trying to get the most overall even lighting i could with what I had rather then going for a "style" or "look"