late night photo shoot.

[Davor]

Using a single Sb-800 to produce the best results i can. Name your favorites and ways to improve.

C&C is greatly appreciated.

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The Setup

All show with My Tamron 90mm

 

[RockstarPhotography]

wow. a lot of pics there.....more separation from the background would be nice. some of them really just kind of blend in like the wine bottle. i like the smoke ones though

 

[Davor]

yeah i know, the cloth isn't that big. i should have bought 2m instead of 1, now i gotta go back to Fabricland. Do you know why my smoke turns out blue and gray, not matter what white balance i used it does the same thing. there is no blue around as you can see

 

[wlbphoto]

really nice set i really like the pipe ones

 

[RockstarPhotography]

I'm not sure because i've never shot smoke. My theory would be that the smoke actually has a blue cast to it that you don't notice, but when you hit it with a strobe it enhances it. just a theory.

 

[Davor]

i even covered the flash with a black sheet of paper so it fires like a canon on to the smoke and doesn't bounce around the room. could be that black cardboard. Ill revise tomorrow, really late now time to sleep.

 

[GrantH]

#7 is awesome

 

[Trever1t]

the pipe shot is rich. For your setup I think you did very very well!

 

[Davor]

Thank you! i hope one day ill be able to afford all that fancy lighting.

 

[KmH]

Get the book:

Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

 

[Davor]

Oh i have that book, just never got around reading it since school keeps me busy. But soon as im on my break im starting to read up on photography.

 

[RealityCaptured]

Cool set, and thanks for the setup shot, they're not done as often as they should be.

I think #2 is too tight, I prefer #3, I really like #6 of the pipe shots, and #13 of the smoke shots wins to me.

I think you just inspired me to try to shoot smoke tonight.

 

[DannyInMontana]

As an avid smoker of pipe and cigars, I love the pipe photos. I'm very thankful for both the setup picture and the book suggestion above. Starting to wish I had joined the forum a long time ago.

 

[SlickSalmon]

Judging by how well you're doing with unfancy lighting, I hope you'll never be able to upgrade!