I just got my starving student lighting kit (recommended by the Strobist), of course the flashes were out of stock so I'm using my dad's SB-28 for now. I used the sun and one flash with a shoot through umbrella. My ISO was set to 200 on all of them (the lowest on my Nikon D50). I'm not a model and I know the posses and expressions kind of suck. I took about 90 shots and in most of them I look concerned (is my flash gonna go off? When is the timer going to stop? lol), so these are the best I have. How is my lighting? Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated! 1) 1/4 flash power 1/500s f/5.6 shot at noon 2) 1/4 flash power 1/500s f/5.6 shot at noon 3) 1/8 flash power 1/250s f/4.5 shot around 3pm 4) 1/8 flash power 1/500s f/5.6 shot at 3:30 pm 5) Full flash power 1/500s f/5.6 shot around 4pm
I cant really give you any comments on the lighting, i'm new to that myself.. however, it looks like you're doing good, i'd just be careful about cutting off your limbs/elbows in the photos. Which, i guess can be pretty tricky if you're taking self portraits.
I agree about #3, but #4 is pretty close behind. I think you might have gotten your 'brella a bit closer in #5, but it's not so bad either! Other than the bit of chopping off, it looks like you're progressing pretty well. I applaud you in that you took the time to actually work on it. Keep up the good work!!
Thanks everyone, I appreciate your comments and suggestions! Hopefully I'll have some models to practice on soon, so I can concentrate on the lighting.
2 and 4 need to be darker. The flash really shows too much. It's a good start, would like to see some more when you only have to focus on the lighting and exposure. It's so hard to do it all.
