Crosslight: Hi-Low Version
Matt Adcock gives the details on this creatively lit portrait session by the wedding shooter team at DQ studios over at FlashFlavor.com. Quin (the "Q" in DQ) does an excellent job of explaining the easy process of setting the flash/ambient balance for the shot.I love that "up-light" against the wall thing. Gonna have to steal that, I think.
Also, check out this other cool (and warm) DQ studios shot featured earlier on FlashFlavor. Those guys are doing great work.
If you are a wedding shooter, FlashFlavor should be your home page.
(Nice work, guys!)
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by David, at 7:42 AM.
11 Comments:
This is one sexy photo idear.... i'm definately adding it to my bag o tricks :)
matt
Very nice photo, and I think it's awesome as is. But I'm curious as to the choices regarding exposure settings. ISO 800 @ f/13 seems a bit extreme, especially for a 16mm lens on an APS-C sensor. I personally would have went with ISO 400 @ f/10, or ISO 200 @ f/7.1 to keep the noise and the diffraction to a minimum (while maintaining loads of depth of field).
I also think that the photo might have benefited from backing up a touch and shooting at a slightly longer focal length, as it would have made the bride look a bit slimmer.
Again, not dissing the photo. It's very, very nice.
Mucho, mucho caliente! DQ are just an awesome bunch and are such cool folks to meet in person. I attended one of their workshops (yinyangworkshop.com) and was just blown away by their work and generosity.
Very nice, and I like the up light behind the bride. That light looks a little too hot for my taste, though, draws the eye a bit too much.
David,
For another example of an up-light on the background, check out this one from the Asheville Strobist Meet: http://flickr.com/photos/kuster/1538416922/
Tim Atl
Someone else asked this question on the flash flavor site but as of yet, no reply. What is that sandwiched between the pocket wizard and the hotshoe? It looks like a Canon STE 2 IR transmitter. They did post a D30 as the camera used and the low flash was a 580EX. Perhaps the pocket wizard for the Quantum flash and STE2 for the canon? I ran into problems having something on the hotshoe and something in the camera pc jack. One would fire but not both. I'll need to test again. Perhaps it was modified by someone like Michael Bass?
You can totally fire a flash in the hotshoe and a pocketwizard from the pc terminal. We do it all the time. We have a flash on our camera to act as a master/focus assist for an off camera softened e-ttl flash. Then have a room light (usually a strobe pack) fired by a pocketwizard just velcroed to something. Works great!
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very nice photo, a bride with her groom. the light and color combination is also matching
Nice concept but don't you think this is poorly executed ? Surprised this would be a Strobist example.
The backlight is misplaced and way too hot and ruins what would be a gorgeous shot.
i agree about the hotness of the backlight. and the earlier comment about backing up and using a longer focal length to make the bride look slimmer. other than these, it's a great pic.
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