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Shampooey Goodness™
You have heard the term “hair light”? It’s the Shampooey Goodness™ look that makes hair look alive and wonderful. That is why we use it in portraits. In yesterday’s flash course, I shot a few images of one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Gear, Light, Picture of the day
Tagged Flash, Honl Photo, Shampooey Goodness, Snoot
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Sam The Studio Man
When I prepare a tricky shot, I tend to use stand-in model while I work on light, so the model does not need to stand there for half an hour while I adjust and move lights. But these stand-in shots … Continue reading
Posted in Composition, Digital Darkroom, Light, Technique
Tagged desaturate, Flash, Nudes, portrait, Snoot, Studio
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Snoots
Leading up to this Saturday’s Advanced Flash course in Toronto, with Guest Star David Honl, (just a couple of spots left), I thought I might share another flash modifier tip today. And that is the use of snoots. A snoot … Continue reading
Light as a creative tool
A quick tip today. Look at this portrait of a personal trainer which I helped a student take earlier today: Standard key light (a small strobe), fill light (in an umbrella) against a white background. But instead of onto the … Continue reading
Posted in Light, Picture of the day, Technique
Tagged Honl, Portraits, Snoot, Studio Lights
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Portrait note
One more from Sunday’s course. This time, a portrait of model Tara that I made to help explain multiple flash TTL. Straight out of the camera it is: How was this made? With a small Traveller 8 softbox on the … Continue reading
Posted in Light, Picture of the day, Technique
Tagged Flash, Flash Modifiers, Gels, Grid, Honl, Snoot
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Colour has to be real
Right? Um, no, of course not: colour is a tool for you to use in your artistic endeavors. And colour can be anything you like. A few nights ago, I though I would see how long it would take me … Continue reading
Posted in Gear, Light, Picture of the day
Tagged 430EX, 580EX, 7D, Flash, Flashzebra, Gels, Grid, Honl, Snoot, Studio
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Why use a hair light?
One of my favourite ways to use a light is a hair light. Add it to almost any picture to add some interest, contract, and separation from the background. So you go from this picture of a very nice student … Continue reading
