I can thank van Niekerk for some of the great skin tones. I followed his advice to use a straw coloured gel to warm the flash. Works!
Thanks, Philip. On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Philip Northeast <rnort...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Bruce > Lovely skin tones and the lighting really makes the happy subjects stand > out. > > > > Philip Northeast > > www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au > > > On 3/07/13 11:16 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Had a really fun practice shoot this past Sunday evening with my wife >> and our artist friends, very informal and arranged so I could get some >> air time with location lighting gear. >> >> I'm newly enabled with a Westcott Apollo Medium (28") softbox, picked >> up Saturday, and I can now heartily endorse that kit after two >> two-hour shoots and various playing about in my office studio. It >> folds and mounts like an umbrella, is very light weight, and is an >> amazingly efficient light source. It does act like a sail though and >> very nearly blew over despite a 20 or 30 pound weight on its stand. I >> need to refine my sandbagging technique. >> >> I concentrated on individual portraiture with varying mixes of ambient >> light, but I also did a few quick (meaning not well posed) group shots >> just to see how that'd work. This one really grabbed me ... >> >> http://flic.kr/p/f1KeGj >> >> K20D, DA* 16-50mm/2.8, F5.6, 1/160th, ISO 400. >> AF540FGZ on wireless trigger in Apollo 28" softbox; gelled with Rosco >> #02: Bastard Straw. >> Lr & Nik Suite. >> >> More results coming later. >> >> -- >> -bmw >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
