Images from Fotoflits workshop
Today some images from the Fotoflits workshop, a video will be uploaded somewhere in the next week.
Model : Chantal.
This workshop was mainly based on the use of the Elinchrom Quadra.
I used the Quadra first without attachment, just with the open dish and later added the Maxilight with grid to it to give it a different look, I have to add that I LOVE the Maxilight with the Honeycomb grid and can really advise you to check these guys out (they make custom grids for many different modifiers and are great to work with).
And with the Quadra as mail light source (all images are shot with ONE Quadra and one head by the way), you can’t not go outside so the following shots were done outside. I used different mixes of ambient and strobe to get different effects and also shot some images with just the available light.
Available light only
Available light only
The fun thing about these kind of workshops is that people often think they need a lot of light to make nice images, while in reality you can in 99% of the cases work “wonders” with just one light, add the Maxilight to the Quadra and you have a VERY powerful tool for outside. The Maxilight will give you app. 1.5 stops more power than the standard dish so you can really fight the sun outside.
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I must admit I am sometimes using too much lights in the studio, and the good thing about shooting outside and having no assistant is that I can not carry them all with me. This forces me to rethink my lighting setups and mixing daylight with the flash, and that is cool. I am still much in love with my Quadra A-head systems, they keep giving me the light I need shot after shot. The Maxilight was already on my wishlist, I need to buy it before the summer begins I guess… Nice article Frank, keep them coming 🙂
I will
These are the some images from my last photo shoot. First time I used light-meter and I tell ya, I did NOT over or under exposed even one image |:-O Yeap, it does work… The meter wasn’t mine, but that will be a good reason to buy one now. Images with limited post process, just some skin cleanup and vignette… Used two lights, some of them with flash and some of them with just model lights… even with model light, I used the meter… Any comments welcome for any image 😉
Leo, some really good shots. I like the overall lighting and the catch lights in the eyes. I my opinion, one thing you must do ASAP is to find a a way to create your thumbnails above so that the picture is not distorted. I know it trivial compare to getting great shots, but think about this. I almost didn’t LOOK at the shots because the thumbs were compressed and distorted.
Keep making pictures brother. you are moving in the right direction.
Working with a meter takes some getting used to…. but after that 😀
Lovely shots.