Bounced Light into Umbrella Silver/White
These examples show using a bounced light into an umbrella outside and everything stays the same except the shutter is slowed down to allow more of the ambient light of the outdoors to light the background for us.
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| Using an Alien Bee B1600 on 1/32 with bound sliver/white umbrella |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/200 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/100 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/50 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/25 |
Shooting the light through a white umbrella
Everything is the same in the example above but we changed the light modifier to shooting through the umbrella verses bouncing. See if you can see a difference.
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/25 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/50 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/100 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/200 |
Shooting with a 10ยบ Spot Grid
This is going to another extreme of not lighting everything but mainly just the model's face. Other than the light not lighting the shirt can you see any other differences?
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/200 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/100 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/50 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/25 |
These are just wider shot of the same thing above so you can see the light fall off from the grid light.
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/25 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/50 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/100 |
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| Nikon D4, Nikkor 28-30mm, ISO 200, f/5, 1/200 |
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| I used the PocketWizard Mini TT1 to trigger the flash |
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| I used the PocketWizard Plus receiver on the flash to trigger the flash |
Try this yourself and see what kind of results you get. Maybe try a large white bed sheet to shoot your flash through and bounce to see if you get different results using it over your umbrella or soft box.
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