Cindy Sherman "Centerfolds" (1981)

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Lighting Diagram

NIght Photography

    ISO 160, 35mm, 15sec exposure at f/11

    ISO 160, 35mm, 15sec exposure at f/11

"The Horse Tamers" by Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937) dedicated in 1899

Horse Tamers is an allegory 
of the 
Triumph of Mind over Brute Strength

Website: Prospect Park Monument: Horse Tamers

Stop Action

Featuring Stokley Phipps

On Camera Flash (SB800) Manual Setting 1/16th

On Camera Flash (SB800) Manual Setting 1/16th

Light Painting

Made with a continuous light source (Flashlight) and long exposure (30" sec)

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We could not make a photograph using flash as a painting tool….

Canon Transmitter St-E3=RT and 600EX-RT Flash

Equipment: ST-E3 (set as Master), 2 600EXs's flash heads (set as A= ETTL), small softbox

Specifications: ISO 160, 70mm, 125sec/f8.0

Equipment: ST-E3 (set as Master), 3 600EXs's flash heads (set as slaves A:B grouped=ETTL, C set to ETTL)
A=key light   B=fill light   C=background light

Specifications: ISO 160, 65mm, 125sec/f8.0

Ratio between A:B 1:8  C=ETTL

Flash Compensation on Camera set to -1 2/3

Equipment: ST-E3 (set as Master to GR), 3 600EXs's flash heads (set as slaves A=M, B=M, C=M)

A=key light   B=fill light   C=background light

Specifications: ISO 160, 88mm, 125sec/f8.0

Ratio between A=1:8   B=1:64   C=1:2

Flash Compensation on Camera set to -2

Equipment: ST-E3 (set as Master to GR), 3 600EXs's flash heads (A=ETTL, B=M, C=Ext.A)

A=key light   B=fill light   C=background light

Specifications: ISO 160, 105mm, 125sec/f8.0
Ratio between A=ETTL B=1:64   C=1:2
Flash Compensation on Camera set to -2

Dedicated Flash

Direct Flash On Camera (Nikon D800) Priority (P) Setting
ISO 160, 35mm, 1/60 sec, f@4.5

Direct Flash Off Camera (Nikon D800) Priority (P) Setting
ISO 160, 35mm, 1/60 sec, f@4.5

Flash Fill (SB800) Aperture (A) Priority

ISO 160, 35mm, 1/60 sec, f@9.0

Off Camera Flash (SB800) with Green Pillow Case (Modifier) on Priority (P) Setting
ISO 160, 35mm, 1/60 sec, f@4.5

Special Thanks to my FAMILY for letting it happen!

Outdoor Flash

This was a gusty and windy day.  The light kept changing faster than we could dial in settings and make a photograph......

Strobe and Tungsten

One Strobe Light

Continuos Light: One HDMI Light and One Tungsten Light

Strobe on Caryn and Continuous light on background

 Continuous Light on Caryn and Strobe on Background 

Size Matters

Christina lit by 

72" Octabank

with white seamless background

Christina lit by 

22" Beauty Dish

with white seamless background

Using two different lights, the subject is lit the same.  From her standpoint, or perspective, the lights appear to be the same size.

One Strobe Light

Equipment: 

1 Small SoftBox (rectangle shape), 1 Strobe Light and 1 Profoto Acute 1200e Power Pack

Light Position: 

Laterally stationed on c-stand, slightly above her, and 90 degrees model's left

Technical Info: ISO 160 1/125th sec @ f11

Model Position: Against a white wall.

Equipment: 

1 Small SoftBox (rectangle shape), 1 Strobe Light and 1 Profoto Acute 1200e Power Pack

Light Position: 

Horizontally hand held, directly above model, within inches of her head, and aligned with her head so that most of the box is in front of her.

Technical Info: ISO 160 1/125th sec @ f6.3

Model Position: 9ft from a white wall.

Three Light Portraits

Three Lights Visual Study

Three Lights Interpretation

One Light Portraits

Christina No. 1: Christina is warm, spontaneous, full of youth and energy. She is a romantic creative force surrounded by an aura of gold, floating in daydreams and fantasies.

Technical Info: Subject/Model is laying on a gold poster board. Behind her is a roll of diffuse frosty white paper. The light source is anchored above her and shining through the diffuse roll. On the right, direction she is looking, is a handheld reflective silver board, providing fill light.

Christina No. 2:  Christina is mysterious, reserved, conservative and intense. Her form reveals another side of her creative force, which is full of tension and anxiety.

Technical Info: The source light is clamped to a stand about 10-14ft behind her and she is within an inch of the diffuse screen.

Three Laws of Light, Visualized with One Light Source

Unfortunately, this exercise was unsucessful .....

Notes: The mirror was not angled back enough,  the dodging tool was too large, and the camera should be directly above the set.

Inverse Square Law Visualized

4x5 Grey Cards

4x5 Black, White and Grey Cards