Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Day 232: Shine A Light

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/4.5, 1/50, ISO 200, Off-Camera flash)

It's a TEDxRyersonU Friday!  Just some work in progress stuff in this post.  Started shooting the group portraits, for which the idea is essentially based off of what Zach Arias did for the Gulf Photo Plus group photo back in 2009.

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/4.5, 1/50, ISO 200, Off-Camera flash)

The idea is simple enough:  Hover a speedlight over someone, make sure you nail focus and exposure, then bring it all together in Photoshop with some layer masking and some-such.  Shot entirely on the 35mm lens, with my camera stationary on a tripod.  Focus confirmation was done via live-view as determining via the viewfinder would've been way too difficult and the fact that I don't completely trust the lens' ability to focus on something so small.

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/4.5, 1/50, ISO 200, Off-Camera flash)

Flash was an SB-900 on good ol' manual.  Triggered via the D90's pop-up flash.  Power was in the range of 1/40 to 1/32ish.  Didn't have to pump that much in given the proximity of the flash to the subject's face. 

(Nikon D90, 35mm DX, f/5.6, 1/50, ISO 200, Off-Camera flash)

Still working on the final product, and awaiting a few other members to have their photo taken.  Will update when the final product is complete! 

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