First Srobism portrait attempt

[BOM]

Hi Guys,

After reading the strobist I tried a portrait shot. This is my wife, its a 1 second shot, she is sat in the dark, I set the camera off then manual set off a flash gun with a long cardboard gobo to direct the light.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d113/BigOrangeMonkey/selzbw.jpg

Cheers,
Steve.

[sbowler579]

I like this a lot, the right hand space helps create a feeling of lonelyness in the dark. I would crop an inch of the empty space above her head though, she looks a bit low in the frame.

[Baz777]

I like this a lot, the right hand space helps create a feeling of lonelyness in the dark. I would crop an inch of the empty space above her head though, she looks a bit low in the frame.

Agree with the top cropping.

Really strong and effective, love this!

[BOM]

Here we go, a cropped version :)

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d113/BigOrangeMonkey/selzbwcrop.jpg

[Baz777]

Yep, that works, lovely shot! :thumbs:

[stan the man]

i too like this..very unusual,and never heard of strobism before.cropped version is my preffered choice :thumbs:

[BOM]

Stan, Strobism is the art of using only small flash guns for all your lighting needs, read this article, work your way through the 101, its really interesting.

http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/

I now have 3 flash guns and a remote trigger kit. The flash I used for this cost me £5 in a car boot sale.

If you look in the animal section I have a picture in there titled "Sinister Giraffe", I took it using the same method.

[stan the man]

Stan, Strobism is the art of using only small flash guns for all your lighting needs, read this article, work your way through the 101, its really interesting.

http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/

I now have 3 flash guns and a remote trigger kit. The flash I used for this cost me £5 in a car boot sale.

If you look in the animal section I have a picture in there titled "Sinister Giraffe", I took it using the same method.

cheers,i'll take a look at the link.i don't have a flash gun as of yet,and the only one's that fits my camera are sony made,and they are priced at 130 and 300 respectively,so i'll have to save a bit.

i'll also take a look at your giraffe......

[BOM]

The flash for this wasnt connected to the camera, I fired it by pressing the test button :)

[SiNoO]

cool