Recent content by Smithster

I am going to play in the studio today with my flash lights and sheets of paper and manequinne... And just about anythign else I can manipulate these photons and light particles with. haha. Does anyone know where I can buy a Photon Manipulator or a LP Capture from (light particle)??? Any good...

'''Just use a large diffuser to create the "large window" look.''' Yeah I have seen this, is this a large sheet of paper for instance hung in front to the diffuser box? Seems effective. And yes as someone has pointed out it's about experimentation. Thanks for the input. I'll be sure to read...

What would I use the lastolite for? I want to shoot a more natural looking space like the old mill?

For instance, I am having to push my iso up to 1200 and that means grain, and it's pretty 'flat' and 'dull' at times and I am not sure if my 50mm is haveing an easy time focussing?? Here is a shot from today witht the weaher on and off. Just no standard what so ever.

Hi I did use a reflector (it was actually a plain canvas on an easel) to the right of the image to brighten up the shadow created by the sun on the left of the image. I have a speedlight (Jessops 360AFDN) but this normally creates shadows on one side of the model? I have not used grey cards...

I rent out a small studio space for my online fashion business. It's a great place, with an OK amount of natural lighting, but when the skies are overcast it lacks what I need. I only really like to shoot with natural lighting, not really had much luck with flash lighting because the flash...

I'd have thought with cameras being so advanced these days they could take multiple images at the very same time? I was in manual mode... would another mode have been more convenient? I tried aperture priority mode but that had no luck?

Great video thanks Minnt.. I'll be looking into spot metering... Here's the same shot 2 mornings ago... A little more pleasing to the eye.. But yes I have some skills to be brushing up on.

Hi Rob, how do I take multiple photos at varying exposures? Does it need to be on a tripod for this? Minnnt: not sure of metering pattern, I am a button presser who wants to get better... I will google some of these now.

Through the viewfinder, it looked pleasing.... the football pitch that has been blacked out was lit up and giving shades of green... there was more of an image... Is there no exposing the shadows then shooting full image?

Hi. Been taking photos for a while now and I'm normally a snap and go lucky guy, turning buttons till I get what I want. Anyway, this morning I was getting a bit frustrated due to exposure issues. I know there is a simple method to get the results I wanted and I am unsure on my new Nikon D7100...