Photography

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Shoot through umbrella softbox

I recently purchased a small shoot through umbrella softbox. I love the light it produces, but you can’t tip it to shoot down on the subject from above. It set’s too close to the light stand (photo-01). If you try to tip it down it’s hits the light stand. I user two Phottix umbrella mounts to form two adjustable “L” brackets (photo-02). The brackets are connected with a short piece of half inch hard copper tubing (photo-03). By adjusting the “L” attached to the light stand you can make the umbrella softbox point up. By adjusting the “L” attached to the speed light you can make the umbrella softbox point down.

Saturday, February 2, 2019

Working Fast

I do volunteer photography for the local senior center. They're working on a new article for their quarterly magazine about the people who volunteer there. And they asked me to take some pictures, we had a very small-time window to get the photography. The outfit that I chose was—

SMDV the 60 cm softbox

Evolv-200 pocket flash

XP – 200 extension flash head

Neewer medium stainless-steel light stand

Neewer swivel casters

Quick release plate

Impact super clamp

Canon 5D-III camera

Canon 24/105 lens

Godox X-Pro controller

I set the camera in program mode, auto ISO and TTL flash. I use the exposure compensation dial and the flash exposure compensation dial to find tune the exposure. This allowed me to concentrate more on posing and composition.

Saturday, December 29, 2018

X-mas Pictures

Pictures of a co-workers kids for X-mas.

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Senior Prom

Last week I did photography for the local senior center. It was a fund raiser to raise money to remodel their kitchen. I had two lighting setups, one for full body shots and one for portraits. They named the evening Senior Prom.

Monday, June 4, 2018

Soccer - 3

Photographed another Soccer game yesterday. Used my Canon 7D and Canon 70/200 – f/2.8 lens. I got some good pictures but I was a little off. Ever have a day like that, everything seems to go okay but you feel like you are a half step out of sequence.