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13-JUL-2006 Derrel

_MG_2451_As-Shot_1000x.jpg

This is a single Speedotron Brown Line M11 light unit fired through a Lastolite brand 40 inch Umbrella Box enclosed umbrella which I positioned to deliver some catchlighting in the eyes and a fairly broad shadow on the off side. There is 'some' hint of fill from a 4x6 foot white reflective LightForm panel on a homemade rolling stand, but the amount of fill-in is very minimal because the reflector is at least five feet away from the subject. The shadowed side of the face maintains nice dimensional clues which were lost when I moved the reflector closer,to approximately three feet off to the side. I didn't like the shots I made later, when the reflector was moved closer to three feet. The Canon "flash" white balance was used,and it's a good match for this umbrella and uncoated flashtube. This image is exactly As-Shot using baseline Auto RAW conversion in ACR with just USM and re-sizing for the web.In this shot,the umbrella is lighting the paper just a tiny bit; I shot this on the short axis of my garage,and didn't use a backlight: I wish I would have used a light to make the backdrop whiter,or shot with the backdrop farther away from the umbrella for at least a medium gray,or darker, backdrop color in the final image. Here's the URL for this umbrella http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=254455&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

Canon EOS 20D
1/250s f/10.0 at 50.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Guest 20-Jul-2006 21:30
heheheh, cute image of your little guy. Very nice expression.... you need to print this one large and put it up in his room. Very nice lighting pattern, also.