Tuesday's Tips: Lighting the Show!

I had a great time at Photoplus 2016 in New York! I shot this image during one of my 12 lighting demonstrations. To light this photograph I used 3 Nissin flashes. The main light shot through Rogue Flashbender XL, the hairline light was shot through Rogue grid, placed directly behind her head to backlight her. The background pattern was created by shooting the flash through a pattern cut out of Rosco Cinefoil and colored using Rosco gels (from my Rosco Location Lighting Kit!). I shot this on a Nkon D800 with a Lensbaby Velvet 56 lens at 1/160 second at f4, ISO 100. I later converted the image into Black and White with Adobe Lightroom. This image was a hard choice between color and black and white. Each has a very different feel.

Equipment Used:

• Nikon D800
• Lensbaby Velvet 56 lens
• 3 Nissin 700 A flashes with portable battery
• Nissin transmitter
• Expoimaging Rogue Flashbender XL
• Expoimaging Rogue grid
• Rosco Cinifoil
• Rosco color gels
• Sekonic D478 Light meter
• 3 Lightstands
• 1 Manfrotto Justin clamp
• 1 Super clamp
• I used Tethertools to connect to the display during PhotoPlus.

Below is a photograph that shows you what the room looks like without my light, This was not shot in a fancy studio but in a small space on a trade show floor.  I underexposed ambient light by having low ISO and fast shutterspeed. Without my lighting, the frame looks like a blank empty canvas. You add and control your light to set the mood and feeling of your photograph.  That, is the magic of lighting!