Strobes+Wall Jumps = Fantastic Photos!

Recently I went out with a few friends to help them learn how to use their own cameras. I should of taken more photo's but I was on a roll giving some great information on how to take flash photo's like I do. Today's models was our cars, but I thought that was not as interesting as taking photos of people. Here are some of my shots of the good, bad, and some experimentation.

1/60 f3.5 ISO100 580ex in 60" Umbrella ETTL

1/60 f3.5 ISO100 580ex in 60" Umbrella ETTL

1/60 f3.5 ISO100 580ex in 60" Umbrella ETTL

1/60 f3.5 ISO100 580ex in 60" Umbrella ETTL

Out of all these photos only two were of cars for my friends engine and my own. This was taken using one 580ex in a 60" at 1/8th power  with my camera right under the umbrella. This gave me as much soft light I could of achieved  with an umbrella.

 1/60 f5.6 ISO400

1/60 f5.6 ISO400

Suddenly my friend Arlin decided to do some jump shots. Instead of the usual stand then jump when you give the cue, we did ACTION running shots! To try these, we use all three flashes I had. One 580ex at 1/16 aimed at the pillar, one sb-28 camera left at 1/8th power to the side of Arlin, and one sb-28 camera right at Arlins face. Not bad for a quick shot before I had to go to work!

 

1/60 f5.6 ISO400

 

1/60 f5.6 ISO400

Hope you all like the attempt! Stay tuned!