On the use of a bar Flash

A few weeks ago I had a macro bar Flash is used to solve a small product shot. I think they might later other shots. This week's campus campaign edition cover is wearing helmets long hockey players of close-up photos, bar Flash can control light exposure to the helmet. In addition, this film is temporary and flexible changes

A few weeks ago I had a macro bar Flash is used to solve a small product shot.

I think they might later other shots.

This week's campus campaign edition cover is wearing helmets long hockey players of close-up photos, bar Flash can control light exposure to the helmet.

In addition, this film is temporary and flexible changes before the conception of the sample taken.

We all know, we are for the Baltimore Sun newspaper photograph on the cover of campus sports Edition, you need to highlight the excellent school athletes. Each task you want to take a full-page covers and a combined with the large photo of newspaper content. So we know what type of shot photos and filming mission to develop shooting plan.

This also gives me the idea of preparing ahead of time, because I was busy, do not want site design issues takes too much effort and time.

I'm going to the Glenelg high school (near the city of Baltimore, Maryland) to guard Kyle Cottrell photographs, go to the way I thought of several creative, all including in these creative Flash photography movement on the pitch.

Well, unfortunately, it was raining when you arrive at the scene, all on the pitch the idea of using Flash immediately "off".

Temporary development of "B" plan is in the small lobby filming Kyle – there are very dark, with only the camera to the right secure Orange sodium vapor lamp lighting, background is a distant being shade of brick wall.

In the porch, I shoot portraits as private, depend of the long zoom lens mounted on a Nikon D2H camera.

The first time on film, the two Nikon SB-26 Flash (bar lights) is set to manual vertical exposure.

Soon find long hockey stick destroyed the symmetric, so the screen immediately remove the cue.

Flash exposure to helmet effectiveness is good, but when will Flash and then put down some more, to the upward angle irradiation to be taken to face is better.

In order to be able to use maximum aperture balanced Flash, I use 1/250 sec shutter speed shooting scene (rear) brick wall. Kyle was completely covered, porch, the Flash is in the light of a relatively dark object, it's easy to control the two levels.

Next, the Flash to balance with the scene background, so the brightness to the 1/4 (manually).

Exposure index combinations are very well, but I don't want to be as background brick shoot too clear.

Solve problems in the simplest way is to trim off some of the background picture.

Use the "subtraction" get rid of unwanted objects in the background to highlight the subject, I absolutely support.

Although you can use this approach, but I do not want to damage the photo content and outline of the helmet and the background color and photo objects belonging to the same color to color registration, it seems a pity to waste.