Sumi

sumi-31, originally uploaded by samcoran.

Another great day for portraiture. Sumi and friends brought me to this location unknown to almost everyone and it has to be one of the best locations photographers could shoot! They told me its free. Just to make sure, i ran up to the guard and ask. (Rather be safe than have my whole gear confiscated!) The guard told me to go to the Administration office. So i did and he also told me it's free. When i got to the office, FRIGGIN HELL! they were charging us 6000 just to shoot! I was with students and we mentioned it's just some project that we have. Pissed, we bid farewell to that lady and went back to the location.

Sneak attack! We decided to shoot anyway. HARHARHAR

and a group picture for the finale. hehehe

Light Nuke'EM

2 light setup. 1 with full power and the other at 128. hehehe Extremes, right?

Really cool. So here's how, placed the full powered flash (because it's a slave flash and can only bring out full power at all times! where the hell did my brother get this?) at the far left around 7 feet following the inverse square law and the other flash at 128th around 12 inches away from me. hehehe

This is what i got. Done a little cropping and enhanced contrast to add more drama to the pix. yeah that's my little brother curious of the LIGHTNING FLASH!

details:

2 lightstands, 2 softboxes
2 flashes 1 with radio trigger and sb900 at slave mode
camera setting 400 iso 1/1.3 sec. and kit lens 18-135 mm.
Camera on a tripod.

oh yeah and a remote to trip the shutter.

hehehe!

Hey hey hey. I'm currently in Manila. Home sweet home. TO get things started, i took some shots of my sis, bro and mom. Can't think of a location, so the nearest one would be QC Circle. While i was taking shots, the security guard approached me and said taking photos needs a permit. WHAT THE F***? Im inside a public park why the hell do i need a permit? sheesh i didn't even include the memorial in my photos. tsk tsk tsk! Oh well, took more shots and left the place.

Strobing around as i brought my sb900 along with my lastolite softbox. I did dial the available light two stops underexposed to make the subject pop and yet it seem not to pop that well. it might be my lens? or the distance of the light? or the intensity of my strobe? toom any things going through my mind. That only means... i need more practice.

Presets

I find myself drowned with presets lately. I didn't know editing would be that easy with tens of thousands of presets. Note that not a single preset could apply to all photos. You must experiment and once you're satisfied with it then it's good to go.


I also learned how to watermark photos with Lightroom2 slideshow module. Everyone's doing it and i didn't have the slightest idea how to do it. harharhar!

As promised, here's the link guys.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/presets/discuss/72157612664073371/