Comments on: Make Your Own Reality to Add Drama

By: iancass79

iancass79 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:36:14 +0000

Love the photo! I have been trying and trying to figure out how to do the “grittiness” that you are talking about and would love to hear how you do yours. It would be much appreciated!

By: RobertLewis

RobertLewis — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:58:24 +0000

Hi Don,
Thankyou for such a great site & thankyou for sharing your knowledge! I’m inspired to get a second speedlight, and reduce my hire costs (for studio strobes)!

Just one question, can you please shed some light (bad pun) on the softbox you used (on the boom) in this above photo in the alleyway? Is it homemade or a very small box for speedlights? I have a canon 580Exii and would love to get some kind of a softbox for it.

All the best,
Robert

By: Crash

Crash — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:38:12 +0000

Hi, Can you please write an in-depth how to article on beating the sun with speedlites etc…

How it’s done, settings etc.. using one or two speedlites.

Many thanks and much appreciated.

By: wizwow

wizwow — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:49:46 +0000

Hi megapixelicious:
Thanks for the comment. Appreciated.

I didn’t see any reason to change the shadows on the wall, as I didn’t want it to look weird, or ‘natural.’ I don’t want the image to seem surrealistic, preferring the shadows to add some ‘grounding’ to the image. If she were ‘floating’ against the wall, the shot would seem very unnatural to me. Having the rim light and the added shadow gives it the depth I wanted. All a matter of choice of course.

Cheers.

By: megapixelicious

megapixelicious — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:41:46 +0000

Love the shot, the texture, the water, everything! My only complain is about the shadows on the wall. We can clearly see that more than one light was used which make the whole picture seem unnatural as soon as I spotted it. Btw, the skin is awesome!