A couple of nights ago I walked through an underpass
and happened to have all my equipment and a model
with me (yeah, that happens). As the surroundings
really inspired me I immediately wanted to take
a shot of my buddy standing in that subway. I had
a black and white photo in mind, mostly dark with
some highlights of the graffiti around us.
Let's start with the final picture.
Now to the equipment:
EOS 7D and the well known 50mm f/1.4, 3 flashes
(Nissin Di866 and two Yongnuo YN-460 II), the
Ezybox small softbox and a 5 yard e-ttl cable,
also a silver reflector a couple of stands and
assistants.
Let's take a look at the setup, as you can see
the main light (Ezybox) was setup to the right
of the models face, him facing towards it (set
to Auto - thank you e-ttl). To the left one
YN-460 II firing on 1/32 to illuminate his
left and back. I also had an assistant holding
a reflector to his 'left-front' to not have any
harsh shadows of the two strobes. All the reflector
does really, is to bounce some light back onto
the model for an even lighting.
Until now you might ask yourself why I bothered
shooting this picture in a real cold subway in
January, I could've gotten the same result doing
it in my studio which is nicely warm and also
has a black background. Well this is the time
for the third speedlight to enter the shooting,
I placed it about 10 yards behind the model, facing
a subway wall and firing on 1/16 of its power.
Without that flash the wall would be completely
black but using it you really get a nice effect
in the background.
In the setup photo you also realize that I placed
the model under a broken light of the underpass.
I did that simply to eliminate any unwanted light
on my subject (not that with my camera settings
(posted below) any of that light would have hit
the sensor, but I wanted to make sure).
f/4
1/200
iso 100
Let's explain the camera settings for a moment.
1/200 because it's the perfect shutter time using
flashguns (no HSS) and fast enough to freeze all
the movement from me shaking because of the freezing
temperatures. f/4 because the 50mm is perfectly
sharp at f/4 and it nicely blurs out the graffiti
in the back. Not enough to not figure out what
it is back there and not so little that my model
would stand out less.
I guess everything is said, if you have questions
please comment and stay tuned for more.
Thank You,
Jo Thomas
www.jothomasphotography.com
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