Shot 7f This is the same shot as 7e but I added a pink filter to the Stofen diffuser and recalculated the settings: 1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom. 2) camera left, bare light @1/16 and @28mm zoom with a Stofen diffuser. You can see that I am lit pretty much the same as in 7e. I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.

This set of photos was done to test the article that I had written about using Guide Numbers to get a first shot pretty close to the correct exposure. The article I wrote is here - http://emmett-photography.blogspot.com/2008/05/guide-numbers-canon-580ex-ii-and-430ex.html

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Shot 7a
This shot was taken with a two strobes:
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/64 and @24mm zoom.

Although this wasn't too bad as a starting point I felt the the left strobe was too bright and I would have stopped in down 1 stop.

Shot 7b
This is the same shot as 7a but the left strobe was decreased by 1 stop and re-shot:
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/128 and @24mm zoom.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.

Shot 7c
This is the same shot as 7b but the I changed the settings on the left strobe but still aimed to get the same amount of light:
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/32 and @14mm zoom.

You can see that the background is more lit than 7b, due to the wider angle of light, but I am lit pretty much the same as in 7b.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.

Shot 7d
This is the same shot as 7c but the I added an 8" Honl Snoot without changing any settings to test the theory that a snoot won't change the amount of light just the coverage:
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/32 and @14mm zoom with an 8" Honl Snoot.

You can see that the background is much darker than 7c, due to the snoot and the narrower angle of light, but I am lit pretty much the same as in 7c.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.

Shot 7e
This is the same shot as 7d but changed the snoot to a Stofen diffuser and recalculated the settings:
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/64 and @70mm zoom with a Stofen diffuser.

You can see that I am lit pretty much the same as in 7d.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.

Shot 7f
This is the same shot as 7e but I added a pink filter to the Stofen diffuser and recalculated the settings:
1) camera right, using a reflective umbrella @1/8 power and @50mm zoom.
2) camera left, bare light @1/16 and @28mm zoom with a Stofen diffuser.

You can see that I am lit pretty much the same as in 7e.

I feel that this would be a good starting point for a shoot.