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By: michelle s.

michelle s. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:53:07 +0000

Me Ra,

Thanks for the idea of using flash on the trampoline. I’m a “mom photographer” who is working up to something beyond that. I took some pics of the kids on the trampoline that stunk as far as lighting & color. Then I read your post and used by speedlite (that’s all I’ve got) and took some that I like a LOT better!! They are on my website.

Anyway, thanks for helping me get some pics that I dare say, LOVE!

Michelle

By: Eric Graf

Eric Graf — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:35:45 +0000

Nice images! Off camera lighting changes everything and gives you the most creative options.

One clarification though. Matrix metering does not give you blue skies. The “type” of metering (matrix, center, spot) is not what is important but using the meter to underexpose the sky by 1.5-2 stops. Then just add enough off cam light to light the subject.

Underexposing the background is what will help maintain color and detail.

As will adding a warming gel to the main light and setting your white balance to the color of the gel (3800 K or lower). This will bring out the blue in the sky and add nice warmth to the subject.

Keep on rockin

Eric

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By: Nate T.

Nate T. — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:00:14 +0000

Who’s Manuel and how did he get his own mode?!

Thanks for the blog Me Ra. You gives us de gems.

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By: Carey Schumacher

Carey Schumacher — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:30:39 +0000

forgot to say…. Rob did VERY little Photoshopping to those files. Maybe a TAD of a contrast bump, and that’s it.
The lights & the sky made the images work. Love that! I did VERY LITTLE on those soccer pics on Mat’s team site, too. I think I used a little bit of Kevin Kubota’s Amazing Detail Finder to bring out some sharpness on the balls & faces, a little contrast bump, and that’s it.

oh, and on the picture of the coach, you can tell that it’s one of the pictures where that 2nd light didn’t fire. (the coach’s name is Karlos, and I make fun of him for not spelling it with a C like everyone ELSE, so everything that’s supposed to start with a C gets a K with him — hence, Mr. Kool)

enough babbling! gotta go watch LOST!

By: Carey Schumacher

Carey Schumacher — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:25:29 +0000

Hi everyone!
For the soccer pics that day with Rob, the clouds were awesome. You can see in the “blah” picture of mine, that without the light, they look really lame. But when you tighten up your aperture (dialing in a high number) you let so little light in that the sky takes on that dark appearance. You can see some more that I did at my son’s soccer team blog that I do: http://www.farpostblog.com
To fire more than one light, you don’t need a pocket wizard or radio trigger. With Alien Bees, they have an automatic “slave” function where the 2nd light will “see” the light from the flash unit that has the cord connected to the camera. The problem is that if you’re outside, this is REALLY unreliable, and if the two lights can’t “see” each other, that 2nd one may not fire. Sunlight screws that up a lot. When I did the soccer kid shots yesterday outside, the 2nd light only fired about 60-70% of the time in that “slave” mode. I’ve ordered some radio triggers, but they haven’t come yet…grrr! For now, I’m running that sync cable from my camera to one light, then letting the 2nd light see the 1st one fire so it can fire at the same time in slave mode.
It’s fun stuff for sure! Playing with light placement and power amounts is fun, but only with subjects who have patience for that (my 9yr old son was getting ticked at me after a while yesterday!). I’m looking forward to playing MORE! And yes, we should have gotten MeRa on the trampoline!

~Carey

By: Me Ra

Me Ra — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:24:16 +0000

Great questions friends! Hopefully I’ll get them all answered.

First, the shot of Blaze jumping was BEFORE Brian almost bounced him off the trampoline brining him to tears.

I decided to not do any jumping and safe guard my back. But Carey did a freaking front and back flip which I took photos of, and she has NOT sent them to me! You’ll have to harass her on her blog for those. She is a superstar mom when it comes to flips on trampolines.

We don’t use polarizers or any other filters on our lenses. I prefer to shoot at 100 ISO as much as possible. Carey also taught the workshop ladies to use Matrix Metering when you want blue skies. Try that out for metering. Works great!

We didn’t use any pocket wizards for this. We just had a cord that plugged into Carey’s camera and had one of the neighbor kids holding the light off to the side.

If you wanted to fire more than one light, you’d probably need your pocket wizards to do that.

Not sure if Rob photoshops his images, but I know there was dramatic clouds in the sky which adds to the image. And the lighting set up really hits a new level of drama. But what Rob did in post process, I’m not sure.

Hope this is helpful!!

xoxo

By: Erin La Rue

Erin La Rue — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:15:34 +0000

I love the soccer ones, the lighting is fantastic! Wonderful work! =]

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:47:52 +0000

I love those pics. I had always wondered how off camera lighting worked. I think it is so cool. My favorite pic is Blaze jumping, its so darn cute. Makes me want to jump. It was great meeting you this weekend. Enjoy the weather, now that the sun has come out to play.