Photography by Ricky Refuerzo » Strobists http://www.rickyrefuerzo.com Capturing the moment as it happens Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Strobists Fever http://www.rickyrefuerzo.com/the-strobists-fever/ http://www.rickyrefuerzo.com/the-strobists-fever/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:56:29 +0000 Ricky http://rickyrefuerzo.com/the-strobists-fever/ I got infected by the strobists fever, after the first PiPho Strobist Meet-up at UP last month, I decided to upgrade my current set-up.
The Gear

As you may recall, my set-up was a little crude, I was using a tripod then, I decided to purchase (1) a 6′ light stand, a shoot through umbrella & a umbrella adapter with hot-shoe connection.
The Gear - Extended

The current set-up has given me extra flexibility, the extra height of the stand & the diffusing capability of the umbrella to soften the shadow.
The Set-Up

I did some test shot using the current set-up & I’m quite satisfied with it’s result.
Sakay na!

This shot of the bear was taken without the help of the shoot through umbrella. Notice the shadow of the right side?
The Bear

As you can see the on the next photo, the shadow is more detailed, which is not good in shooting still life or even in portraiture.
Strong Shadow

So what else is missing?

  1. Another speedlight (flash), probably an SB800 or SB600
  2. Another light stand
  3. Another umbrella or a soft box
  4. Umbrella adapter

Good thing that I can take advantage of Nikon’s Creative Lighting System (CLS), this makes the flash (IR/RF) commander optional.

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