Flash trigger

After pre-ordering my replacement triggers I finally got it yesterday.
Can't say anything other than they just work... Even if triggered from the opposite end of the house (don't know why I would do that though).
Emma was a good help in testing them since she ran around with the trigger and kept hitting the test button to see the little red led light go off ;-)

Sooo sometime soon I might actually get to do a few photos in the studio again. There should be enough people around the house to grab someone for 5 minutes or so ;-)

Anyway. Strobist just had a blog on the triggers I bought. Read it here


Ohh and btw. doesn't this just look "cute" :-)

A few from the studio

So I have been following the alien bee blog (http://www.paulcbuff.com/forums) for quite a bit and recently saw one topic where a simple light setup was the topic.

So had to give it a go and one should think I have enough girls around the house to try it out sometimes ;-)

After Jacki's interview I grapped a couple of quick shots. Here is one that illustrates the simple light setup worked out pretty good (even though I forgot the reflector). You can btw. find the specific topic here

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And here follows the "old" ones



Just for the fun of it I was experimenting with darkening the edges and well ended up adding an overlay with a highpass layer. What do you think?



Just as I was cleaning up tonite Emma got in and wanted a few photos. So we played around for a bit and just for good measures here is one of Emma and Mom playing around in the studio. Not close to perfect but I guarantee it's fun :-)

Hey all

Here's the first test with a new light setup.


It is very nice having the chance to play with equipment that will get the job done right ;-)

Now I look forward to getting the Christmas pictures done and sending out cards to family and friends.

The setup consists of a white backdrop (botero) lighted by a Nikon SB-800 flash @1/2 power. front camera right I have a Alien Bee AB800 with a shoot through umbrella and everything is captured with my Nikon D70s teethered to a computer capturing the photos with Nikon Camera control and sending them directly to lightroom for a good preview.
Just in case you wanted the technical details ;-)