Round One!

Light?!

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Ok... that was terrible, I admit it. Never the less, here we have it folks! The results of my first attempt at using my strobist equipment properly.

My best friend came over and I some how managed to convince her to pose for me. Really it was quite free form. She sat down and we started talking, all the while her moving about trying different poses. Etc, etc, etc.

My own critical review says I probably should have used a little more strobe and a little less background light. Also, a narrower aperture to capture that little bit of the elbow that didn't make it. Otherwise, I'd say I'm ok with this being my first attempt.

As for the set up, the background light is that of a bare CFL blub approximately 10 feet from the camera/background to the camera's right. About 10 feet to the left is my 430EX at 1/16th shooting into a 43 Inch Silver Umbrella with a CTO Tungsten for fill. Nothing too fancy.

More to come as `The Girlfriend(tm)' heads over to try her hand at it. And more complex setups too!