yOOrek's Rants'n Raves » Flash Photography http://blog.yoorek.com The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:40:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 AnNa http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/10/04/anna-4/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/10/04/anna-4/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:39:14 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/10/04/anna-4/ I am very happy with my Elinchrom studio strobes. In this shot I used one soft box as a background and another one as key light. Lastolite Trigrip reflector provided extra light under the chin. All triggered with Skyport.

AnNa

AnNa Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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Winterthur, Switzerland, October 2010

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View On Black | White

• NIKON D700 • ¹???? sec at f/16 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • no flash • 105 mm f/2.8 @ 105 mm •

• NIKON D700 // AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED at 105 mm (VR On) // Exposure – 1/125 @ f/16.0 (0EV), ISO 200 // Multi-segment metering, Manual exposure // White Balance – 5560K // AF – On, AF-C, Dynamic Area (9 points), Primary AF Point – D10, Used AF Point – D10 // Shooting Mode – Single-Frame // FOV – 18.1 deg (0.48 m), Focus Distance – 1.50 m, DOF – 0.18 m (1.41 – 1.59), Hyperfocal – 22.93 m // Nikon NEF Compressed, 14bit, Adobe RGB •

2010-10-02-0058-4425-E039

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/10/04/anna-4/feed/ 0 Winterthur, Switzerland 2010 http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/07/09/winterthur-switzerland-2010-06-20t2302390100/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/07/09/winterthur-switzerland-2010-06-20t2302390100/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:29:14 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/?p=653 Wojtek

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/07/09/winterthur-switzerland-2010-06-20t2302390100/feed/ 0 Another Lumodi Shot http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/04/03/another-lumodi-shot/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/04/03/another-lumodi-shot/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:26:26 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/04/03/another-lumodi-shot/ I am really getting into this stuff. In this photo the diffuser sock has been removed from the dish. The light has a different quality, doesn’t it? And these sweet black backgrounds are so easy to achieve.

Maya

Maya Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, March 2010

Another one done with the help of Lumodi 14″ Beauty Dish. This time the sock diffuser has been removed from the dish.

View On Black | White

• NIKON D700 • 1/250 sec at f/4.0 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • flash fired • 85 mm f/1.4 @ 85 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode ?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point ?C6 (Center) • AF Points Used ?C6 • Focus Distance ?1.33 m • DOF ?0.06 m (1.31 – 1.36) • FOV ?22.4 deg (0.53 m) • Hyperfocal Distance ?60.12 m • Light Source ?Flash • Flash ?On, Return not detected • Flash Mode ?Fired, External • Flash Control Mode ?Off • Flash Setting ?Normal • Flash Type ?Comdr. • Flash Flags ?Fired • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Manual, -, 6%) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Off, 0, -) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(0, 0, -) • File Type ?NEF • Bit Depth ?14 •

2010-03-31-2138-3881

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Maya

Maya Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, March 2010

Shot using Lumodi 14″ Beauty Dish. This is the first time I used a beauty dish. The amount of control one has over the light is amazing.

View On Black | White

• NIKON D700 • 1/250 sec at f/8.0 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • flash fired • 85 mm f/1.4 @ 85 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode ?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point ?C6 (Center) • AF Points Used ?(none) • Focus Distance ?1.33 m • DOF ?0.11 m (1.28 – 1.39) • FOV ?22.4 deg (0.53 m) • Hyperfocal Distance ?30.06 m • Light Source ?Flash • Flash ?On, Return not detected • Flash Mode ?Fired, External • Flash Control Mode ?Off • Flash Setting ?Normal • Flash Type ?Comdr. • Flash Flags ?Fired, [1] • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Manual, -, 25%) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Off, 0, -) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(0, 0, -) • File Type ?NEF • Bit Depth ?14 •

2010-03-31-1954-2908

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And as an icing on the cake this photo ended up on their front page.

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Glitter'n Glamour

Glitter’n Glamour Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, March 2010

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View On Black | White

• NIKON D700 • 1/250 sec at f/8.0 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • flash fired • 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 135 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode ?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point ?D9 • AF Points Used ?D9 • Focus Distance ?2.24 m • DOF ?0.12 m (2.18 – 2.30) • FOV ?14.3 deg (0.56 m) • Hyperfocal Distance ?75.82 m • Light Source ?Flash • Flash ?On, Return not detected • Flash Mode ?Fired, External • Flash Control Mode ?Off • Flash Setting ?Normal • Flash Type ?Comdr. • Flash Flags ?Fired, [1] • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Manual, -, 25%) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Manual, -, 50%) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(0, 0, -) • File Type ?NEF • Bit Depth ?14 •

2010-03-27-2306-3674

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aNNa

aNNa Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, March 2010

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View On Black | White

• NIKON D700 • 1/250 sec at f/8.0 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • flash fired • 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode ?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point ?B9 • AF Points Used ?(none) • Focus Distance ?2.24 m • DOF ?0.05 m (2.21 – 2.27) • FOV ?9.4 deg (0.37 m) • Hyperfocal Distance ?166.41 m • Light Source ?Flash • Flash ?On, Return not detected • Flash Mode ?Fired, External • Flash Control Mode ?Off • Flash Setting ?Normal • Flash Type ?Comdr. • Flash Flags ?Fired, [1] • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Manual, -, 25%) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Manual, -, 50%) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(0, 0, -) • File Type ?NEF • Bit Depth ?14 •

2010-03-27-2232-1581

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/03/28/more-from-the-last-session/feed/ 0 Testing Nikkor AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 G ED VR II http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/03/28/testing-nikkor-af-s-70-200mm-f2-8-g-ed-vr-ii/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/03/28/testing-nikkor-af-s-70-200mm-f2-8-g-ed-vr-ii/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:48:58 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/03/28/testing-nikkor-af-s-70-200mm-f2-8-g-ed-vr-ii/ Recently I have been occupied with pimping my old Manfrotto #055 tripod. However a recent acquisition of one lens from the Nikon’s holy trinity pack was something I needed to put my pimping aside and have a photo session. My daughter was very obliging. Here is one from the session.

aNNa

aNNa Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, March 2010

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View On Black | White

• NIKON D700 • 1/250 sec at f/8.0 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • flash fired • 70-200 mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode ?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point ?B9 • AF Points Used ?B9 • Focus Distance ?2.24 m • DOF ?0.05 m (2.21 – 2.27) • FOV ?9.4 deg (0.37 m) • Hyperfocal Distance ?166.41 m • Light Source ?Flash • Flash ?On, Return not detected • Flash Mode ?Fired, External • Flash Control Mode ?Off • Flash Setting ?Normal • Flash Type ?Comdr. • Flash Flags ?Fired • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Manual, -, 25%) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Manual, -, 50%) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(0, 0, -) • File Type ?NEF • Bit Depth ?14 •

2010-03-27-2229-2924

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/03/28/testing-nikkor-af-s-70-200mm-f2-8-g-ed-vr-ii/feed/ 0 The bokeh Machine has arrived http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/03/12/the-bokeh-machine-has-arrived/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/03/12/the-bokeh-machine-has-arrived/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:32:10 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/03/12/the-bokeh-machine-has-arrived/ Presenting the one and only – Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 also known as bokeh/cream machine. This is one of my first photos taken with it. I am supposed to have a photo shoot on the weekend so let’s hope I’ll get to use it more. It is quite good looking beast. The lens that is.

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aNNa Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, March 2010

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• NIKON D700 • 1/60 sec at f/4.0 (0 EV) • ISO 400 • Spot metering • Aperture priority • flash fired • 85mm f/1.4 @ 85 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode ?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point ?C6 (Center) • AF Points Used ?C6 • Focus Distance ?1.00 m • DOF ?0.03 m (0.99 – 1.02) • FOV ?21.9 deg (0.39 m) • Hyperfocal Distance ?60.12 m • Light Source ?Flash • Flash ?On, Return detected • Flash Mode ?Fired, External • Flash Control Mode ?iTTL • Flash Setting ?Normal • Flash Type ?Optional, TTL • Flash Flags ?Fired, [1], Bounce Flash • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Off, 0, -) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(Off, 0, -) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output) ?(0, 0, -) • File Type ?NEF • Bit Depth ?14 •

2010-03-11-2253-5797-2

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007 Girls

007 Girls Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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Winterthur, Switzerland, December 2009

The only thing that is missing is a gun

• NIKON D700 • 1/320 sec at f/10 (0 EV) • ISO 400 • Pattern metering • Manual • flash fired • @ 50 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point?B11 • AF Points Used?(none) • Focus Distance?2.99 m • DOF?2.41 m (2.21 – 4.61) • FOV?39.0 deg (2.11 m) • Hyperfocal Distance?8.32 m • Light Source?Flash • Flash?On, Return not detected • Flash Mode?Fired, External • Flash Setting?Normal • Flash Type?3.01 (SU-800 Remote Commander) • Flash Flags?Fired, [1] • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output)?(Manual, -, 50%) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output)?(Manual, -, 25%) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output)?(Off, 0, -) • File Type?NEF • Bit Depth?14 •

2009-12-31-1958-3675

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/01/03/007-girls/feed/ 0 NYE Preparations http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/01/03/nye-preparations/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/01/03/nye-preparations/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:07:38 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2010/01/03/nye-preparations/ Of course I had to take her photo. Various dresses were tried. Different makeup styles were tested. And finally new poses have been exercised. Then, off she went to a New Year’s party leaving me to post process the photos. Two strobes – one camera left at 1/2 power, the other camera right at 1/4 power, triggered through SU-800.

Maya

Maya Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, December 2009

New Year’s Eve dresses are being tried out, makeup is being tested, new poses are exercised.

• NIKON D700 • 1/320 sec at f/10 (0 EV) • ISO 400 • Pattern metering • Manual • flash fired • 50 mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point?B7 • AF Points Used?B7 • Focus Distance?2.51 m • DOF?1.63 m (1.94 – 3.57) • FOV?38.9 deg (1.77 m) • Hyperfocal Distance?8.32 m • Light Source?Flash • Flash?On, Return not detected • Flash Mode?Fired, External • Flash Setting?Normal • Flash Type?3.01 (SU-800 Remote Commander) • Flash Flags?Fired, [1] • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output)?(Manual, -, 50%) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output)?(Manual, -, 25%) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output)?(Off, 0, -) • File Type?NEF • Bit Depth?14 •

2009-12-31-1954-1533

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