After a month of back and forth with B&H in an effort to get them to deliver a 34" x 34" Ezybox Hotshoe complete with the adaptor ring and flash bracket, at last I can play with my new toy.
This one is of my husband taken today in front of a light-absorbing black backdrop.
The Ezybox with my 580ex ll providing the light is close-in because I wanted to wrap the light enough to illuminate the left eye. A reflector, just outside the edge of the frame camera right, adds enough extra light to keep the overall lighting from being too stark while maintaining the drama. It also helped define the edges of the hair. There was a silver reflector low on camera right, angled up towards the subject..
Used the Canon 40D with 24-70 at 70 mm, f 4.0, 1/200th, flash compensation - 1 3/4, ISO 200. Uncropped. Some pp, but very close to what came out of the camera.
My biggest frustration was trying to keep down the hot spots, especially on the forehead. I would appreciate any thoughts. (The skin was not oily.) Do people use makeup for that?
The other problem is that I didn't have enough depth of field for the distance from the subject. This is not altogether a bad thing when photographing older folks, but I need to do better.
Still, overall, I am pleased with the lighting.
You should be very happy with this - really nice result. Is this the New EZYBox that Mark & Joe were telling us about?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Fred.
ReplyDeleteYes it is the one Mark told us would be coming out. It has two layers of diffusion fabric.
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I agree, nicely done image, very pleasing treatment of both the light and shadows. A definite keeper.
ReplyDeleteAlso, would you please post the EZYBox order info you used.