Okay, so I’m almost at the end of the first module of my professional photography course. I don’t really know if I’ve made much improvement. I’d like to think so though. I think portraiture has definitely improved and I do know much more about lighting with small speedlights now. Am definitely getting my head around this strobist thing. Will came over today to borrow a reflector and we tested out the entire lighting kit. 1 cactus KF36 and 1 sb600 into silver reflective umbrellas on either side of him and 1 speedlight into a 41″ shoot through umbrella up high in front of him. Great light! We were both quite surprised at how easy it was, especially with the Cactus V4 radio triggers and not needing a line of sight (e.g. CLS).
I’ve now got important things to think about. Final folio presentation is on next Wednesday and I still haven’t shot anything. Have made arrangements with Vivian to do another shoot on Monday to fulfill the portraiture aspect. Not quite sure about the product aspect yet. I’m also going to the Grampians over the weekend, so I’ll probably be able to fulfill the ‘landscape’ and ‘sports’ aspect of it as we will also be climbing. Check back for some shots!
