Comments on: model – Seregon

By: Tony Sale

Tony Sale — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:09:54 +0000

Very nice model! That last grab shot with Seregon flipping her is brilliant. Looks like a very polished shot.

By: Neil vN

Neil vN — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:57:08 +0000

Adi, check this article on ambient metering and TTL flash. Your questions are all answered in there. Neil vN

By: Adi

Adi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:03:10 +0000

on the setup with flash, how do you meter? did you just choose the shutter speed aperture, and Iso that you want and let the TTl do its job? If you are using a manual flash with a softbox, what setting on the flash that you usually start with? do you set your flash head at max zoom? what do you usually use to light the background?

By: planet neil - tangents » more beauty dish (model - Seregon)

planet neil - tangents » more beauty dish (model - Seregon) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:05:06 +0000

[...] recently photographed Seregon again, but this time on location in Manhattan. The lighting was simple - a beauty dish that was [...]

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:32:29 +0000

Hi there Rex .. an umbrella would spread the light much wider than a beauty dish. The beauty dish contains the light much more, giving that more sudden fall-off towards the shadows. A softbox with a grid would give light more similar to the beauty dish than an umbrella.

Neil vN

By: Rex

Rex — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:58:56 +0000

Could you get the fall off of light similar to the beauty dish if you shot your speedlight into an umbrella, maybe adding a stofen to the flash head to soften it even more?

By: Dave Tong

Dave Tong — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:47:09 +0000

Great that you finally trademarked the black foam thingy :D LOL. Excellent post as usual.

By: Pascal

Pascal — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:58:08 +0000

I also like the speedlight photos. They seem more natural to me and less harsh in terms of contrast. Great post by the way, very informative.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:58:11 +0000

Interesting differences of opinion here. I much prefer the studio lights as I find the contrast with the unlit side too hard on the speedlight shots.
I’ve been using a mini beauty dish on my Nikon speedlight to take macro pictures and also noticed the strong light fall-off that you mentioned in your last post. I hadn’t realised it was to do with the beauty dish until I read your post but it makes sense now. It can be quite an effective look when you get it right (which is not as often as I’d like in my case).
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us Neil.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:43:55 +0000

To me, the beauty dish is of niche use. I also prefer speedlights. It just goes to show that not every expensive camera accessory is necessarily worth the cost.