model – Ulorin Vex

A favorite image from today’s workshop in San Francisco.
Our one model, Ulorin Vex, on location.

other articles on Tangents, featuring Ulorin:

Ulorin in red
Ulorin, window light
manual off-camera fill-flash (model – Ulorin)

Equipment used with this photo:

Nikon D3; Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S II (B&H)
Nikon SB-900 (B&H); Nikon SD-9 battery pack (B&H)
PocketWizard FlexTT5 transceiver (B&H)
Lastolite EZYBOX Softbox Kit (24?x24?) (B&H)

The light from the softbox delivering a mere touch of fill-flash. Most of the light is from the available light coming down between the buildings on this street. I framed her against the background of those shafts of light on the side of the building, to give a slightly enigmatic backdrop.

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9 Comments »

Hi Neil, Great shot. Quick question, did you use manual or TTL flash for this shot? any FEC if using TTL?

Thanks

Adam

Comment by Adam — April 22, 2011 @ 6:57 am
Sensational!

Comment by Pat Reynolds — April 22, 2011 @ 7:24 am
Nice. Looks like a fashion photo. :-)

Comment by Stephen — April 22, 2011 @ 7:53 am
Love her! Great shot :)

Comment by jess b — April 22, 2011 @ 9:26 am
When I saw this image, first thing I had in mind. WOW!!!
So much dynamic in this image, totally different than what you do normally.
Looking forward to see more of your work.

Comment by Anggi — April 22, 2011 @ 10:14 am
Hey Neil,
Love you stuff, got your first book, should have second book delivered this week. Have been trying your techniques with good success! THANK YOU. Have a couple of quick questions, not sure where to post, but I’m sure you’ll point me in the right direction. Situation: Shooting in a large hall, Large window at back, small windows around the sides and tungsten lighting. 20-30′ ceilings. Mostly concrete walls. Morning shoot. Gelled the flash with a 1/4 CTS. Nikon D300 with SB900 on camera. Looking at the pictures after the event- it looks as though the white balance has changed as I moved around the hall. Have you seen this? How do you compensate on the fly?

Again, love your stuff, when are you making it out to Seattle, or better yet, Vancouver Canada??

Thanks…

Comment by Azim — April 22, 2011 @ 1:33 pm
Azim … this will happen. I generally gel my flash with 1/2 CTS when working indoors, and then I adjust my WB during post-processing of my RAW images. With such a scenario where the WB changes during an uncontrolled event, then there isn’t much more to do than rely on the latitude of the RAW file.Then you can fine-tune the image as far as possible during post.

Re off-topic discussions – the Tangents forum is designed for that. : )

Neil vN

Comment by Neil vN — April 22, 2011 @ 5:48 pm
Beautifully lit this portrait! I also like a lot how the background light plays and is balanced with the foreground.

Comment by Philippe Wiget — April 23, 2011 @ 3:46 am
Doesn’t get better than that. Look at how the angles of her shoulders, chin and hair work off the angles of the light in the background. And the overall monochrome feel of the whole thing punctuated only by the splash of orange. Thats perfection in my book.

Comment by Grayden Provis — April 23, 2011 @ 10:27 am