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recap: NYC photo walk – photography workshop, Brooklyn Waterfront

December 2, 2018 Neil vN 2 Comments

recap: NYC photo walk – photography workshop, Brooklyn Waterfront

Teaching a flash photography workshop on a grey day, I was disappointed that it was so overcast and miserable – and that I wouldn’t be able to properly explain how to balance flash with strong sunlight with an actual example – but then the sun popped out! This is part of the adventure of an on-location workshop such as the NYC Photo Walks – you just don’t quite know what you’ll get on any given day since the environment can change.

Techie stuff:
Lighting is with the Profoto B1 on a monopod, and the Profoto OCF 24” beauty dish to sweeten the light.
1/2000 @ f/4 @ 100 ISO … and of course the flash was in high-speed flash sync.

The camera that I used this time was the Sony A9 with the Sony 24-105mm f/4 lens. I have transmitters for all the major camera brands, so I am quite sure I can accommodate you.

Here is the pull-back shot to show how the light was placed. Related topics such as posing and placement of the light are part of any of the workshops.

 Photo gear used I used for these photos

  • Sony A9 camera (B&H / Amazon)
  • Sony 24-105mm f/4 lens (B&H / Amazon)
  • Profoto B1 flashes (B&H / Amazon)
  • Profoto OCF Beauty Dish (24?)  (B&H / Amazon)

 

Here are recaps of some of previous Photo Walks:

  • Brooklyn’s East River waterfront
  • Meatpacking District, NYC

 


 

 

For the main image at the top, I did enhance the image a bit, reducing the contrast, and warming it up. I wanted to show the image as I had it out of the RAW converter (which is nearly straight out of camera), to the final image. This will give a better sense of what the photographs looked like on the day … rather than what is achieved in Photoshop. This relates to the discussion here: Photographing with available light only.

 

Related articles

  • High-speed flash sync with the Profoto B1
  • On-location headshots and portraits
  • Photographing with available light only
  • Tutorial: High-speed flash sync

 

Photography workshops

  • Photo walks in NYC
  • More info about upcoming photography workshops.
  • Recap of previous photography workshops.

 

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2 Comments, Add Your Own

  1. 1Andy says

    December 11, 2018 at 5:15 am

    Hi Neil,
    Great image.

    How superior is the profoto B1 over canon 600EX rt for this kind of shot.

    Thanks
    Andy

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  2. 2Neil vN says

    December 11, 2018 at 5:20 am

    Hi there Andy,

    Your answer lies here: Comparing output: Studio lights vs. speedlites / speedlights.
    Because the B1 / B1x is so much more powerful than a speedlight, you can use a softbox, and still match bright sunlight … something you can’t do with a speedlight. You’d have to go bare flash with the speedlight — this gives an entirely different look.

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