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Originally Posted by Boozer
Thanks Amy! I would like to try this for Valentines day. How I wish I could find a christmas light thats all red.
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The best part of being a photgrapher is when you know you can control everything in a scene, the subject, the background, foreground, and of course, the lighting.
I used a 3x4' pegboard, the type with 1/4" holes predrilled every 1" or so. Behind it I placed a strobe with a magenta colored Rosco Gel over the head.
For the bokeh shaper, I used the back side of a slimline CD case, the black plastic part cut with a utility knife. I think this will make it more durable and give a crisper look to the bokeh.
Taped the bokeh shaper over a 75-300, was set to around 200mm IIRC from about 15' from the subject, pegboard was another 5' back, and the strobe was an additional 5' back.
The key light was another strobe with a 32" diffusing umbrella with a Cactus wireless receiver. The magenta strobe was on slave, with a reflector to redirect the key over the pegboard so it would trip.
Camera was set to 1/125 to kill ambient light, f/5.6 (max) to get the largest bokeh, 200ISO to get the most out of the strobes. Prefocused on a placeholder, used a 10 second timer and ran.
After a few (okay, many!) failed attempts, here's the keeper. I made it for my wife for valentines day, it's Me!
Dan O.
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