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Originally Posted by cjc3406
Ok I'm new at this so can you explain the umbrella technique a little more to me cause the pics turned out well I'm just not understanding the lighting and umbrella using.
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The particular umbrella that I used was
this one, and I removed the black cover and aimed my SB-600 through the umbrella to have it act as a small soft box. The closer you get this setup to the subject, the larger it appears to the subject and therefore the softer the light. This means that the highlight to shadow transition zones are smooth and soft rather than abrupt and hard. The exact placement of the light is part artistic choice and a lot of experience (which I don't have yet) but the articles on
Strobist are a good place to start.
I particularly recommend the entire
lighting 102 series, which counterintuitively is the most basic course on the site (not Lighting 101 which is more gear intensive). If you work through the assignments it will teach you a lot about how to use artificial light in a photo.
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Originally Posted by cheasie
very nice pictures, i shall go buy an umbrella and lightstand too  |
Thank you, and I hope you post your results here for us to see.