Final Image

After some adjustments to the strobes power output, the lighting is now much more natural.

In this final image, the main light now comes from the left. The fill is actually from the strobe on the right that was directed at the engine. I adjusted it such that the edge of the flash beam grazed the side of the student. This solved the problem of using another strobe for fill.

Now that the student and engine are properly lit, I turned my attention to the background. As shown in the previous image, the background was too dark at 1/60sec. To get the details in the background to show up, I lenghtened the shutter speed to 1/8 sec. Come to think of it, I shot it at 1/8 sec, handheld. No tripods.

This is a classic example of marrying strobes with existing lights to make a successful shot. The foreground, that is the engine and student, were lit with strobes. The background was with the existing ceiling lights. If I had lit the background with strobes too, the shot would not have worked. It would have looked artificial.

 

Technical Data

Camera - Nikon D90
ISO - 200
Lens - Tokina ATX Pro 11~16mm f/2.8
Shutter speed - 1/8 sec
Aperture - f/11

Strobes - Balcar Monobloc, Visico VT-100

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