New toy - Petzval

BlueLemon

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I just made my first portraits with my new toy today - A Jamin/Darlot - petzval

Portraits of my son



Picture taken at full aperture (3.75) - 3 flashes, Polaroid 55, Sinar P

this is one of 7-8 pictures taken

I kindda like this toy ;-)
 
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fschifano

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Very nice. What else can I say?

What sort of strobe that you needed 3 pops to get the exposure? Type 55 is slow, but it's not that slow.
 
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Hey Fschifano

It was actually too much light even at lowest output. but Headlight, backdrop fill and the third was placed to fill in the hat ;-)

But this Lady should not be stopped down - and too much light is gonna be an issue from now on ;-)
 

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Seems like you can do well with a few cheap strobes like the Vivitar 285 HV or similar and some DIY light modifiers. For ideas on light modifiers browse through http://strobist.blogspot.com. The Vivtars can be cut down to 1/16th power (maybe 1/32nd) and if that's not enough, you can always gel them down another stop or two with some Rosco cinegel ND material. The Vivtar 285's are inexpensive, and the ND gel material is dirt cheap at about $6 US for a 20 x 24 inch sheet. Add a couple of cheap optical slaves and you're good to go.
 
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