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Technical Support / how she got this look/light to work above sync speed

« on: October 23, 2012, 10:02:33 AM »

Hi,

I wish to shoot in day light at wide open with my 85mm 1.2 by using strobes and not speed lights.

With speed light's its very easy, just use PW mini and flex and shoot wide aperture ...with high sync...camera will do all the trick..

But i recently purchased E.quadra 400w units and wants to use them to achieve shallow depth of field look, but as my sync speed is 250/sec so everything is getting over exposed, Have also tried putting Lee 03,06,09 glass graduated filters but they make the scene dark..but also soft the image ..

pzl help how can I achieve the look of shallow depth of field, with a punch on model face as looking for beauty shot outdoors..similar kind of look below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emsoto/8103050992/#in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emsoto/8092528601/#in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emsoto/8082653831/#in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emsoto/8069315701/#in/photostream

What I have seen on You tube, that she uses a 1300watt lights, but how did she manage to pass thru 250/sec speed...as exif data shows that..

her You tube link , where you can see using strobes :-
http://www.youtube.com/user/EmilySotoPhotography

can someone help pplz...

www.Robin Saini.com
www.Facebook.com/RobinSainiPhotography

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Lighting / right way of using X rite color checker and white balance ?plz help

« on: July 04, 2012, 06:02:20 AM »

Hi,

I recently purchased X rite passport color checker and  have some query on how to accurate measure it..  Below is process I follow.

-   I set my strobes at suitable  power , then I use my light meter to take measurement under model chin and set the strobes as per light meter reading.
-   Once I get a perfect exposure, I put grey card side of X-rite passport checker under same light condition and take a picture of grey card …(Do I need to fill the frame or 70% of the frame with the grey card ?). I currently use 50-70 % of frame .
-   Then I set my canon camera white balance  to  use that image as Custom image.
-   Under same light then I take a picture of Xrite passport checker with 80% of checker in frame.
-   In post-production, as my while balance is already set for all images so I don’t touch image with grey card , however the picture with Xrite color checker with multiple color , I custom pick the color which I want to go for and then applies that to all images using lightroom 4. 
-   2nd concern was , In lightroom 4 when I choose picture which has my Xrite color checker and then try to create a profile based on same, thought it says operation successful, but it ask me to replace the earlier profile which I had created earlier from a different shoot ?

Please guide me if all my above process are right or somewhere I am going wrong as I am not getting the colors which I am looking for.

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Software & Accessories / Right technique for using Xrite and getting perfect white balance / color?

« on: June 18, 2012, 07:00:24 AM »

Hi,

I recently purchased X rite passport color checker and  have some query on how to accurate measure it..  Below is process I follow.

-   I set my strobes at suitable  power , then I use my light meter to take measurement under model chin and set the strobes as per light meter reading.
-   Once I get a perfect exposure, I put grey card side of X-rite passport checker under same light condition and take a picture of grey card …(Do I need to fill the frame or 70% of the frame with the grey card ?). I currently use 50-70 % of frame .
-   Then I set my canon camera white balance  to  use that image as Custom image.
-   Under same light then I take a picture of Xrite passport checker with 80% of checker in frame.
-   In post-production, as my while balance is already set for all images so I don’t touch image with grey card , however the picture with Xrite color checker with multiple color , I custom pick the color which I want to go for and then applies that to all images using lightroom 4. 
-   2nd concern was , In lightroom 4 when I choose picture which has my Xrite color checker and then try to create a profile based on same, thought it says operation successful, but it ask me to replace the earlier profile which I had created earlier from a different shoot ?

Please guide me if all my above process are right or somewhere I am going wrong as I am not getting the colors which I am looking for.