Quick one light setup.....

Here's a super quick one light setup to give a very pleasing image, even when you're unable to find an attractive background. The below image was taken in a room with two white doors and cream wall behind the subject.

First off take note that you'll be using flash and shooting in manual mode, therefore be sure not to exceed your camera max sync speed. I'm using a Nikon D7000 for this shot and I've set my shutter speed to 1/200s. I then set my aperture to f11 and ISO to my lowest setting of 100. Took a shot with my flash turned off and I was still able to see the background in the image. The aim is to have a completely black image after you take the shot without flash. I moved my aperture to f16 and that gave me my completely black image. At this point turn your flash on and position it similar to the below diagram. Adjust the power to 1/2 power and take your shot. You may need to shoot with your flash at full power if you're under exposed.  

Behind the scenes

Lighting Diagram

Lyngeolle Morris in Barbados......

Quick fashion shot taken with a Paul C. Buff Parabolic Silver Umbrella with diffusion Camera right and a small strip box behind model camera left. Used a Blow-It fan to blow her hair. Camera settings 1/125s, F9, ISO-100.  Shot on white seamless paper background which falls to light grey because I didn't light it separately. I placed the model pretty close to the background.

Lyngeolle Morris

Chef Paul in Barbados.....

Last weekend I did an awesome shoot with my Miami based cousin Chef Paul. He's Barbadian, however he now resides in Miami. He cooks up a storm for the likes of Denzel Washington, Dallas Austin, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Enrique Iglasias and many others to name a few. He'll be launching some new and exciting stuff very soon so look out for it on his website @ www.chef-paul.com .

Paul lives everyday in support of breast cancer. He wears a pink chef jacket to represent this. He's extremely health conscious and has the looks to prove it. 

 

Arin & Aidan in Barbados

Quick images of my best buddy little kids at a local fair (St. Stephens School) in Barbados.​

Image taken with a Wescott Parabolic 7' camera left and Paul C. Buff strip box in back camera right. I used my 70-200mm VRII lens. ISO 100, F8, 1/125s.​

Racquel Hewitt

Photo shoot with Racquel Hewitt (Queili Be) in Speightstown Barbados.​

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Goodlife Eating...

Lisa having a salad over the weekend at Goodlife Vegan restaurant.​