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I like those holden wallpaper esp the 1st one you made.. One of the shots could be straightned up more and perhaps added more light?? What do you think?

Can you make me on of my car :( pretty please!! heheh

Basti - i like the moody feel of the shot, but would have liked to see more of the background for this style of pp. Havnt seen you post pictures in ages.. where you been hiding?

my first shot with my only umbrella setup... i've got 3 cactus receivers but only one flash :(

Dont worry sometimes all you need is just one light source!! Keep at it.

Would like to see the colour version of this. I reckon with the flash you could make that green grass vibrant.

Basti - i like the moody feel of the shot, but would have liked to see more of the background for this style of pp. Havnt seen you post pictures in ages.. where you been hiding?

hmm well thats a slight crop. i'll see if i can get up the original when i get home but i think i saved over it. i've just been lazy and busy with other things recently. and i cant find my nifty50 :(

Matt - Difference between a shoot-thru and a softbox is that the softbox is more directional and a larger light source therefore spreading more light and less light fall off.

The brolly would be the same as a softbox effectively at a further distance but using more power in your strobe/flash. The softbox is a lot softer as well depending on whether you use the inner diffuser as well as the outer and/or a grid too.

The light also isn't as harsh out of a softbox.

We can make a wallpaper one time soon sidd. no problems! I have a backup receiver for the flashes now so the lighting problem i had shoudln't be to much of an issue in the future i hope.

thanks for the explaination between boxes and brollies. i'm 100% new to lighting and haven't really had an opportunity to play with either enough to work out the properties of each. I'm thinking i might get a cheap brollie soon just so i can compare and learn whats good and bad about each.

Took this on the weekend, It's not a car, but i like the dark look about it.

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No worries matt. It's pretty cheap to get a lightstand a brolly as well as a flash bracket from image melbourne. Pretty sure you can get kits as well now. Around $100 or cheaper.

Nice Barra! I'm guessing the flash was camera right as you can see how the light falls off. Good exposure too, maybe a touch brighter but great job!

Invest in a Dell IPS monitor and calibration software like Spyder 3 or Eye-One or Color Munki. All good devices and give you accurate colour day in day out.

I use a Dell IPS monitor as well as a second screen for browsing the web and spyder 3 software on both. Well worth it!

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