Amanda from this past Sunday

[Bernt-Inge.com]

Thanks Bobby You did great work

[Bigtimebeginner]

ssssswwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeettttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

[BillD]

Wow!!! Those are some fantastic images. I really love the second one.

BillD

[R_Fredrick_Smith]

Originally Posted by Bobby_G

The first image was shot at 4 30 in the afternoon with not a cloud in the sky. I didn't want the aperture stopped down that much (f16 to f22) but I didn't really have a choice at that time of the day. The metering off the back of her head into the sun was about f2.8/ at 1/4000 or so (No good for the dof I wanted and to sync with my light). I borrowed a Alien Bee B800 with a Vagabond (battery pak) and wanted to try it...Soo, I compromised...

I had to get the shutter speed down to 250 or below to sync with my 20D, so I set the f stop to about f16 and slowed the shutter to 250. I turned the AB800 on full power...open reflector, no diffussion...and this is what I got. I would have preferred less dof but at that time that was about all I could do...

This is one of those shots where with Photoshop CS3 you can have your cake and eat it to. You can take one shot at the best fstop for the model and then shoot another with the best fstop for the scene, but with her out of the photo. A new feature in CS3 will merge the two photos and automatically line up all the elements that are the same. So in other words you can have that infinite DOF or totally blurred background (your choice).
Cheers,
rfs

[Photomart]

Beautiful shots Mr. G. If you do another shoot like this and want to shoot at a wider aperture (shallow DOF) try using a ND filter (or Polarizer) to reduce the light coming into your camera, thus allowing you to shoot at a wider aperture. Unfortunately, that Alien Bee 800 is no match for the afternoon Texas sun!

[Brennans_Photography]

Another nice set Bobby!

Man, I can't wait to get half as good as you!

Pete

[DocSmith]

RFS-

Where do you find the new CS3 merge feature? Sounds interesting!

Doc

[jford]

Good work, Bobby. My favorite is the second, FWIW.
Thanks for sharing.

[tmronin]

lovely work. i'm a sucker for strobes outside.

[Bobby_G]

Originally Posted by Photomart

Beautiful shots Mr. G. If you do another shoot like this and want to shoot at a wider aperture (shallow DOF) try using a ND filter (or Polarizer) to reduce the light coming into your camera, thus allowing you to shoot at a wider aperture. Unfortunately, that Alien Bee 800 is no match for the afternoon Texas sun!

I didnt have a 2 or 3 stop ND filter, but I was using a circle polarizer. I believe it only stops it down 1 stop...