Strobist on High School production

Don’t you just love High School theatrical productions. I certainly do, especially from a photographic point of view. Loads of youngsters dressed in character and willing to strike a pose. It just makes my life so easy that I want to produce something a little bit special for them using Strobist off camera lighting techniques.
For the lighting of this shot I used a Canon 580ex speedlite through an umberella, above and to camera right, set on half power with a half CTO filter.
The background was lit with a 430ex zoomed in to tighten the beam and on 1/16th power.
The camera was on manual; 1/80th at f8 ISO 400 and sync’d with Elinchrom Skyports.

I have only recently changed over from Bowens Pulsars to Elinchrom Skyports to sync the lights and I must say that I am very pleased with them. Very light and compact and so far, very reliable. A big plus is that when I use my big Ranger RX Speed lighting gear, I also get remote control of the power output from the camera.

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