Comments on: Using Flash To Fake A Sunset

By: Shimal Ahmed

Shimal Ahmed — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:23:00 +0000

really love the idea of the way the lights are arranged

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:09:00 +0000

I could have, but consider that the one flash that was used to fill the shadows was bouncing off of a gold reflector, giving a different quality of light than just straight gelling the flash.

Furthermore it’s always more fun to get the shot right in camera first.

By: Brian McCarthy

Brian McCarthy — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:43:00 +0000

Nice work, Anthony.

By: Paul Monaghan

Paul Monaghan — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:22:00 +0000

Since you put yellow gels on all but one of your lights (Which you mixed with 1/2 orange) you could have done the same thing by shifting the white balance on your camera and just using 1/2 a yellow gel on that one flash you mixed unless ofc you were mixing ambient light which it doesn’t sound like as you had to lighting the shadows with more flashs.

Nice image and write up though :)

By: RP Photography By Design

RP Photography By Design — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:03:00 +0000

loving the shot! I’m defiantly going to give this a try this weekend

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:58:00 +0000

I think she’s pretty impressive myself. ;)

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:57:00 +0000

But I don’t own any good continuous lights. :)

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:57:00 +0000

Possibly, but it looks much more realistic if you just do it in camera.

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:57:00 +0000

Haha she gets that a lot.

By: Anthony Ryan Tripoli

Anthony Ryan Tripoli — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:56:00 +0000

The reason for that is that the door is actually offset into the wall about 2 feet. I should have pulled the camera back a little bit more so it was a little more obvious it was in the background. I also screwed up making the diagram haha. I also shot this with a 35mm which is a little wide, but I didn’t have much room to pull back, so she will definitely appear to be a little bit larger in comparison to the background.

Thanks for the input!