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Published: 2009-02-20 01:31:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 11062; Favourites: 52; Downloads: 0
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This is the setup shot for the bikini shoot in the Maldives. As you can see... pretty simple really! Just careful balancing of the strobes and the ambient light (strobes controlled with an SU-800 IR controller, which also requires careful positioning of the IR receiver windows on the slaves when you're outdoors).Deliberately ungelled and bare strobes - I find the SB800s don't have the power to do what I want through an umbrella, and in any case I like the effect of the bare strobes. You can control the coverage using the zoom function on the strobe.
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GENIAL , GRACIAS POR TU COMENTARIO INICIAL REFERENTE A LAS LUCES, LA DUDA ES, CON O COMO MANTENΓAS EN PIE LAS BASES DE LAS LUCES, COMO EVITAR LA CAΓDA AL AGUA DE LOS SOPORTES DE LAS LUCES?
GREAT, THANKS FOR YOUR FIRST COMMENT REGARDING THE LIGHTS, THE DOUBT IS, WITH OR STANDING You kept BASES OF LIGHTS, HOW TO AVOID THE WATER FALL OF LIGHTS BRACKETS?
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You're very welcome 
It's odd looking back at these photos - my style has evolved so much since then!
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MUCHAS GRACIAS , HA SIDO BASTANTE ILUSTRATIVO AUN CON LA BARRERA QUE PUEDE SER EL IDIOMA Y LAS TRADUCCIONES QUE NO SIEMPRE SON TAN FIELES. PERO HE PODIDO ENTENDER BASTANTE BIEN. GRACIAS DE NUEVO, EXITOS
THANK YOU, ENOUGH IS ILLUSTRATIVE, EVEN WITH BARRIER TO BE THE LANGUAGE AND THE TRANSLATION ARE NOT ALWAYS SO FAITHFUL. BUT HE COULD UNDERSTAND PRETTY WELL. THANKS AGAIN, EXITOS
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Hi, just let me know when you are here at Maldives next time.
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nice use of flash lights, at outdoor i use paper to make a tube around the flashelight for the rear light and at front a umbrella (umbrella + wind it's the perfect flash killer!!!
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Yep a brolly wasn't really an option in the sea! lol. You're spot on about the makeshift snoot, though funnily enough I find that focusing the speedlights - long focal length for the hairlight, obviously, wider spread on the front - does a good job in a pinch
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Hehehe...do I look mad?! Hmmm...must work harder on hiding inner feelings lol...I wasn't mad though really, you couldn't be mad at anything when you're in such a gorgeous and amazing place.
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Yessss.... Luckily the water was pretty calm; no spray to speak of. The stands got a good rinsing in fresh water, but the strobes were fine (and luckily I didn't drop the camera!)
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wow, the lights effect on the water sure is pleasant. emma sure looks mad though XD
this must have been a very fun trip, getting to visit such a beautiful place and photographing it ^^
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lol yeah she does doesn't she! "Oi! Shoot me, not the flashes!" lol
It was an amazing trip, truly - 2 weeks in Paradise and a whole bunch of lovely photographs to take on top. We both felt very lucky indeed to be able to go there.
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That comment reminds me of something Phoenix said, rather pointedly: That sometimes men seem more interested in the "gadgetry" aspect of photography than the images themselves...
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Speaking as a self-confessed gadget fetishist (well, in the same way as most girls are with shoes... I don't actually like rubbing up against the gadgets, if you see what I mean), I will confess to the occasional moment of liking the means as much as the end, yes
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oh, i bet, it looks like a wonderful place ^^ you think you will ever go back?
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Actually yes I do... maybe to another resort in the Maldives, and maybe not for a while (not cheap, believe me!) but we're hooked...
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