Monday, January 21, 2008

Hey Pops!


Hey Pops!, originally uploaded by IvanoMak.

After hearing David Hobby say at yesterday's seminar that he hardly ever uses flash without gels nowadays, I decided it was finally a time for me to try color gels on my flashes. For this shot I used magenta gel on the SB-600 used to lit the background wall (natural color is white), shot at 1/16 power, and CTO warming gel was used on Sunpak 383 shot at 1/4 power through white umbrella on camera's left. One more catchlight you may see in their eyes is a silver reflector to camera's left to fill in the shadows.

Maks is never too excited to be in front of the camera, but I learned that if I jump like an idiot and make the sounds of a gorilla right before releasing the button, he manages to crack a smile. I sure appreciate the AF function on a camera.

5 comments:

Becca said...

Check out those brows! Maks'... not the mom...

russ stalters said...

Wow - Great picture and great lighting!

Ivan Makarov said...

Thanks, Russ.

Becca - either way he gets them from you.

The Cooks said...

What I love most about this picture (besides the professional look) is the shape of Maks' mouth. It is such a curvy little smile he posseses...perfection!

The Clement Clan's Wife said...

what an AWESOME photo of maks and becca! i LOVE it!