Pondering (Day 13)

Pondering (Day 13), originally uploaded by Tj6106.
Tonight I wanted to play about with my lights, create some shadows and see what I can learn.

At first I started off with two lights, one to the back right of the shot and the other front right. This gave a little definition on my (actual) left side but effected the shadow on the wall. I played about and moved it to see if I could use it for hair light etc, but I just didn't feel like it gave anything to the shot. So it went away.

So for this one I ended up with just the single light into the shoot-through umbrella. So with the cream walls in my "studio" (i.e. the spare bedroom :-)) I felt like the single light with the bounce of light of the walls gave enough definition for the shot. It also gave a nice shadow on the wall, which I like.

So guys and girls if you really want to learn, take your time and play about with your shots each day. This might not be perfect but I learned that sometimes one light is just enough.

Here are the strobist details in pictorial form.

And as always critique/suggestions welcomed.