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by Thomas Bérard♡

Strobe juice


Image by funadium
1 of the most frequent inquiries asked to me for the duration of my online photo courses is whether it is much better to use a flash or a continuous light.
Normally I shoot my nonetheless life photos in continuous light, to have an immediate visual manage on shades, reflections, etc., so this time I made the decision to make a shot &quota la strobiste&quot.
To have this ugly, uneven light with a lot of sharp shadows I employed:
- on the left, a Pentax AF 400 T at 1/25 electrical power (guide amount ought to be 8, according to the manual) at 70 cm
- on the right, a Philips P32 GTC at 1/4 electrical power (it must have manual number 8, too) at 60 cm, with a kitchen paper diffuser in front of it.
Each the flashes (hammer head type) are mounted on low cost tripods, half a meter larger than the lemons.
To trigger them I employed:
- a Chinese radio remote bought on eBay
- a &quot1 Computer sync male – 2 Computer sync females + hot shoe&quot adapter, bought on eBay, plugged into the remote outlet.
The flash cables, absolutely stretched, let me to have 120 cm in between the flashes.
The photo is produced with a SMC Pentax M 50/1.7 @ f:22… just because the aperture stops there, and I ran out of cable to spot farther the flashes.

Some considerations

* Direct naked flash light is ugly, too sharp. Much better to use a diffuser or even a sort of &quotbank&quot or &quotlightbox&quot or whatever it is referred to as by marketroids.

* Flashes are too potent, and will require a lot more distance from the topic. This signifies to have a great deal of accessible space to location them in the appropriate spot, at least a couple of meters on each side of the subject, and increased supports (over 2 meters, if you don’t want to take your photo on the floor, that is uncomfortable for focusing).

* The lack of a modeling light makes extremely challenging to realize if every thing has the correct lights, shadows and reflections (and even focus).

* Two flashes frequently are not adequate to have the light all over the place is required.

* Since high density digital sensors hate the old good narrow apertures (f:45 or f:90 are as an alternative widespread, on significant format) it is much better to place a ND filter on the lens to preserve the aperture at a level excellent for the sensor.

* A monobloc strobe with a sturdy support, a very good modeling lamp and a great deal of tailored accessories can’t be replaced with a portable flash, even if this has a lot of sophisticated functions or energy.

Conclusions

For novices who want to shoot tiny objects continuous lights are much better, and do not require expensive accessories (remote triggers, umbrellas, lightbox, supports, and so forth.).
Anyway, employing suitable (lengthy) exposure times, it is possible to mix strobe light and continuous light, but this is quite difficult.

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Una delle domande che mi vengono poste più frequentemente durante i miei corsi online di fotografia è se è meglio usare un flash o una luce continua.
Di solito scatto le mie nature morte in luce continua, per avere un controllo visivo immediato su ombre, riflessi, ecc., quindi questa volta ho deciso di fare uno scatto &quota la strobiste&quot.
Per ottenere questa brutta luce sbilanciata con un mucchio di ombre affilate ho usato:
- sulla sinistra un Pentax AF 400 T a potenza 1/25 (il numero guida è 8, stando al manuale) a 70 cm
- sulla destra un Philips P32 GTC a potenza 1/4 (dovrebbe essere anche questo a numero guida eight) a 60 cm, con un diffusore in carta da cucina davanti.
Entrambi i flash, a torcia, erano montati su vecchi cavalletti economici, mezzo metro più in alto dei limoni.
Per farli scattare ho usato:
- un radiocomando cinese comprato su eBay
- un coso &quot1 Computer sync maschio – 2 Computer sync femmina + hot shoe&quot, comprato anche quello su eBay, attaccato all’uscita del ricevitore.
I cavi dei flash, totalmente stirati, mi hanno permesso di avere 120 cm tra i flash.
La foto è fatta con un SMC Pentax M 50/1.7 a f:22… solo perché la ghiera dei diaframmi si ferma lì, e non avevo abbastanza cavo per mettere i flash più lontani.

Alcune considerazioni

* La luce diretta e nuda del flash è brutta, troppo cruda. Meglio usare un diffusore o una specie di &quotbank&quot o &quotlightbox&quot o come accidenti li chiamano i marketroidi.

* I flash sono troppo potenti, e richiederebbero più distanza dal soggetto. Questo vuol dire avere un sacco di spazio disponibile per posizionarli nel posto giusto, almeno un paio di metri su ogni lato del soggetto, e supporti più alti (oltre due metri, se non volete fare le foto sul pavimento, che è scomodo per mettere a fuoco).

* La mancanza di una luce pilota rende estremamente duro capire se tutto ha le giuste luci, ombre e riflessi (ed anche fuoco).

* Due flash spesso non sono abbastanza per avere luce ovunque serva.

* Visto che i sensori digitali ad alta densità odiano i cari vecchi diaframmi molto chiusi (f:45 o f:90 sono invece comuni, nel grande formato) è meglio montare un filtro ND per tenere il diaframma ad un’apertura che vada bene al sensore.

* Un illuminatore monoblocco da studio con un supporto solido, una buona lampada pilota e un mucchio di accessori fatti apposta non può essere sostituito da un flash portatile, anche se quest’ultimo ha un mucchio di funzioni sofisticate o potenza.

Conclusioni

Per i principianti che vogliono fotografare piccoli oggetti la luce continua è meglio, e non richiede costosi accessori (comandi a distanza, ombrelli, lightbox, supporti, ecc.).
Comunque, usando tempi di posa appropriati (lunghi), è possibile mescolare la luce dei flash con la luce continua, ma questo richiede ulteriori astuzie.

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