Lights for 66

PYeung is moving out of her home of 10+ years. Exciting times!

They put a lot of time and effort to make it into a beautiful home. I took some time to document some of her designs for her portfolio. This display cabinet was home to her Coca Cola collection.

I used 3 SB-800's and an SB-900 off camera to trigger in two groups via Nikon's CLS and on camera flash. The shoot was done with a Tokina 12-24mm which has been replaced by the second version with a built-in motor.

Group A was the SB-900 on a shoot-through umbrella to light the main area and a SB-800 with a diffuser dome in the kitchen below. If I didn't have a light in the kitchen, it would just be a dark room.

Group B are two SB-800's behind the glass cabinets. These just gave the cabinets a bit of a pop. I'm not entirely certain the shadows cast on the wall opposite works out but I left it anyways. I had to play with the angle a bit so that the flashes are just out of view to prevent any flares.

I was at a high enough shutter speed where virtually only the flashes are contributing to the exposure and the lights are only turned on so that it gives a glow to say they've turned on. Shot at ƒ/8, which is about the sharpest setting on this lens. After some colour/brightness/contrast adjustments and etc, here is the end product.