Strobies Tutorials By Interfit

Strobies it's what your hotshoe flash has been waiting for.

USING THE STROBIES BEAUTY DISH lets see what Strobies can do for you. Here we are using a combination of the Beauty dish and a Snoot placed on the background. The model is best placed about 1 to1.5 mtrs (3 to 4 feet) from the beauty dish or camera position this is considered to be the optimal range for the Strobies Beauty Dish (STR102). PLEASE NOTE THE OPTIMAL DISTANCE FOR THE BEAUTY DISH IS 3 TO 5 FEET FROM THE MODEL

Settings used Manual mode 1/250 th Sec, f2.8 24-70 mm lens -0.3 compensation set in camera. Flash on camera + 1.7 compensation flash set to Master so we can control the output of the second flash with the snoot attached. Snoot Flash +2 compensation on background, diagonal top left to bottom right flash set to remote. This is attached to a STR117 and a COR750 light stand
Products used for this image. Strobies Beauty Dish STR102, Strobies Snoot STR106 INTERFIT INT703 Modena Grad background STR117 Strobies Umbrella adaptor and a COR750 Light stand.

Below is the Beauty dish only on a Monza grey background INT705

Here this is the same settings as above with only the Beauty Dish on camera and a grey background INT705 (Monza).
USING THE STROBIES GLOBE Here we are using a combination of the Globe and a honeycomb aimed at the left hand side of the head to create a 3D image, the light falling on the background is from the Globe which is "ON CAMERA" but bouncing of walls and ceiling in the studio.

Settings used Manual mode 1/250 th Sec, f2.8 24-70 mm lens -0.7 compensation in camera Flash on camera + 0.7 compensation flash set to Master Honeycomb grid Flash -2 compensation on hair This is attached to and STR117 and a COR750 light stand Strobies lighting Tip It is important to note that the Flashgun and globe are pointing away from the model as per the image shown on the right. Here around 20% of the light is directly illuminating the model. 80% is bouncing of the wall 10 feet behind the photographer and also the ceiling creating a wrap around light. Both the wall and the ceiling are acting like a large softbox. Caution do not use walls with heavy colour's such as red etc, try to use plain white or cream walls as in this case otherwise you will get a colorcast to your images.
The Honeycomb is lighting the side of the models hair from the background position, it is best to use a lens hood on you lens to stop flair otherwise adjust the positioning of the flashgun to the left or further back to stop this happening. It should be noted the the globe is facing backwards over the top of the photographer with +0.7 EV adjustment dialed in on the flashgun
Products used for this image Strobies Globe STR103, Strobies 20 Deg Honeycomb STR107 INTERFIT INT703 Modena Grad background STR117 Strobies Umbrella adaptor and a COR750 Light stand.

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