The Munchkin's Notebook

On July 23 rd , I did a cosplay session with Washu Cosplay at the Field of Flowers in Purcellville, VA.  This session was mainly for me to test out my new camera, a Canon R6 and new 24-105mm RF lens.  This is a big change for me as I jumped to full frame from a crop sensor camera and changed to mirrorless with this camera, so some settings and functions are a bit different. For this session I used: Photography Equipment Canon R6 24-105 Lens Transmitter/Trigger 3 Speed lights 1 Strip box 1 light stand 1 tri mount for speedlights The set up As this was an on-location shoot there was not a lot of set up involved. I used a strip box with three speedlights mounted inside.   I have a tri-mount that allows me to attach multiple speedlights to a single light stand.   I went with three speed lights to ensure I had enough light to fill shadows, because I was going to be using a soft box and fighting the sun at the same tim...

On July 21 st , I did a session with Sonia at the Field of Flowers in Purcellville, VA. The Field of Flowers is a several individual rows of wild flowers and domestic flowers, that you can come and pick.   It is also a lovely place for a small outdoor photo session.   For this session I used: Photography Equipment Canon 80D 18-200mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 2 RT600 Speed lights 1 Strip box 1 light stand 1 tri mount for speedlights The set up As this was an on-location shoot there was not a lot of set up involved. I used a strip box with two speedlights mounted in side.   I have a tri-mount that allows me to attach multiple speedlights to a single light stand.   I went with two speed lights to ensure I had enough light to fill shadows, because I was going to be using a soft box and fighting the sun at the same time.   Usually, I just use direct hard light, with no modifier but in this case, I wanted a softer ...

On July 15 th , I did a session with Anastasia . This session was all about the rubber duck and the colors blue and yellow.   For this session I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Canon 80D 18-200mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 2 Phottix strobes 72-inch umbrella with sock 43-inch ocatbox 2 c-stands 1 Backdrop stands 1 black backdrop 4 blue plastic table cloths Sandbags   169 rubber ducks Boxes Blue wrapping paper Kiddie pool Ball-pit balls   The set up The baseline set up for this shoot was relatively simple, and inspired by the 80’s and 90’s adds using minimalistic geometric shapes.  I started with hanging the black backdrop to block light coming in through the windows. I then taped together the four tablecloths, which I hung over the black backdrop to make the actual background for the set. Next time I’m just going to buy and use seamless.  I then placed ...