Fairtrade Fashion

[MisterMcCruff]

A shot I did today, last minute and a little rushed, for the Fairtrade fashion challenge press release:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4264061480_6be5c7b6f4.jpg

The concept is to take old knackered clothing and make something useful out of it.
Hat = old t-shirt
Bag = old jeans
Cardigan = battered and machine shrunken, ready for the bin, given a new lease of life with some cute new buttons and cuffs.

Model: Nicky Short
Designer: Clem Short (www.clemshortcouture.com)

Ideally, we'd have liked to have done this earlier in the day so we had some ambient light but timings didn't work out so we ended up doing the shoot at about 6pm on my deck just as the snow started to fall again.

30D + 17-40 F4L.

Exposure: 1/200th
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 19 mm
ISO: 500

Strobist:
430EXII + shoot-through brolly high camera left at 1/4 power as key light.
SB24 at 1/16 power, bare, camera right for rim.

C+C gratefully received.
Chris :)

[CTUphoto]

I like it. I also really dig that you posted the strobist data...helps me really conceptualize the set up. Thanks for sharing!

[Agnieszka]

Ohhhh! I like it & thanks for sharing your behind-the-scenes-info :clap :lust

[heatherfeather]

What a fun shot!

I do have a question though... did I read correctly that you are firing a nikon flash with your canon? I have read a lot lately about the superiority of Nikon flash system, but I am curious how you did it... and why...

[MisterMcCruff]

Thanks guys! :)
Heatherfeather, I do apologise! I usually mention that I fire the flashes with a phottix radio trigger set.

The receivers simply clip onto the flash hotshoes and the transmitter slots into the camera's.

Personally, because I light manually, there's nothing in it between Nikon and Canon flashes - they're just a tool to get light onto a subject. My 430EXII has a much higher guide-number (more powerful) than the SB24 so I tend to use that as a key light and the Nikon just for a bit of rim or occasionally hair or fill light.

I hope that helps a bit :)

Here's another one I edited this morning:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4265730732_a0b055f3c5.jpg

[The_Fat_Zebra]

I like the first shot you posted best, the second a bit less because one side of the model is quite dark, especially her face.

My noob thoughts :)

[FlyNavy]

I like the first shot best as well.