johnfantastic

James the CPFlash 550W System comes with a hot shoe trigger for your DSLR and mirrorless cameras. :)

I do not recommend the CPFlash 550W if you are using it to overpower a bright sunny day. It has similar power rating as a standard speedlight like the Canon 600 EX or the Nikon SB900 or equivalent from Sony, Godox and Yongnou which is not adequate for a bright hot sunny day. It can be used for fill in flash applications but under a bright sun, I recommend locating the CPFLash 550W about 1.5 meters away or less. But in shaded area or indoors the CPFLash is perfect for on location shooting because of its portability and power that is more than enough. Here is a photo taken under shade of a screened barn during a bright sunny day. :) The photo was intentionally under exposed by my estimate by more than 4 stops or else the background will all be wash out. To get details in the foreground specially the chickens, I placed a cpflash in front and set its power to just 2 % . Just to get the detail of the chickens. Here is the photo diagram of the picture. :)

Okay As promised I will discussed the shot above and how it was taken. So here is the shot. The concept that I want to convey in this Shot is about a girl discovering a horde or treasure from Grandma's Treasure Chest in the stock room. :) This shot was taken with all artificial lights. No natural light was utilized in this shot. Here is a shot without triggering the CPFlash, It was almost completely dark. And here is the photo diagram of the shoot. The exposure details are also included in the photo diagram. From the diagram you can see that I used 4 CPFlash 550W. The master CPFlash located at the left side of the photo was used to light the hair of the model. because a snoot drastically reduces the power output of any speedlight connected to it, I have to increase the power of the CPFlash to 50%. The snoot also makes the output limited to a very small portion, if i don't use the snoot, it will light up the whole image. The snoot makes selective lighting possible. Slave number 1 is placed inside the treasure chest and to emphasize the subject and light the face of the model. :) It is set at 10% power. anything from 5% to 15% would have been acceptable and depends on the photographer. Slave number 2 was positioned outside the window and add mood the photo. The use of a double blue filter reduced the output a little bit but it increased the mood and the color of the photo. It also conveys the message that it is night time. I have to increased the power of this light to 100% or full power. Slave number 3 was added to put front detail as there was almost no detail on the pile of junk on the right side which sends the message that this might be an old stockroom with a lot of household junk. It also give detail to the legs of the model as it was very dark it that area. It ws set at very little power of 2% just to give a minute amount of light on the photo. BTW If you have any questions on off camera flash photography, not necessarily with a smartphone, I will be very happy to answer it to the best of my ability. :)

Finally I found time to shoot after a 2 months hiatus. I will be updating this thread in the next few days. I will prepare the tutorial and explanation for the shots I took. here is a teaser. Would anybody dare to guess how many CPFlash 550W I used to achieve this shot? :)

Hello Steve, Try reducing the saturation of the image and lower your contrast. :)

Beautiful pictures, I always enjoy looking at pictures of the past, specially if they are with captions. Thank you for sharing JD :)

hmmmmmm very informative discussion although I can just read, I know very little about darkroom processes. :)

hello conrad, can you tell me the difference of a IIIc and a IIIC? I would like to know? :)

beautiful looking camera. :)

I haven't posted in a while. Anyway I am planning to purchase 2 cameras a month until my collection of 50 classic manual cameras are complete. :) So for February, here is what I purchased. A Nikon F3 in very good condition with a 50mm pancake lens. I bought it for 200$. Now since I have an F and an F3, It is imperative that I buy a an F2. :) Funny, but I cant seem to find very good Canon Cameras with lens with a good price, Well I have a lot time to buy 1. 2 years at least.