Behind the scenes of the Yashica Mat 124
I did this today as the weather forecast suggests going indoors for a few days. It was promted by the Down memory lane thread, and I know Duncan still uses his Rollie TLR.
You have to excuse the set up photo as this had to rely on the pop up flash of my wifes D100. Light outside was non existant.
The lack of outside light meant this had to be an all flash shot. So for the first time in this thread I am using 2 flashguns to provide all the light. As this would have required an assistant I used the studio unit to over come the problem.
The more flash units you use the harder it is to balance the light between them. Despite its phsical size the studio unit provided the secondary light. This was as much to prove that the shot could be done with 2 portable guns as anything else. The ' Test Shot ' was taken to assess the impact of the 2 flashguns. This shows clearly that the smaller unit is the ' key ' light.
I have commented on the ' Test Shot '.
As the flash units were fairly close to the subject a movement of a few inches either way would have an impact on exposure. I find it easier than altering the output power on individual flash units.
I had to do a few exposures to get the best reflection on the lens. As you can see with no daylight and the Lastolite in use I had to settle for a relection from the softbox. The one thing that lets this image down is the reflection shows the Multibliz unit inside. As it was getting dark and I needed to take a pic of the set up I left it at that. Later I will redo the shot to exclude it.
Attached pictures are of the setup. The side reflector is not shown in position in order not to block the view. The test shot and comments, and the end result.
Don
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