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Originally Posted by Don Hoey
Stephen,
Well now thats put me publicly on the spot I look forward to seeing how you get on !!! 
Don |
I took a break, thought out the situation, read Don's information on the header of this thread again and digested advice above.
I started at 10am first taking a shot in daylight, which was good but I wanted to use flash adding shine and darkening the background freize paper. Next I took the remote SB-600 and positioned for maximum shine, this was perpendicular to the gongs face then adding a reflector to keep the light up toward the face creating the shine apparent from the camera position. I then sought shine on the supporting arm to the right which came from diffused light from a remote SB-800 using SC-28 remote cord - Time now 10:30. I spend the next hour and half devising ways to keep the shine WITHOUT creating a shadow, all angles, positions and flash output strengths were tried but nothing would allow both shine and lack of shadow. I decided that this was not possible until I saw MKI black mat and pinned it to mask light away as not to create shadow however maintaining light through a AP diffuser. I finally finished just after 12pm.
Things learned from this experience:-
- Plan the shot deciding exactly the motivation
- Start with daylight adding flash units individually
- Persevere, a sweeter reward awaits after more time and effort
Sorry for the un-level behind the scenes.
