the open door

Canon EOS 5D + Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L
Canon ST-E2 + Canon 550EX + Canon 420EX
1/3200 of a second - f/9 - ISO 250

One of those portable mini refrigerators.  The 420EX is inside, and the 550EX is on the back, with a small softbox to spread the light around.

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the silent bird

Panasonic Lumix TZ3
Sony DSC-U40 used as a off camera flash
30 seconds - f/4.6 - ISO 100

I used an interesting technique on this one: the TZ3 has a “Starry night” mode, which permits exposures of up to 60 seconds.  I put it on a tripod on a darkened room, opened the shutter, and then shot the bird (excuse me the pun…) with the little Sony U40 as an external flash.

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twilight forest

Panasonic Lumix TZ3
sunlight
1/200 of a  second - f/4.8 - ISO 100

In Sintra, the sun already low in the sky, I turned down the exposure compensation on the TZ3 to capture the lit parts with detail, leaving everything else in shadow.

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half of me

Canon EOS 5D + Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L
Canon ST-E2 + Canon 550EX with a small softbox
1/4000 of a second - f/5.6 - ISO 200

The advantage of high-speed sync is that you can take pictures like this one (in this case, a self portrait) in a room with normal lights, and the camera settings allow for the flash  to be the only light registered in the shot.

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At first I didn’t get the objective of the assignment, but after a few chats with Nuno and some internet browsing, I think I got the picture (sorry for the pun, again… ). I’m trying to shoot in RAW and to have a better color workflow, let’s see if I stick with it in the future.