Time for some bubbles!
I finally had time over the weekend to take some pictures, including a number with my new 180L. A review and comparison with the MP-E 65 is coming, but for now I thought you would enjoy some shots I took with the kids playing with a new bubble machine. I decided to practice using multiple lights with this attempt. I used a 580EX and a 580EX II triggered with Pocketwizards for the shoot. On flash had a small softbox attached to it while the other used the white card. In general I was happy with the lighting, but more tricky was getting the focus right. Only a number of shots in did I realize it would be a better idea to only use the center focusing point - as otherwise I was getting only bubbles in focus!
I’m still getting used to using the lights outside. While I have found that using lights in shade works decently well, when it is very sunny I still find that parts are overexposed. I suspect that the answer here is to hold an umbrella or other large diffuser over the kids but that is quite difficult to do when they are constantly moving!
Nelya is starting to get more into photography as well. She loves taking pictures of the kids so perhaps in the future we can trade places holding the umbrella. Of course, that becomes another point of interest for them so it’s likely that will have a negative effect as they’ll both want to play with the umbrella.
Here’s one of Nelya’s shots.
Finally, here’s some more bubble shots as promised.
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Tags: bubbles, Kids, light, photography, pocketwizards
This is bubble perfect!