Photo of the Day Jan 31/364 "At the Dock"

Photo of the Day Jan 31/364 "At the Dock"
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Just arrived from Manila and this is the view from my flat.

Photo of the Day Jan 30/364 "Joanne"

Photo of the Day Jan 30/364 "Joanne"
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Just had time to upload this today cos i had no access to internet.


Strobist info:
580 EX II off cam hand held raised to the right 45 deg to the model ETTL triggered by 580 EX II on cam.

I asked Joanne to face the window. I wanted the window to be blown out and I got the image that I want.

Photo of the Day Jan 29/364 "Hmm Where should I put this light"

Photo of the Day Jan 29/364 "Hmm Where should I put this light"
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

580 EX II cam left set a lighting as main and 580 EX II held as set b ratio 8:1 FEC -1. Triggered by 580 EX II on cam.

Photo of the Day Jan 28/364 "PHOTO WALK"

Photo of the Day Jan 28/364 "PHOTO WALK"
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

580 ex ii cam left with speedlight pro kit soft box and 580 ex ii bare back right of model. 8:1 ratio ettl triggered by 580 ex ii on cam

Photo of the Day Jan 25/364"SPOTLIGHT"

Photo of the Day Jan 25/364"SPOTLIGHT"
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Two 580 ex ii behind me set b with cto gel and 580 ex ii facing a bond paper at fec +1 set a and one 580 ex ii zoomed at 105mm -1 2/3 facing the front of the laptop. All flashes triggered with st-e2 ratio 1:1

Photo of the Day Jan 24/364 "Eunice Chiu on Impact Lighting"

Photo of the Day Jan 24/364 "Eunice Chiu on Impact Lighting"
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Canon 580 EX II cam right with umbrella and 580 EX II behind model left with blue gel ratio 1:1 triggered with Pocketwizard Flex and MINI with ST-E2 as commander.


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Photo of the day Jan 23/364 "When all Is Black and White"

Photo of the day Jan 23/364 "When all Is Black and White"
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Elinchrom Queadra on small soft box as rim light at 2.0 power f9 @ 200 Iso 100

Photo of the Day Jan 22/364 Why am I stuck here??

Photo of the Day Jan 22/364 Why am I stuck here??
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

High key using two lights.

Lighting info: Still using Canon 580 EX II on cam right as main light Grp A 1/8 with shoot through umbrella and Grp B as background at 1/1 power. I used another 580 EX II on camera as a commander.

Photo of the Day Jan 21/364 Where are my strobist gear??

Photo of the Day Jan 21/364 Where are my strobist gear??
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Strobist info:

3 Canon 580 EX II Grp A inside the bag with speedlight pro kit grid spot at 1/32 power, Grp B as rim light cam right with blue gel at 1/2 power and Grp C at 1/64th power at the back as rim light. 580 EX II as master flash on cam.

Photo of the day jan 20/364 Waiting for the strobes to fire.

Photo of the day jan 20/364 Waiting for the strobes to fire.
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Another series of my self portrait practicing with Canon lighting system.

Lighting info:
3 Canon 580 EX II Set A as main light 1/1 power snooted at my front 45 deg angle, B at the back with full CTB at 1/4 power and C at my right zoomed to 108mm at1/64. All flash triggered with 580 EX II on cam manually controlling the power of each strobe.

Photo of the Day Jan 19/364 Using Canon ST-E2

Photo of the Day Jan 19/364
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Another series of my self portrait using Canon lighitng system.

I used Canon ST-E2 as trigger in ratio mode. Canon 580 EX II with softbox cam left at 45 deg to subject and two 580 EX II slightly back of the subject (left and right) bare snooted ratio is 8:1

Lately I have been trying to use tha canon lighting system indoors. I have 3 580 EX II and Canon ST-E2 that i haven't try to explore so you'll probably see more of my self portrait using this system.

Photo of the Day Jan 18/364 "yes baby i'll sleep early after i finish this photo"

Photo of the Day Jan 18/364"yes baby iI'll sleep early after i finish this photo"
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag
Strobist info:

canon 580 EX II left and right of me snooted set as GROUP B and canon 580 EX II on camera as master amd set as Group A contributing flash with Ring flash adaptor FEC +1 1/3.

Photo of the Day 17/364

Project 364 17/364 Natural light
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Lejannie shot on Natural Light. I like the candid nature of this shot and with the man on the background.

I Am Back with a warm Thank You Letter.

I have been out for a week and I have not been doing my photo a day.  Hopefully I could start again.
Anyway I just received an email from a friend that I had previously taken a family shoot.   This inspires me do wake up and start shooting again.  Here is the letter...

"Hello!
I just wanted to share with you both --- when I showed our Christmas photos to our family members, they simply loved it! Ang ganda-ganda daw. Plus Joanne, my Mom loved my make-up, thank you thank you once again sa inyong dalawa. :)
Hope you both have a fantastic time back home. Let's schedule a dinner when you're back, let's do it on a Friday para hindi tayo rush and we can relax and enjoy our food.
Take care!
Regards,
Dina"

Day 8/364 Good Morning World!

Day 8/364 Good Morning World!
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Woke up early today and saw this beautiful scene at my balcony. I just had to make this one my number 8.

Photo of the Day 7/364

Photo of the Day 7/364
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

a little bit uninspired today. I had something in mind but backed out while setting up. our water dispenser caught my attention......

hopefully tomorrow...

Photo of the Day 6/364 The Pleasure of Photography

Photo of the Day 6/364 The Pleasure of Photography
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag
I had a hard time choosing for a sharp photo today but I hope you'll like this.

For lighting set up check this lighting set up.Publish Post

Photo of the Day Jan 5/364.. While you’re heading home I’m still begging. A reminder of how fortunate we are

While you are heading home I'm still begging. This is a sad reality that some of us are still on the streets begging while we are hurying back to the warmth of our home. This is a mobile snapshot taken in Hong Kong but a reality everywhere.



Hope this post reminds us how fortnate we are no matter how hard life is always. There are others who are burdened more with problems than we are.

Have a nice day!

Photo of the day Jan 4/364 My twin doing his best being a bugger!!

Photo of the day Jan 4/364 My twin doing his best being a bugger!!
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag

Today it's not about lighting but blending.

Shoot With Doyel Dowson

Photo of the Day 3/364 Doyel a A Mix of Both Worlds

I met Doyel through Nikki on our last shoot. I took a couple of shots with her and noticed the light really falls nicely on her skin. Probably because of her skin tone. I asked her if we could schedule an hour of shoot for her portrait on Pakistan costume and she gladly agreed.


For the lighting i used 4 580 EX II 3 as slaves and one as master using Pocketwizards 3 Flex tt5 as receiver and Mini TT1 as commander (mounted in it the 4th 580 EX II) on mounted to Canon 5D Mark II's hotshoe. Please see diagram below.


On post processing I used a bit of Librodo's editing and on lighting the Strobist way hence the title A Mix of Both Worlds.




Here is Nikki and Doyel after the shoot.

Canon Speedlight Video Tutorials

If you are a Canon user like myself I have discovered a link with speedlight video tutorials courtesy of canon digital learning center.  Check the part 1 here and part 2 here.  The video shows how to control external speedlights through the camera.

Photo of the Day 2/364- Farewell Winter Friends!

Photo of the Day 2/364- Farewell Winter Friends!
Originally uploaded by Jun Madayag
This is my second day for posting photo of the day. Today's photo are our winter friends which are about to leave for a long sleep.

It was still chilly outside and its hard to ask a model to pose so decided to do it inside the house with these cooperative models.


I have used three 580 EX II 1 set to 1/4 power group A and the other at 1/64 power group B. Both of these flashes were receiving command via Pocektwizard Flex TT5 from a Mini TT1 with a 580 EX II set in a command mode on my Canon 5D Mark II. All settings were controlled on 580 EX II with Mini TT1 on Cam.

Camera Settings:

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Fired

For lighting setup

Welcome 2010!!

I have compiled some shots taken during the fireworks and welcoming of 2010 at Two IFC Hong Kong. Hope you guys enjoy this.