<span style="font-size: medium;"]Thanks for the complements and suggestions. I have always been a strobist. I feel I have improved quite a bit this year because of the discussions on this forum(thanks all). I set this up in my living room. Pretty tight quarters to work with.
The fill light is a Sunpak 120J reflecting in a 41&rdquo; Translucent Umbrella on a light stand behind me up high. About 12&rsquo; from the subjects. The other 120J in a softbox [url="http://www.photoflex.com/Photoflex_Products/LiteDome_xs/index.html]Photoflex LiteDome X-Small 12x16x9[/url] camera right as close to subject as possible one to two head heights above them. The vivitar 285 with a [url="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/62832-REG/Westcott_2200_Micro_Apollo_Softbox_.html]Westcott Micro Apollo Softbox - 5x8" (13x20cm)[/url] mounted over the subject with a [url="http://www.photoflex.com/Photoflex_Products/LiteDisc_Holder/index.html]Photoflex LiteDisc Holder[/url] as a boom.
The 120Js set to half power. At half power they recycle fast and are about the same power as the Vivitar 285 at full power. I had 1-1/3 stop difference between the key and fill. Vivitar set to &frac14; power.


<span style="font-size: medium;"]I have had the backdrop for over 20 years. That&rsquo;s how long I have been a strobist. I went to a fabric store and found a black material that I liked. I had the lady sew two together to get the width I needed. It is hung about 3 feet behind the subject. Being black you cannot see the seam. In the third photo I did blur the foreground a little so you could not see the fuzzies. She was on the floor. I lowered the backdrop so she is on it.



<span style="font-size: medium;"]This is the first time I did this totally wireless using a [url="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/374387-REG/MicroSync_VMTRH_Digital_4_Channel_Radio.html]MicroSync[/url] radio slave. Shure is nice not having a wire connected to my camera.


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I cropped close because I am planning on putting these in a small announcement book. The type where each page is a photo so there is no frame. I do struggle sometimes with not leaving enough room for cropping to an 8x10 so I installed an 8x10 crop screen in my camera. It gives me guide lines so I do not cut anyones head off. Canon sells these for the 5D but when I was using an XTi I had Brightscreen install for me. If anyone is interested in these you can have them installed by Brightscreen or check out ProCrop.


Mark