Halloween was last week and I dressed up as
Instagram; a free photo-sharing program and social network. A couple years ago I dressed up as
Facebook. That costume was a great hit because it was interactive, I had bought a large poster board, printed out the Facebook logo as well as a profile picture, and I walked around with a marker so people could write on my "wall". So this year I want to think of a custom that was also interactive. Then while reading some of the photography blogs I check every week I found
a posting on
PetaPixel of someone who had made a Instagram custom that worked. Their custom was very bulky and complicated so I started to think how I could make my own custom on a smaller scale and this what I came up with:
I recently had used my
Orbis ring flash which made me think this would be a great light for this costume, as well as easy to incorporate. So I cut a hole into a large poster board and taped it on to the Orbis and speedlite so I could wear it with the neck strap that the Orbis and camera have. Then I attached the
Canon Speedlite 580ex ii with a
off-camera TTL cord to a
Canon Rebel T2i. The settings were iso 100, f3.5, shutter speed 1/60, and the flash was set to 3+ on TTL.
These are some of the images that I came out with. They aren't the best but I they're are a good start. I was very impressed by the great quality of light the Orbis ring flash give in a event setting and how even it was on the subject. I think for my next event shoot I will attempt to shoot it with the Orbis even thought it's a bit bulky compared to a on camera flash. A few of these images remind me of
Kareem Black's "Feels Good Lets Go" work. To see more from that night go to my
Facebook page.
