Instagram Halloween costume

    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.