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The simulated window lighting could hardly be simpler. One Novatron head in a gold umbrella, to the right and above my right shoulder. I make it high enough to get a smidgeon of spill light on top of the hair. This was the first serious outing for my newly machined Hemmings lens<\/a>, but be careful. Get too close and you might cut yourself.<\/p>\n Nikon D3x, 85mm f\/1.8 pre-Ai Nikkor-H at f\/5.6, one Novatron head. You can have the current plastic fantastic D or G AF versions for two or three times as much, but you will never know what an optical and mechanical masterpiece is like to hold and use if you go that route. I continue to use the remote strobe radio trigger<\/a> I cobbled together for a couple of hamburgers some 6 years ago and it has yet to disappoint. Beats on-camera cables any day. I also use a small white balance card<\/a> in a test snap to properly render skin tone.<\/p>\n Yeah, yeah, tell me all you like about modern optics:<\/p>\n More details on this landmark optic appear here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Hemmings lens at work. For his annual portrait this year, Winnie insisted on doing the bug-eyed staring thing, though the bright strobe makes things a bit tricky. I sent the lad outside into the bright sun to get acclimated! Winnie is 11! The simulated window lighting could hardly be simpler. One Novatron head in … Continue reading Winston is eleven<\/span> ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Winnie_11_eye.jpg\")
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