I was going to upload some snaps I took today but realised I hadn't taken any strobists shots in a while. I actually set up this snap in the hope of taking a photo of a passer-by. Just my luck, not one single person walks past in 20 minutes. I guess that's Hobart on a Monday night at 11:30pm. Probably a good thing considering if I was counting on a passer-by, there'd be a 50% chance of a someone very much lower class, or in laments terms, a bogan, smashing my shit up. I know the chance of that happening is very slim, but I still don't like taking my chances with the unpredictable lower class.
I suppose one in every 10 photos being a self portrait isn't so bad. One of my Vivitars was playing up too and not recycling properly. Time to clean the battery terminals I think. I don't complain too much when my flashes play up as I picked one of the Vivitars up on ebay for $7 when they usually retail for around $180. Apparently it was faulty but once I took it apart it was only a loose solder contact. Really not too difficult to fix. One day I'll have SB-900s. One day.
Nikon D200
50mm f1.8 at f2
ISO 400 at 1/80
Vivitar 285HV to camera left at 1/16th and 20' away.
Vivitar 285HV behind me to the right at 1/4 for rim light.
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