Me and Genesis

I'm just preparing to do a review of Elemental's new studio lighting - the Genesis Mk II. What I usually do with any review product is first get familiar with it and start the foundations of the review. I set styles for the sections in admin...add a few comments about handling, fill the features section out and key in the spec.

I'm working from home. I'm in a small room. There are book cases, CD racks and junk. I have a desk against one wall and behind my chair is a gap of about three feet (at the most) and then a radiator on the opposite wall.

I've attached the 90cm softbox to the Genesis and it's starting to get a bit crowded. But I'm liking the look of the kit and when I add the grid I'm starting to wonder what the light will be like. I don't know about you, but I do get very excited about kit...and I love lighting. So I shouldn't be doing this yet, but I switch the light on and push the light around to the side of me. And bring the tripod out. It's all a squeeze, but the tripod is up against the radiator, the light's filled the space to my left and I can't move. Well my arms can. Just enough to trigger the camera that's set on a two second delay.

I set the scene, because it just goes to show you don't have to have huge studios to take good portraits...and also the light on that Genesis is pretty damn good!

The photo is one of about 15 I've shot. I like the eye direction and space on this one. I've done nothing - it's the exact item that came out of the camera unsharpened, unedited, uneverything...I should have shaved, but I wasn't expecting to take pictures!

The review is already feeling very positive! I've lined up a family shoot for next week, so we'll see how it copes on location, in a bigger space.

Title:	Me and Genesis
Username:	Pete
Uploaded:	28 Oct 2010 - 4:58 PM
Camera:	Pentax K20D
Lens:	Pentax 16-45mm
Tags:	Elemental, Flash / lighting, Genesis, Peter bargh, Portraits / people, Self portrait
Votes:	31