Our 10th assignment for our lighting class was to photograph a building at dusk with multiple flashes, taking care to show the texture and dimensions of the building. Once we’ve gone through critique night, we have the opportunity to re-shoot the assignment, if we wish.
My original shot. Really, I only was able to get off two flashes before the timer on the camera clicked off. Further, it was freezing when we were out shooting and I thought I’d done okay. The sun had been down for at least a half hour, but the clear sky stayed brighter than I would have liked. Exposure time: 20 seconds.
My instructor said he would have liked to see more detail on the right and in the area to far left, so I went out last night to re-shoot. Here is the result. The sky was overcast, I was dealing with a street lamp to camera left and I used a longer exposure time (about 45 seconds). In this shot I got six flashes off.
Hope he likes this one better.
Carissa Snedeker Photography 
The second is much better than the first. Its seems to focus more towards the illumining light rather than the distractions (like the power lines and the blue sky). Great shot by the way.
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Thanks. Yep, that’s why I re-shot the assignment. I like that I got the details of the side of the building and the eaves, as well as defining the area to the far left.
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When you say got six flashes off, do you mean you walked around and triggered the flash by hand? Or all from the same spot?
Also, I would be curious as to the camera settings. A 45sec exposure for me would light up the whole sky. With the moon out, it would make it look like daytime (did a post about that).
Just wondering. And yes, a much better shot.
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ISO 100. F/22. It was pretty dark with clouds in the sky. Shot was done after 8pm. Yes, walked (ran, actually). One shot on right to get wood, one shot inside to left of that spot, another shot from behind a pillar, moved to left to light far left section (again behind a pillar), two shots from front of building to illuminate lettering.
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I double-checked the metadata for this shot. It was 40 seconds at f/22.
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Second shot is a much better shot. Good job. Like disperser, I’d like to know your process with the flash. Thanks.
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