Strobist (or, things you can do with a speed light)

This post is with photos I didn't take today or with two flash units (I just needed to get a post up.) My wife had just bought me the first one last year, a Nikon SB-600, and I was having a lot of fun using it off camera.

This is a photo of my Army buddy, Dawn. I set the flash in her lap and shot her from the front of her desk. It's kinda crude, but I really like the effect of the light and shadows.




In this one I was sitting at Dawn's desk with the flash sitting at the far edge away from me and pointing up with the Sergeant Major standing close to it. I asked him to show me his "War Face" and this is what I got.




Here is one with the flash sitting to Dawn's right and aimed at her.




I really like the effect of using a strobe to direct the light at angles to get light and shadows giving texture to my subject. Something I really have to do is start a notebook and record setting and positions of where I put the subject and where I put the light so I can more consistently make these kinds of photo's. I need to get time and a place to start playing more with my second flash too.