Subject with Black Background

[qING]

I have a D40 and a SB-600. And I was thinking how I can shoot a photo like this.

http://nikonclspracticalguide.blogsp...-metering.html
http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/2009/...d-joe-came-by/

See the first pic of each link.

I was experimenting with some still objects but I cannot get it right. Bounce flash does not seem to be add light to the background.

Is it possible to shoot this with the equipment that I have? Suppose that some people are in the a bright room, how can I shoot to achieve that effect? Do I need 2 flashes?

[catchlights]

what you want from this picture?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BBFS6HCR0l.../DSC_8885a.jpg

Didn't you read the author comment about the photos?

Quote: ......................Now, if you are in bright ambient light (like outdoor in daylight), it is simply too bright to be able to take the ambient out of the equation by stopping down the camera, so now you have to balance the flash and the ambient. If the flash contribution to the shot will be less than the ambient contribution, then it is called Fill Flash. When there is a lot of ambient, the background and subject are no longer able to be adjusted independently, and camera manual mode becomes difficult to use. This is when you want to switch the flash to TTL-BL and the camera to one of the automatic modes (S, A, or P). The camera will then measure the ambient light to set its aperture and shutter and send this information to the flash, after which the flash metering system will set the power of the flash to make the subject the same brightness as the background................................

the pix from second link you quote are using off camera flash
http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/wp-content/themes/mcnally09/images/showcase/image2.jpg
obviously the light on background is also came from the flash.


when you shooting people at indoor place with using flash, try to lower your shutter speed, raise your ISO to expose for the background too.