Following on from part one, these images are taken with the flash held at approximately 45 degrees to the horizontal, apart from the first three, which are the overhead series. Instead of the studio flash head, I used a semi-automatic electronic flash unit with the diffuser. It's a 39 year old Vivitar 283 unit which still works beautifully - they don't make 'em like that any more! It's smaller, therefore I was able to move around the subject easier in the tight space.
1. Overhead in front:
2. Vertically overhead:
3. Overhead behind:
4. At 4-30 o'clock:
5. At 3 o'clock:
6. At 1-30 o'clock:
7. At 12 o'clock:
8. At 10.30 o'clock:
9. At 9 o'clock:
10. At 7-30 o'clock:
11. At 6 o'clock (camera position):
It's all a matter of what you want to show. Overall detail in the frontal oblique shots, or dramatic "silhouettes" in the backlit shots. I wouldn't profess to say which is best, only that one should bear them in mind when deciding how a subject should be lit.
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