Graduation Announcement Setup - a photo on Flickriver

My wife is graduating from the University of Kansas this May and we decided to do something fun for graduation announcements. We wanted pictures in front of the Campinile Bell tower since it's a big landmark on campus and the graduates walk under it on Commencement day. Other locations we tried were crazy windy but this one turned out pretty good.

I used a B+W Circular Polarizer to get the super blue sky and drop the exposure a bit. I had the ISO set to 250 instead of 100 because I forgot to knock it back down after my last shoot.

Strobist info:
Main light: White Lightning Ultra 1200 into Large (32x40") Foldable Softbox, 1/2 power, just to the right of subject about 3ft.
Fill light: Alien Bees B400 with standard reflector at full power, camera left about 10-12ft.
Both triggered with PocketWizard Transceiver Plus II with FlashZebra sync cords. All powered by the amazing Vagabond II battery pack.

ISO 250, 1/250, f/14
Final Product

Taken in: United States / Kansas / Lawrence (show map)

Taken on: April 3, 2009

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Adam Buhler

Karen Buhler

University of Kansas

Jayhawks

Lawrence

Kansas

jump

cap

gown

Canon

Canon EOS 30D

30D

White Lightning

Alien Bees

Strobist

Vagabond

softbox

PocketWizard

diploma

Ultra 1200

B400

Circular Polarizer

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Camera: Canon EOS 30D, f/14.0, 1/250 sec, 17mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 30D
Lens:	EF17-40mm f/4L USM
Aperture:	f/14.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	17mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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