For this shot we moved the tripod and zoomed in a bit. We reduced the key and fill speedlights all by half power from our previous settings, allowing our homemade shop vac snoot speedlight to dominate

This week we have taken it a step further. Same Canon 1-Ds Mark III and same 24-105mm lens, but we revamped the lighting. We had a total of 4 Canon Speedlights 580EX II. One on the camera set to master mode (not firing). The key was set to +0 power with a sepia colored Rosco gel, mounted on a regular light stand shot through 36"x18" grid of glass block (plastic block works just as well and is half the price). The fill light was set -2 power, our top light, shot into the side wall of the FourSquare. We used 2 diffusion screens to cut as well as soften the light. We use a black card clamped to a C-stand to feather the fill light, creating a graduation of light. The spot highlight comes from our last speedlight set to -1 power with an improvised snoot made from a shop vac attachment. A Rosco sepia gel covering half the "snoot" right down the middle. We wanted a touch of light spilling out from both sides of the gel.

New Images using the FourSquare

This was a down and dirty simple shot with a Canon 1-Ds Mark III with a 24mm-105mm. One 580EXII in the FourSquare box with the one layer of diffusion on the front. Also bounced another 580EXII into a white card about five feet above the set for fill.

Dave Black is at it again

These are from another one of Dave Black's great seminars. This one was shot in Long Island, NY. The FourSquare is good in the evening and on into the night.

They are coming !!!

We didn't forget!!! The 1/4 20s are here and we are getting them ready to go out!!!

Potato Masher

Camera: Nikon D3X, ISO 100, 1/125, f11, 4550 k, Manual Mode, 24-70mm 2.8.

Key Light: One Sunpak auto511 set to full power inside the FourSquare softbox.

Background Light: One Lumedyne head with a standard reflector set to wide at 100 w/s.

I have been testing a variety of old school flashes to ensure their compatibility with the FourSqaure. The FourSquare is a truly a versatile tool that can be used with just about any hot shoe flash.