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03/09/2003 10:34:02 PM · #1 |
| I want to get a certain effect using only lighting, with minimal PS adjustment involved. I want to get a picture of myself sitting in a chair, with the light behind me, but all you can see is my outline -- the light behind me being the most prominent part of the picture. I know that to start I at least need my light source behind me, but I'm not sure where to go from there. Any hints? |
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03/09/2003 11:53:20 PM · #2 |
I think there is not much more. Just make sure that the only light comes from behind. Switch off your flash (I guess you already knew that ;-)). Avoid light being reflected from white walls. When the lighting from behind is bright enough and you use a short exposure time and/or narrow aperture then the high contrast will make look yourself only a silhouette.
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03/09/2003 11:59:11 PM · #3 |
great question, gren. I was kind of curious myself, so I just did a little bit of experimenting here... My results were mixed. I cranked the shutter speed up on my camera to 1/160, lit from behind, and killed all my front light. The result was ok, but not stellar. If you have some Beam-B-Gone (available from fine photography stores everywhere), it helps. My walls are white so I got a fairamount of splash. Another tip -- stay away from walls. They light up quite nicely. :)
Here is one example and here is another. (don't mind the hair, it was a hat day today).
cheers
mark
Message edited by author 2003-03-10 00:01:16. |
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03/10/2003 02:58:32 AM · #4 |
Gren, I played around with lighting over the weekend and I too wanted to have the lighting at the back, yet effectively highlighting my model. I used a 500watt light at the back and the same directly on my models body. I used b&w with tungsten setting. Everything else was on auto. Here is the result.
Annie |
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03/10/2003 11:11:29 AM · #5 |
Thanks for the helpful replies. I'll try it again tonight when I have some time, and post my results.
Aussie: Your link takes me to the membership prompt page, there might be something wrong with it. |
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03/10/2003 11:29:04 AM · #6 |
The corrected link:
Annie
Annie, the link you gave is to the editor, where you can change the information about your photograph. I've added a link on the left side of that page to 'View Photo Page'. This link will take you to the publicly-viewable image page, where you can see your comments, etc.
Drew
Message edited by author 2003-03-10 11:29:19. |
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03/17/2003 07:39:27 PM · #7 |
//www.pbase.com/wasteofwebspace/portraits
I sort of got the effect i wanted with the first two images on this page. Thanks for the help. |
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