I've always been more of a natural light person, but I decided it was time to learn to light a portrait as well as just finding my light. I reviewed web sites (yes the strobist is great), bought a stack of books and looked through stacks of images. At this point I think I have too much info and too many options. Key light, fill light, background light, hair light, rim light, kickers, paramount lighting, split lighting, rembrandt lighting, loop lighting, and on... I understand the mechanics, but I'm not translating them to strong images.
Just a minute ago I was listening to a studiolighting.net podcast by Roman Salacki where he talks about the famous fashion and portrait photographers that shot with a basic 3-light setup. Now after reading all this other stuff I have no idea what he is talking about, but it sounds like a good place to start for using multiple lights.
Does anybody understand what a basic 3-light setup would be from a fashion/portrait perspective. (which I really hope is at least a little more interesting than the basic setup used by every walmart studio in the country)
Thanks again for any advice you can offer!
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