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11/23/2007 10:06:27 AM · #1 |
So we all know Jill Greenberg. We talked about her before but what I want to discuss now is her lighting. In a recent article in Rangefinder(I think) she talked about photos with crying kids and she said that her lighting setup is secret.
So how about we take a crack at it and try to figure out how her lights were setup in those photographs of those crying kids.
Website: //www.manipulator.com/
Gallery: End Times
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11/23/2007 10:34:01 AM · #2 |
WOWOWOWOW... Now that's some work. I LOVE the whole thing, and I really am jealous envy... whatever... awesome awesome...
You got to see this one.
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11/23/2007 10:34:35 AM · #3 |
The Crying Game
coolhunting
GMA
She likes that Ring Light, for sure. I was looking at a poster of hers (probably Cristine Applegate) and it appeared that she cloned in the hole from the catch light left by the ring.
From some footage I saw of her shooting it simply looks like she side lit and used the ring. Her PP skills really bring things out. She definitely doesn't adhere the Basic Editing rules. |
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11/23/2007 10:47:46 AM · #4 |
It reminds me of some of the post-processing I've seen in  susi's portfolio;
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11/23/2007 10:48:04 AM · #5 |
Ohhh, she's awesome, I've been following her for months... absolutely love the children photos she did.
I have no idea about her lighting... but would love to know ;) |
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11/23/2007 10:53:24 AM · #6 |
Her lighting system consists of this:
Two big brollies,
ringlight,
twin back/rimlights,
an overhead beauty dish and a background light
That's a lot of lights. And probably some baby oil too. It's like butterfly lighting taken to the extreme. |
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11/23/2007 10:56:34 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Tez:
Her lighting system consists of this:
Two big brollies,
ringlight,
twin back/rimlights,
an overhead beauty dish and a background light
That's a lot of lights. And probably some baby oil too. It's like butterfly lighting taken to the extreme. |
You sure those are brollies and not silver umbrellas? What do you think the light ratio is, approximatelly? |
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11/24/2007 07:56:12 AM · #8 |
A brolly is an umbrella...
As for lighting ratios: I've no idea. Trial and error could tell you the answer.
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11/24/2007 08:21:04 AM · #9 |
| whatever it is I'm sure she paid a lot of money for it all. |
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11/24/2007 09:21:33 AM · #10 |
| I think her camera is one of the best brands Hasselblad, and cost around 30 G. |
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11/24/2007 10:43:46 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
I think her camera is one of the best brands Hasselblad, and cost around 30 G. |
She could produce the same shots with a $300 D-Rebel...
Message edited by author 2007-11-24 10:44:02. |
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11/24/2007 11:30:43 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
Originally posted by FocusPoint:
I think her camera is one of the best brands Hasselblad, and cost around 30 G. |
She could produce the same shots with a $300 D-Rebel... |
She couldn't get beautiful large-format prints out of the shots though. |
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11/24/2007 11:57:25 AM · #13 |
| My word that lawyer in the 'crying game' discussion was insufferable... |
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11/24/2007 01:02:00 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Tez:
A brolly is an umbrella...
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well almost
//www.white-lightning.com/images/brollybox2.jpg
//www.white-lightning.com/images/twbsquare.jpg
Are they really the same as far as light they produce? What are the differences? |
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11/24/2007 01:05:49 PM · #15 |
her photo's and especially the conceptual ones are great, but after looking at about 7 or 8 the gimmick she does becomes annoying :-) all the photo's are so shiny!
still...I wish I was in her shoes though ;-) |
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11/24/2007 01:08:37 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Nikolai1024:
Are they really the same as far as light they produce? What are the differences? |
Tez is British. In British slang, a "brolly" is an umbrella. Perhaps he was using the slang to describe a regular umbrella? |
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11/24/2007 01:22:14 PM · #17 |
A brollybox isn't an umbrella. In case you're unaware, a 'brolly' is an english slang term for an umbrella... don't ask me why. Thanks to Louis for pointing that out too :).
A brolly box is supposed to offer the best of both an umbrella and a softbox by combining the two together, although you can get pretty much the same results by shooting through a soft white umbrella, and save yourself a lot of cash, i can only assume the box offers less spill of light outside the brolly because there's nowhere it can diffuse to, but then again, I can just get a snoot on a flash into a shoot through and ba da bing... but hey, if i had the spare cash it might be good fun.
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