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03/04/2008 11:14:46 AM · #1 |
I didn't pay any particular attention to balancing the light. I just wanted strong light from two sides. One flash was directly to the right, and the other was directly to the left but slightly elevated and to the front. Both flashes were bouncing off umbrellas. A white reflector was laying flat on the table.
Thoughts?
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03/04/2008 11:30:03 AM · #2 |
Hi Strikeslip,
I might have brought the flashes a little bit towards the camera. As it is, the directly opposed flashes level with the subject give quite deep shadowing around the edges of the cheeks and the forehead, and leads to the centre of the face being a bit darker that the sides. For me that pulls the eye away from the most important part of the face.
Could you elaborate a bit on the effect you were trying to achieve? Was it the classic portrait shot or did you want some slightly more funky lighting setup?
Miles
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03/04/2008 11:43:11 AM · #3 |
Thanks Miles. I was experimenting a bit with the lighting and hoping to get a very 3-D effect without having strong shadows to one side, and to have the eyes shine.
Message edited by author 2008-03-04 11:43:43.
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03/04/2008 11:46:42 AM · #4 |
Lighting is all about 3D modeling of the subject, representing a three dimensional subject in a two dimensional space.
To that end, I think your lighting is perfect. It very much fulfills the purpose of letting me imagine what she must look like in real life. And, for her, I think the lighting works quite well.
But ... I would caution against using similar lighting for an overweight person. Typically whatever is brightest gets accentuated. So on an overweight person, you would want to slim their features by moving them into shadow. Again, I think the lighting works perfectly for this young girl and would also look great on models. Just ... know when to use it. :-)
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03/04/2008 11:47:48 AM · #5 |
Interesting, I was writing my reply about 3D lighting at the same time you wrote your reply indicating that you were going for a 3-D effect. So now I see that you already had that idea in mind. Again, well done. :-)
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03/04/2008 11:53:50 AM · #6 |
| I'm no studio lighting expert but it looks really good to me, it defintely has depth. |
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03/04/2008 02:33:51 PM · #7 |
You've done well. When I do something like this I end up with a shadow down the center of the subject's face, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. I don't usually like it, but have seen that type of lighting used well in some cases.
You do have a problem that I too suffer with when using all side lighting -no catchligts in the eyes. Yeah, you've got a wee one way off center to the left, but the eyes are still a tad dark, especially the subject's left eye.
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03/04/2008 02:35:56 PM · #8 |
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Not flash but two umbrellas on left and right. I think your photo similar, and I like how it actually come out :)
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03/04/2008 07:32:30 PM · #9 |
Thanks guys.
Good point about that lighting for overweight people, I'll remember that.
I noticed the small catchlights. When viewing full-size (before resizing for web), there is quite a neat effect on her eyes as the light shines through the side and illuminates part of her iris, better on the left side as that flash was out front a bit more, not good on the other side. It's interesting to see that FocusPoint has the same lack of catchlights on his eyes, but his cats' eyes look great. I guess they let more light onto the iris from the sides, or maybe the iris is more conical or something.
I've always admired scalvert's photo (below). He used different lighting, but it's from the sides, but he held a reflector right in front of her, which made the catchlights. I'd love to be able to emulate this photo someday.
Message edited by author 2008-03-04 19:33:04.
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