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 08/23/2006 06:56:31 PM · #1
OK, I was asked to take portraits of people at work for posters we are putting up. They'll be pretty standard portraits. Sit on the stool, point you body this way, your head that way. No biggie.

What I'd like help with is light. It's in a boardroom with one wall of half windows so I'll have plenty of natural light. I'll also hopefully have my Sb-600 too so I'll have that for any fill I might need.

So please suggest a good setup to try (I'll have some practice time before hand) such as use a wall with a face away from the window with flash facing up towards the face. Or face the window and use all natural light.

It's supposed to be sunny all week. The boardroom faces north so it's not direct light.

I thank you now for your suggestions.
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 08/23/2006 06:59:49 PM · #2
cool!

here you must play with the natural light a lot.i suggest to put your strobe to the other side of the ambient light i mean your strobe is going to be you maine light and the ambien for fill but only half step of so , and maybe you can play to use your ambient light as backlight and your strobe in front

so and so
 08/23/2006 07:46:13 PM · #3
thanks rene.

no sb-600 for the shoot. it's tomorrow and it didn't show up today. i guess i do still have the on camera flash.
 08/23/2006 09:57:24 PM · #4
any other advice?
I'm sure somebody just might be able to help.
 08/23/2006 10:11:56 PM · #5
Use a reflector to fill the dark side of their face. If you don't have/can't get a reflector by tomorrow, some people here swear by car windshield shade-reflector things. Also, turn off lights in the room so you don't get differences in color balance from the different natural/artificial lighting.
 08/23/2006 10:16:06 PM · #6
DON'T stand them against a wall - unless you're going for that mug-shot look.
08/24/2006 12:01:13 AM · #7
I took ALOT of practice shots with the wife tonite while there was still some good light. I sat her in every position to the window I could think of. With flash, without. A light on soft in the background to the side. Facing the window.

I rather found that I might actually be able to put them at t 45 to the window and use a flash on the other side just to fill and still get a good amount of shadow to give contrast. The room is big enough that I don't have to worry about the shadows on the wall from the on camera flash.

Now, I could be wrong and I'm sure someone has some experience with it so if that's you, SPEAK UP!

As for a reflector, that's a good idea and I thought that some high gloss cardstock might do the trick too instead of using flash.

Thanks guys!
 08/24/2006 12:12:15 AM · #8
try to build some reflector with aluminium or something,
its a shame you didt get the strobe. try to get ingenery paper as well to soft the ambient light
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