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John Skinner
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Just 2 from a sitting


Just a sitting over the week











Edited on Nov 18, 2013 at 01:55 AM · View previous versions



Nov 18, 2013 at 01:35 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Just 2 from a sitting


G'day mate,
The first thing that jumps at me is the position of your main light. It needs to be higher.
Regards
Bud



Nov 18, 2013 at 01:38 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Just 2 from a sitting


The first shot has "up-lighting" which should usually be avoided because it gives a "scary" look. Love the expression. The second shot seems to be flat. The main light seems close and her face is pointed right into it. The effect is not much different than on camera flash. FWIW :-)


Nov 24, 2013 at 10:50 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Just 2 from a sitting


The first shot is uplighting as discussed. Remember that the angle of your subject's head effectively raises or lowers light sources.

The second shot is actually pretty textbook loop lighting with an extremely conventional 3:1ish light ratio. However, Bryan noted that the shot seems to be flat, and he's not wrong. There are few circumstances in life where we exist in a uniformly dark environment, but still have soft lighting with light shadows on our faces. If you took this subject with identical lighting and put her on a mid-to-light background, the lighting would look perfect. But because you put her on a dark background, the lighting looks flat.

As a general guideline (I hate rules), if you're doing low key work it will look most natural combined with higher ratio lighting (darker shadows). If you're doing high key work, it generally works better with lower ratio lighting, unless you have a very good reason to deviate from that.



Nov 24, 2013 at 10:58 AM





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