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Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

Recently, I received an e-mail from someone who saw my image on my introduction page of my blog, asking "...how did you do it?" I will not include what he speculated, which was actually quite close.

For those of you wishing to participate, I would like you to tell me, what you think I did. I will eventually tell you all the technique I employed for this particular beauty story shot for "Citizen K International".

So, go ahead and tell me what your impressions are. Post your answer on the Forum and on my Blog. That way, everyone who has participated can see all of the responses.

Thanks
Ben

http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/12/04/beauty-shoot-for-citizen-k-magazine-asked-how-did-i-do-it/

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Nov 22, 2009 at 02:03 PM

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p.1 #2 · Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

I'm guessing that you may have used a beauty dish (close to the face) to light the face with a white reflector below to bring some light back in. A gridded reflector on each side (behind the model) for the rim lighting. They would be at roughly a 45 degree angle pointing in at them.
How close/far away am I?

Nov 23, 2009 at 11:15 AM

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p.1 #3 · Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

If he's using a beauty dish it's going to have to be gridded and probably tabled above and forward of the model, so that she's just skimming the edge of its pattern...but I don't think that's really Benji's lighting style?

I also see the reflection in her eye of what looks like a round reflector, probably at about mid-chest height. There's definitely something filling in that shadow on her throat.

Nov 23, 2009 at 12:02 PM

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p.1 #4 · Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

Am I seeing incorrectly two kicker lights (heavily gridded) from behind on each side? I'd put them a hair over her ear height. Appear to be barely skimming, so as not to highlight the shoulders, only the top of the head.

I could (and likely) am completely wrong.

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Nov 23, 2009 at 05:47 PM

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p.1 #5 · Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

He shot it all with umbrellas. He loves umbrellas.

Nov 23, 2009 at 08:26 PM

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p.1 #6 · Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

Looks like 4 lights: 2 rim lights for the side of the face, a main light that's nearly above the subject and one light source, perhaps a fill - on the camera's axis (as seen in the subjects eyes).

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:24 PM

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p.1 #7 · Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

I personally think the following: Beauty dish or ringflash above, kickers to the side, gridded heavily, round reflector panel below to bring light back to the darkness.

A masterful shot fwiw. I really enjoy it.

Nov 23, 2009 at 11:06 PM

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p.1 #8 · Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

I'm with justin
Kickers maybe flagged at neck so they don't highlight shoulders

Nov 24, 2009 at 01:34 AM

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p.1 #9 · Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

beauty/ringflash above
reflector below
2 gridded lights from the 2 sides

Nov 25, 2009 at 02:12 PM

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p.1 #10 · Beauty Shoot for "Citizen K" Magazine "How Did I Do It?"

So, here is the lighting set up for the shot.

A 4 bulb Kino Light, lit from below with a white shoot through diffusor.

An Opalight shooting down at around 60 degrees and around 1 meter above and 2 meters back from the model.

Two bare bulb heads, one on either side of the model at around 100 degrees just slightly off the 90 degree axis of the model.

Two HMI 1.2 Kilo Cinema Lights for the backdrop, shooting down to achieve the gradation.

Full Blue Gelatins on all of the flash sources and a Midnight Blue Gelatin on the HMI's using a Blue Backdrop.

Shot with a Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 Lens at f25.0 at 1/8th of a second.

Converted to B&W in Photoshop.

http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/2009/12/04/beauty-shoot-for-citizen-k-magazine-asked-how-did-i-do-it/

Dec 03, 2009 at 11:04 PM

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