CraigH, quick question. Was the ligting you used what appears in the first photo to get the results of the second. Did you only use an off shoe flash shooting through an umbrella and the reflector? The photo of the model is great with very good lighting...
Thanks for posting...
Michael_Sexton wrote:
CraigH, quick question. Was the ligting you used what appears in the first photo to get the results of the second. Did you only use an off shoe flash shooting through an umbrella and the reflector?
Indeed it was
The setup was used exactly as seen in the first image. It's the only way/position I can use my lighting really, due to the limited stretch of the Canon off-camera shoe cord.
What a wonderful image... so rich in color and sharp detail. Very nice lighting indeed.
#3. Typically, under my normal lighting setup, I set the camera to f11 @ 1/250.
Kind regards,
John
John... Thank you very much for the kind words on my flower.
So, if I understand you correctly, you meter several lights to make sure you have the correct exposure for the hottest light, and set your camera for that light?
Beautiful lighting! I'm curious to know what your settings were for that image, ie what did you have your flash set at? Also, what is the guide number of your flash? Do you find the walls (they appear off white) and the white ceiling contribute?
By the way, that is a great idea with the clothing rack working as your bounce card holder! I need to go raid my wife's!!
I always have the meter held at the source that I am illuminating (person, background, etc.) and facing the camera. So I will hold the light meter on the background and face it towards the camera or I will hold it very near their face and facing the camera.
Hope this helps.
John
John,
Thank you VERY MUCH for your helpful insight. Truly appreciated.
As many others have already stated..... your time and efforts, to answer our many inquiries, has been truly professional. 1st class....
Oh, and one other thing.... Your artwork isn't too bad either...
I'm looking at Craig's setup, nice model shot, someone help me understand this, I see that he's only using a flash unti but i can't tell what the umbrella is doing in the shot. Is the flash light going through the umbrella or is it being bounced off the umbrella? If it is going through the umbrealla, is this what they call a translucent umbrella? It's diffusing the flash as it passes through?
DigitalGem wrote:
ferradas, Yes, the strobe light goes through the umbrella which diffuses it. It is a translucent umbrella.
In case no-one picked it, I am also using a stofen omni-bounce on my flash unit as well. Because of the attachments on the light stand, the flash sits quite high inside the umbrella. This makes it difficult/impossible to shoot directly through the middle of the umbrella. The omnibounce helps to spread the light around the umbrella initially.
DigitalGem wrote:
Craig,
Beautiful lighting! I'm curious to know what your settings were for that image, ie what did you have your flash set at? Also, what is the guide number of your flash? Do you find the walls (they appear off white) and the white ceiling contribute?
By the way, that is a great idea with the clothing rack working as your bounce card holder! I need to go raid my wife's!!
Again, great image!
Jim
Thanks a lot Jim
The camera settings were: 1/100s | ISO200 | f4
The flash (Sigma EF500 DG Super) was set to 1/4 power in manual mode. Apparently the guide number for this flash is 50. I have been able to attain f11 at ISO100 with the flash at full power. Mind you, as you can see that is from very close quarters.
The walls (off-white) don't seem to contribute all that much. If they are, I'm not noticing. The ceiling (white) however actually aids lighting the hair/top of the head by bouncing the light back down.
The clothing rack was a stroke of genius It was actually being used to hold an old 500w tungsten light I have here. Now that I have my umbrella and stand, I've commissioned it's use for a reflector.
Very nice work Frank, nice shot. Thanks for showing the studio setup. Once again, showing the quality of work that can be produced working in small confines.
I will show some more tomorrow or maybe tonight without PS work .
The space is rather big to be honest, arround 6 mtrs wide but I like for close up shots to have everything really close on the model to get that really soft look, when I place the softbox further away it gets a lot harsher.
I'm a little (ok a lot) intimidated by all of your setups! The results are very impressive to say the least, especially that one shot of that chick on the yellow backdrop, JohnE. Good job! I'm a bit embarassed to post the pics of my setup, but here goes:
Main (and only) light: 120w flood from Home Depot ... hey, it's only $6.
The "studio" is actually an inflate-a-bed up in my loft:
Lighting setup with one mainlight with Grid and barndoors, moved a bit away from the model, one reflector on the opposite to open some shadows and one floodlight above to get a nice glow, but very low powerout.
Shot with this setup:
Changed the grid for a softbox and adjusted the floodlight to a higher setting, and added one flash to the back with a grid. And a totally different look.
