friscoron wrote:
Really nice! Love the colors, and the broad lighting works well here.
Thanks! I've never been much of a studio shooter. I usually prefer natural light because strobes have always seemed cold and unemotional to me, but I think the more I learn it's changing my mind. Of course, this is still a basic setup here but I'd like to explore more studio lighting and come up with some arrangements that appeal to me (and hopefully others too )
Sep 25, 2016 at 01:31 PM
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Andre Labonte wrote:
Nicely done shot, but are his eyes brown or red? Fix that, and I think he will like it.
Thank you Andre! His eyes are brown but I enhanced them for dramatic effect. Perhaps I should back off on them a bit.
His channel is a gaming tech review channel and he's trying to reel in AMD as a sponsor. AMD's gaming community is "Red Team", which is the reason for all the red
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cs3is wrote:
You may want to fix the color spillage on the subject, unless it was done intentionally.
Thanks for the suggestion cs3is! It is intentional but that doesn't mean it's good. I'll tell you a secret though, it's actually 100% fake and I was hoping it wasn't obvious.
I did not use a background spot at all. I usually do but wanted to try something different. So instead of a background spot or hair light, I placed an accent light off to the right with a soft umbrella shooting at his left side back. So I ended up with a nice solid black background and a nice accent on his left (our right). Then in post I added the strong red spot and red spill.
I don't think so. I normally stay away from backdrop spots like this, but in this instance, particularly after reading the backstory about the Red Team, I think it works very well.
Steve Wylie wrote:
I don't think so. I normally stay away from backdrop spots like this, but in this instance, particularly after reading the backstory about the Red Team, I think it works very well.
Thanks Steven!
I'm still very much a beginner when it comes to studio lighting. I've been a designer almost twice as long (20yrs) as I've been a photographer, so I think I tend to use my PS skills as a crutch knowing that I can fix or change the appearance of almost anything in post. Finding time to spend practicing is not an easy task.
I like it. and as a former "I hate studio lighting" convert who is also new to learning how it's done and liking it more and more, please tell me what lighting you used, thanks!
Thanks brick33308. I think for now I still prefer natural light overall, but I do like how studio lighting helps me explore some creativity. It may even help me look more closely at how natural light falls on subjects.
This was a very simple setup with inexpensive equipment. That's another thing about studio lights... the "good stuff" costs as much and more than my bodies and lenses.
• On model's front right I had one Promaster 300c set right below 1/2 power. Attached to that was an 18" beauty dish with a white diffuser over it. No gels.
• On his right I had a 56" circular reflector on a boom with his head about center and angled in toward him slightly. The white side of the reflector was facing him.
• On his back left I had one super cheap Britek PS-200 set to half power (these lights really are crap, but they've lasted me over 10 years without replacing anything on them!). Attached to this was an even crappier 56" soft umbrella with black backing. No gels.
• Behind him was a black backdrop stretched across a portable frame. No lights on the backdrop at all.
thanks! I am confused that you say the backdrop was black and there was no light on it. What is the red reflection on it - light bouncing off his shirt?
brick33308 wrote:
thanks! I am confused that you say the backdrop was black and there was no light on it. What is the red reflection on it - light bouncing off his shirt?
My pleasure.
About the background, that's my dirty little secret. It was all done in post
I actually thought that to be the case. Well done (especially the bleed of that "light" into his shirt and sleeve on the right side of the picture) - someone here is adept at PS
brick33308 wrote:
I actually thought that to be the case. Well done (especially the bleed of that "light" into his shirt and sleeve on the right side of the picture) - someone here is adept at PS
I was a freshman in college majoring in English lit and music minor while working at a guitar shop. The guitar teacher at the shop "burned" me a copy of PS 4.01. It was love at first click and I never looked back. That was 1996. Although, I didn't take up photography until 2004 when my son was on the way. My initial PS experience was scanning and manipulating hand drawn illustrations, which segued into full desktop publishing.
Blakemore wrote:
I was a freshman in college majoring in English lit and music minor while working at a guitar shop. The guitar teacher at the shop "burned" me a copy of PS 4.01. It was love at first click and I never looked back. That was 1996. Although, I didn't take up photography until 2004 when my son was on the way. My initial PS experience was scanning and manipulating hand drawn illustrations, which segued into full desktop publishing.
so funny - I was also an English major (University of Florida) and my first version of PS was Version 5. It's my obsession. If you look at my website you'll see I'm no stranger to post, and although I consider myself a decent photographer interested in a wide variety of subject matter, I think the main reason I shoot is so that I have "meat" to play with in post!
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