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elkhornsun wrote:
There was an article in a photography magazine a few years ago with a model shoot and using exactly the same lighting and the same model and the same camera and lenses but using a professional photographer and an amateur. It was stark how much better the photos were that the pro had taken and it was obvious that having great lighting and a great model and a great makeup person was not enough.
Many outstanding photos taken over the centuries using only available light. But even then a pro fashion photographer is going to use a pro level camera and as long a lens as possible for a shoot. The 70-200mm f/2.8 is a must have and not a nice to have lens much of the time.
Lighting also depends on "gear". A bare bulb flash can produce far better results indoors and outdoors for portrait photography and the first thing one should learn is to get the flash off the camera. Reflectors, flags, softboxes, etc. are all useful and they are "gear". ...Show more →
Agree with you; however I include reflectors, flags, softboxes, etc. in the "lighting" category. If you prefer to include them in gear, you can change the relative proportions. With "lighting" I mean also the way the photographer does use "lighting gear", and therefore his/her ability to master the light. The article you mentioned does demonstrate that two different photographers can obtain quite different results using the same gear, model, lighting equipment, etc.
Lighting is also related to composition, IMO. If I had taken the picture below at a different hour (i.e. with different available light), the final result would have been much different.
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Nikon Z6 w/Zeiss ZF.2 135/2 Apo Sonnar @ f/5.6, 1/250 s, 100 ISO
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