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Some photos I was tasked with taking of a bodybuilder a few days ago before he's goes to competition. I always forget to take pull-back shots to show the lighting setup. These were lit using a three light setup (a large softbox with a grid for the main light, and two strip boxes with color gels, also with grids, for the edge lights. Also a fog machine because why not. The black and white shot was lit using only the big gridded softbox. I use a rental studio so I honestly don't know the exact measurements for the modifiers.
Canon 5D MKIII, Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II lens, set to f/5.6, 1/160th sec, ISO 160.
Travis_NYC wrote:
Wow, Daniel. These shots are awesome. That lighting is just perfect. The hardness and specularity highlights every angle without blowing out.
WELCOME!!!
This is how you become a "FM'r"!!!
Keep posting!!
Dan
Travis_NYC wrote:
Wow, Daniel. These shots are awesome. That lighting is just perfect. The hardness and specularity highlights every angle without blowing out.
Thank you so much! I'm always trying to improve and be the best portrait photographer I can be. In this session the goal was absolutely to use hard light to better sculpt the model, but of course while still controlling the highlights and shadows. Not as easy as some may think. Aside from using grids to make the light more direct, I also use spray-on sunblock to make the skin a little more reflective.
You should make a thread and share those!
Well I did post some on YOUR thread but removed them because I thought it was improper for me to post my images on your thread without you knowing.
They are all film negatives that were scanned.
I had 1 of "Awnold" and his friend, Franco Columbu, on the stage giving lessons but can't find it.
Daniel, congratulations on a masterful job of lighting and exposing these excellent images. I am impressed that you did such a great job of controlling your highlight and shadow exposures on such a difficult subject. Your light placement is very well done, and the job of lighting the fog with gels is equally well done. You deserve all the votes on this post and I'm sure your client was completely stoked when he saw the results of your work.
Very well done!
