And here's a setup shot: single Profoto Acute/D4 head on an AcuteB 600R pack, fired into a 36" white umbrella. That's the makeup artist and wardrobe/hair stylist pitching in.
I emailed you a couple of months ago about your advice on a one light set up. I took your advice and have been practicing ever since! I have very low ceilings and I've also been practicing different methods of bouncing the umbrella light...it's a work in progress.
This is a great photo and thanks for posting pics of the setup. The model's dress looks a little shiny in the midsections. Was her dress silver?
shatterkiss wrote:
Here's a quick one from yesterday, plus playing around with strobes under dusk light.
And here's a setup shot: single Profoto Acute/D4 head on an AcuteB 600R pack, fired into a 36" white umbrella. That's the makeup artist and wardrobe/hair stylist pitching in.
Hey Stacey! Her dress was actually soft white cotton - that glossy look came out of Lightroom, where I mucked around with the curves, contrast and saturations to get a darker, more grey look. This was a quick proof - maybe 5 minutes of editing, no Photoshop other than the resizing, sharpening and watermark.
Oh, and I should have mentioned in the other post - the reflector isn't being used to reflect light, the makeup artist was kind enough to use it as an impromptu wind machine to move the model's hair a bit in some of the shots.
Why are reflectors used in some of these if we are looking at "one light"? Am I missing something? Isn't one light, one source of light? A reflector is considered to create more light.
cordellwillis wrote:
Why are reflectors used in some of these if we are looking at "one light"? Am I missing something? Isn't one light, one source of light? A reflector is considered to create more light.
actually, a reflector is not a source of light as much as it is putting back"into play" already existing light from a source.
technically, the sun is a light source so a true literally reading of one light source would mean that only available light shots. do you really want a literally reading?
as is, i always thought of one light, as meaning one flash,strobe or continuous light. that the use of reflectors and other accessories are not considered to equal another "flash, stroke or continuous light" but as tools to get the most out of one light.
to me, what this thread is about is "bang for your buck" showing people how much one can do with just having one light and based on their cost, showing what could be done with reflectors is part of that bang for buck theme.
Here's another recent one, just to keep the topic alive!
Just a single 5' octabox and a Profoto Acute2 head placed close to the model and behind me/over my head so that the light wraps around my body and I don't cast a shadow.
