I try to limit myself to one light, mainly because I like working simple and I love to try to get a luminescent look with very little.
Currently I use a simple clamshell setup; a medium softbox turned horizontal above, and a silver reflector on bottom to fill in under the chin and eyes. Works like a charm, and I really love the look.
Simon, couple of questions (if you don't mind) What settings do you normally shoat (ie. f-stop, iso,sync speed) And second, you have tack sharp images on here. What is you post process for the web?
Anyone else shooting 1 light? Heck lets see your images no matter what 1,2,5 lights whatever you find works good. There's not many threads with images and explations of what photographers are doing to produce them.
That's a lovely portrait! Manages to have a vintage feel but thoroughly modern quality.
artillusions wrote:
Simon, couple of questions (if you don't mind) What settings do you normally shoat (ie. f-stop, iso,sync speed) And second, you have tack sharp images on here. What is you post process for the web?
I can be guilty of over-sharpening. With studio stuff I shoot exclusively at ISO 100 (when shooting DSLRs), usually shutters from 1/60th to 1/160th (I have pretty steady hands and tend to shoot wider lenses), lighting guiding the f-stop (usually anywhere from f/5.6 to f/16). I think all the images posted were shot with the Nikkor 17-55/2.8 AF-S, which is my go-to lens - it's generally very sharp across the entire range and I don't keep any filters on it, including UV. My lenses are always bare-faced unless I use a polarizer or am in especially inhospitable conditions.
In post, once the image is out of Lightroom and into Photoshop I'll do an unsharp mask (on full-res for printing it's 100%, 1.5 pixel radius, 2 threshold...for web it's 0.5 pixel radius) as the last step before exporting to JPG or TIFF. That's basically it. I try to avoid using noise reduction software or blur effects that would otherwise muddy an image.
I just can't open the galleries on your site. I even downloaded flash player again but everytime I click on People or Music, I get the following message:
SimpleViewer requires the Flash Player.
It happens both with Safari and Firefox...I'm on macs running OS 10.5.1. It happens on both computers.
Great thread. This is perfect me. I generally try to work with exclusively natural light but winter in the northwest doesn't provide much light. I've just started playing with a pair of 580's. With using one on camera as the master. For this shot, which was on location in her home, I turned off the on camera flash and just tried to create a rim lighting effect to accentuate her belly. The 580's are great as I do everything on location. I just ordered a third flash and some reflectors, and am excited about the extra potential.
I just can't open the galleries on your site. I even downloaded flash player again but everytime I click on People or Music, I get the following message:
SimpleViewer requires the Flash Player.
It happens both with Safari and Firefox...I'm on macs running OS 10.5.1. It happens on both computers.
Thanks Mauri...it's a known issue with SimpleViewer's Flash detection scripting, and is the final nail in the coffin of me maintaining a portfolio site on my own: I'm expecting to migrate to ClickBooq in the next month, once I get clear of a couple of big client jobs. I'd rather spend my time shooting and working for clients and not playing webmaster.
shatterkiss wrote:
Thanks Mauri...it's a known issue with SimpleViewer's Flash detection scripting, and is the final nail in the coffin of me maintaining a portfolio site on my own: I'm expecting to migrate to ClickBooq in the next month, once I get clear of a couple of big client jobs. I'd rather spend my time shooting and working for clients and not playing webmaster.
When you post a reply, at the bottom of the box you type in is a button "browse" that will look for image on your computer. You have to make sure it's in the pixel requirements. hope this helps you get started
Nice image Krieves. Do you normally shoot 1 light?
I find that I want to add a hairlight here,a background there, then its just add a light everywhere! Haha
Everyone throw in an image lets see if it sticks! 1,2,3,5 lights who cares!?! Lets see em!
Don’t have any pretty girls to shoot, so you’re stuck with a pretty flower for my one light setup. I posted this in the last One Light Thread also. This is one WL X1600 to right of camera with a medium softbox, and a black velour background.
