jhartman wrote:
Here is the homemade ringlight. I wired twelve 120W R40 floodlights inside a piece of PVC that was heated and bent into a circle. The unit hangs from my rail system, but others who have these have attached it to a bracket or a stand. Four bent rods hold a 50 inch scrim (with a circle cut to shoot through. I like the catchlights that the big light shows in the eyes. There's enough light to shoot handheld - I like to use the 135/2 or 85/1.2 wide open for a very soft look - all that's in focus are the eyes.
jhartman wrote:
Here is the homemade ringlight. I wired twelve 120W R40 floodlights inside a piece of PVC that was heated and bent into a circle. The unit hangs from my rail system, but others who have these have attached it to a bracket or a stand. Four bent rods hold a 50 inch scrim (with a circle cut to shoot through. I like the catchlights that the big light shows in the eyes. There's enough light to shoot handheld - I like to use the 135/2 or 85/1.2 wide open for a very soft look - all that's in focus are the eyes.
ckayser's last one is very nice... Just something bugs me.. the reflection of the ringflash... I am wondering if the portrait would be perfect erasing some of the lights in the eyes... Doesn't look natural as is...
Love how it outlines the pupil almost perfectly. That rig must put out a LOT of heat though, do people get hot in front of it then get shiny foreheads? I HATE shiny foreheads in post.
With the ISO set to 400 I generally shoot f/2 @ 1/1000, which is still plenty of light even if you use a smaller aperture or lower ISO (hence the small pupils). So shutter speed is not an issue unless you shoot an f/4 lens at ISO 100.
I know this isn't in the league of the photos above, but I just built my free DIY ring light last night. So this was the first test shot. It was built using 2 pie pans and one plastic cup.
Thx!
Great shots and my PM was sent as well. 