72 inch shoot through umbrella portrait
Jul 12, 2016 11:31:08 #
Did a fun shoot at the annual, local seniors' community photo show. We offered free portraits to visitors of the show and had a great response.
To keep the set up simple I set up a 5' x 7' pop-up background and used one main light, a hair light with a snoot and one reflector. The main light was a 72 inch shoot through umbrella that was pretty well left in one spot.
Here's one of the results. CC welcome.
To keep the set up simple I set up a 5' x 7' pop-up background and used one main light, a hair light with a snoot and one reflector. The main light was a 72 inch shoot through umbrella that was pretty well left in one spot.
Here's one of the results. CC welcome.
Jul 12, 2016 13:39:42 #
Jul 12, 2016 13:41:13 #
Jul 12, 2016 15:10:45 #
Excellent image. 72", now that is a large light source and I like the way your hair light does it's job, but is barely noticeable.
Jul 12, 2016 15:20:35 #
jaysnave wrote:
Excellent image. 72", now that is a large light source and I like the way your hair light does it's job, but is barely noticeable.
The hair light was just an old speed light I had laying around. Made a snoot out of a black foam sheet wrapped around the speed light head and held with an elastic. It was too bright, so filled the snoot with a couple of kleenex . . . voila!
Thanks for the kind words!
Jul 12, 2016 15:20:53 #
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Jul 13, 2016 06:22:47 #
Weddingguy wrote:
Did a fun shoot at the annual, local seniors' community photo show. We offered free portraits to visitors of the show and had a great response.
To keep the set up simple I set up a 5' x 7' pop-up background and used one main light, a hair light with a snoot and one reflector. The main light was a 72 inch shoot through umbrella that was pretty well left in one spot.
Here's one of the results. CC welcome.
To keep the set up simple I set up a 5' x 7' pop-up background and used one main light, a hair light with a snoot and one reflector. The main light was a 72 inch shoot through umbrella that was pretty well left in one spot.
Here's one of the results. CC welcome.
Excellent!
Jul 13, 2016 07:31:04 #
Really nicely done.
--Bob
--Bob
Weddingguy wrote:
Did a fun shoot at the annual, local seniors' community photo show. We offered free portraits to visitors of the show and had a great response.
To keep the set up simple I set up a 5' x 7' pop-up background and used one main light, a hair light with a snoot and one reflector. The main light was a 72 inch shoot through umbrella that was pretty well left in one spot.
Here's one of the results. CC welcome.
To keep the set up simple I set up a 5' x 7' pop-up background and used one main light, a hair light with a snoot and one reflector. The main light was a 72 inch shoot through umbrella that was pretty well left in one spot.
Here's one of the results. CC welcome.
Jul 13, 2016 07:46:10 #
Jul 13, 2016 08:19:27 #
Jul 13, 2016 08:40:48 #
Jul 13, 2016 09:35:40 #
Weddingguy wrote:
Did a fun shoot at the annual, local seniors' community photo show. We offered free portraits to visitors of the show and had a great response.
To keep the set up simple I set up a 5' x 7' pop-up background and used one main light, a hair light with a snoot and one reflector. The main light was a 72 inch shoot through umbrella that was pretty well left in one spot.
Here's one of the results. CC welcome.
To keep the set up simple I set up a 5' x 7' pop-up background and used one main light, a hair light with a snoot and one reflector. The main light was a 72 inch shoot through umbrella that was pretty well left in one spot.
Here's one of the results. CC welcome.
Yes, the 72" umbrella does a superb job of lighting and gets rid of shadows not wanted. The snoot and reflector are a nice touch, but were they really needed? Oh, I'll bet you were in a fairly open space with no walls or ceiling so the light didn't have a chance to bounce around, and back, to fill any shadows - just a hypothesis on my part!
I honestly don't know what your true set-up was, but I shot a group of about 10-12 people in a small living room with a standard 8 feet ceiling in the evening using a 7 feet parabolic umbrella and no other lights. It was a little tight and the umbrella was tilted just a tad, and there were two table lamps turned on, which really didn't do much, and I was right in the line of fire of the umbrella, but it turned out nicely. The nice thing about that size umbrella is that since it is so large, the light basically ignores whatever may be in it's way, so to speak. Shadows were not a problem whatsoever.
Oh, by the way, this is a very nice shot, as well as very nice of you to do those shots for whomever wanted one. I'll bet you made a lot of friends that day, hopefully!
Best Regards,
Tom
P.S. - The lady is quite lovely and photogenic and your sharpness and DOF are great. I also like your choice of background color(s). The background actually goes exceptionally well with her outfit - nice job.
Jul 13, 2016 10:06:34 #
A lovely portrait!! The background and her outfit work together beautifully. May I presume to suggest a little tighter crop. To my taste there's a little too much "negative" space around her. Again, a lovely portrait!
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