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Emily - Single Light Glamour
May 21, 2014 12:14:34 #
Very simple setup here. Our model Emily is in what I call the bowl which is the 90 degree corner of the cyc wall in the studio. Ass the walls curve at all the right angles it creates a sense of infinity. In the first shot she is side lit from the camera left side with a single 5' Octabox as close as I can get it. Box is positioned so that the bottom edge would be 2' above the top of her head then it is angled down approx. 25 degrees.
In the standing shot the box is raised 3' and moved camera right. You will notice a bit of disunity in the light for this shot as the reflected fill off the wall camera left is still strong enough to produce a shadow on the camera right wall as well. No additional lights or reflectors are required as the white walls and floor all around her allow for ample fill to be bounced around
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http://realdealphotography.smugmug.com/Glamour/Emily-Ford/i-hc6qqg8/0/L/RDP_6253_FBS-L.jpg
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http://realdealphotography.smugmug.com/Glamour/Emily-Ford/i-mQHhLRj/0/L/RDP_6264fbs-L.jpg
In the standing shot the box is raised 3' and moved camera right. You will notice a bit of disunity in the light for this shot as the reflected fill off the wall camera left is still strong enough to produce a shadow on the camera right wall as well. No additional lights or reflectors are required as the white walls and floor all around her allow for ample fill to be bounced around
These are the UHH Safe versions of these images
1.
http://realdealphotography.smugmug.com/Glamour/Emily-Ford/i-hc6qqg8/0/L/RDP_6253_FBS-L.jpg
2.
http://realdealphotography.smugmug.com/Glamour/Emily-Ford/i-mQHhLRj/0/L/RDP_6264fbs-L.jpg
May 21, 2014 12:37:25 #
Very nice and a bit reminding of Robert Kamorek's studio work.
Super lighting, Pose and Expression.
Super lighting, Pose and Expression.
May 21, 2014 12:46:41 #
Thanks Russ, I will have to look up the reference you mention as I have never heard of him.
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May 21, 2014 13:00:03 #
PalePictures wrote:
reminding of Robert Kamorek's studio work.
Super lighting, Pose and Expression.
Super lighting, Pose and Expression.
Took a look at his work on 500 and it is pleasant and skilled for sure and must say the only real parallel I see is a desaturated skin tone. His studio lighting is all edge lit multi light setups I did not see anything that was single light.
May 21, 2014 13:05:22 #
Bobby Deal wrote:
Took a look at his work on 500 and it is pleasant and skilled for sure and must say the only real parallel I see is a desaturated skin tone. His studio lighting is all edge lit multi light setups I did not see anything that was single light.
You have to go to his website. He has about 100 times more photos there.
He's pretty cautious abut posting photos outside his website.
He's pretty well known in Europe.
May 21, 2014 13:19:31 #
PalePictures wrote:
You have to go to his website. He has about 100 times more photos there.
He's pretty cautious abut posting photos outside his website.
He's pretty well known in Europe.
He's pretty cautious abut posting photos outside his website.
He's pretty well known in Europe.
Post it on your website or post it here, once it is online it is vulnerable. Nothing protects and image from the Print Screen Command
May 21, 2014 13:28:16 #
Bobby Deal wrote:
Post it on your website or post it here, once it is online it is vulnerable. Nothing protects and image from the Print Screen Command
Yea, he does have a pretty subtle watermark in the center of all his images.
Many of the finest photographers now just don't really worry about it.
They do what I do. I just limit my high res portfolio to around 40 images.
I've just about quit changing them out.
If it's online it's retrievable.
May 21, 2014 16:18:25 #
I stopped worrying about it a long time ago. I don't make anything public over 1200 pixels at 72 dpi which translates to a 4x6 print at 300 dpi.
If I catch someone stealing the images well the copyrights are registered so I have a nice Christmas that year :)
If I catch someone stealing the images well the copyrights are registered so I have a nice Christmas that year :)
May 21, 2014 17:52:13 #
Myself I prefer my models to leave a little more to the imagination. Nice work I agree but did not think this site was geared to that type of photography
May 21, 2014 18:25:16 #
Mary, actually I prefer my models to keep a little less to the imagination. These photos show no nudity not even partial nudity in fact they are absolutely Facebook safe.
If I ran my business by your preferences I would starve to death
If I ran my business by your preferences I would starve to death
May 22, 2014 06:52:05 #
Bobby Deal wrote:
Very simple setup here. Our model Emily is in what... (show quote)
Bobby,
You never fail to amaze with your skills and different set-ups. I understand the lighting and the shadows in Image #2, but I'm not quite sure about image #1 with her lying down. If she is in a 'bowl' and the light, I assume, is bouncing around all over in the 'bowl', why is there such drastic shadows to camera left on the wall? I would think that since the Octabox is from camera left and angles down, there would be quite a bit of spill to camera right and camera left. Perhaps because it is feathered down so much, perhaps?
Please explain if possible to help me out with my lack of knowledge or, most likely, my stupidity, and failure to grasp the lack of bounce or spillage from the light off the left wall. Thanks Bobby.
Tom
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May 22, 2014 08:52:50 #
trc wrote:
Bobby, br br You never fail to amaze with your sk... (show quote)
In the shot wher she is laying down she is not directly in the center of the 90 degree angle formed by the 2 walls she is actually maybe 2-3' camera right of it. So the shadow you see camera left is falloff behind the light. I will show you this one when we get to the studio next month.
May 22, 2014 09:47:10 #
Bobby, these images are really nice, from the lighting to the skin tones and detail, really top notch. Thanks also for explaining more about how you managed to capture these images, I always learn a lot.
May 22, 2014 12:08:17 #
Bobby Deal wrote:
In the shot wher she is laying down she is not directly in the center of the 90 degree angle formed by the 2 walls she is actually maybe 2-3' camera right of it. So the shadow you see camera left is falloff behind the light. I will show you this one when we get to the studio next month.
Thank you Bobby. The one where she is standing just looks more balanced, thus more pleasing to my eye. I can see where if I took the one where she is lying down, people would tell me I have too much shadow camera left and would say it needs corrected - basically saying, better luck next time! They would tell me I need to adjust my lights better! They would tell me to try again. Thanks for the explanation/follow up.
Tom
May 22, 2014 12:24:39 #
Very nicely done, as always! I especially like the glow of her skin on #1. Very nice lighting techniques- thanks for sharing.
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