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Nude no. 195
Jan 6, 2022 00:49:58 #
WirtzWorld
Loc: SE WI
Another photo of Mija after removing the t-shirt she was wearing. This is a 3 light setup. The hair light is the strongest, it illuminates the hair, the face away and the top of the breast. The fill is on her shoulder and the main is the weakest and it illuminates her left side from camera zero. I used this same setup a million times for profiles and dramatic head shots. It's easy and flattering.
Jan 6, 2022 01:12:31 #
Excellent lighting, and nice to hear the details of the setup.
Note: I don't have lights, so pardon my ignorance on terminology. I know that flash setups often had/have modelling lights to help balance levels. Is that how you set levels, or do you meter? Or do you just shoot and check the result immediately on a monitor to make adjustments?
Note: I don't have lights, so pardon my ignorance on terminology. I know that flash setups often had/have modelling lights to help balance levels. Is that how you set levels, or do you meter? Or do you just shoot and check the result immediately on a monitor to make adjustments?
Jan 6, 2022 01:26:15 #
mjc925
Loc: SF Bay Area
Slightly mixed on this one. It is very good, with nice lighting, but I wonder what it would look like if the shoulder was just pulled back a bit so the top left of the shoulder doesn't break up the smooth curve of her upper chest/lower neck. Also wonder if I would like it more seeing one eye. Not sure on that, I like it the way it is regarding the eye with the hair covering it, just wondering what with an eye would look like. But, showing the eye would change the entire feel of the image, so it is good like as is, forget I said anything!
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Jan 6, 2022 01:26:23 #
WirtzWorld
Loc: SE WI
JohnFrim wrote:
Excellent lighting, and nice to hear the details of the setup.
Note: I don't have lights, so pardon my ignorance on terminology. I know that flash setups often had/have modelling lights to help balance levels. Is that how you set levels, or do you meter? Or do you just shoot and check the result immediately on a monitor to make adjustments?
Note: I don't have lights, so pardon my ignorance on terminology. I know that flash setups often had/have modelling lights to help balance levels. Is that how you set levels, or do you meter? Or do you just shoot and check the result immediately on a monitor to make adjustments?
Great question.
Shooting and checking the light on the back of the camera is mostly younger photographers. Modeling lights are a good indicator of your flash ratios only after you've metered the setup once or twice. I was schooled on light meters at an early age and have always used one. I still do.
When you see someone checking their exposure on a computer monitor, it's a fairly sophisticated deal. They have to have either an rf camera or cable into the computer and they have to calibrate the monitor usually before each session. It's a lot of work. Usually you'll see photographers at an event like a wedding or a conference or shooting school pictures using a monitor. Mostly they'll have an asst checking the exposure for them. They do it because they have to shoot a lot of photos in a short time. Not really the case on a nude studio set. Me and my light meter.
Jan 6, 2022 08:19:20 #
Jan 7, 2022 07:18:11 #
" I used this same setup a million times for profiles and dramatic head shots. It's easy and flattering."
Iffin' it works don't fix it.
Iffin' it works don't fix it.
Jan 7, 2022 09:54:43 #
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Jan 7, 2022 10:45:14 #
azted
Loc: Las Vegas, NV.
This is phenomenal to me. Her profile is beautiful and her chest position is perfectly illuminated. You are schooling many of us, Thank You!
Jan 7, 2022 11:10:02 #
azted wrote:
This is phenomenal to me. Her profile is beautiful and her chest position is perfectly illuminated. You are schooling many of us, Thank You!
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Jan 7, 2022 11:10:09 #
Jan 7, 2022 14:59:08 #
Love it. I also use lights and meter each one separately. Not to quibble but if your "fill" is stronger than your "main", isn't by definition, your fill actually your main? Or, at least that's what I wuz learnt.
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Jan 7, 2022 15:25:28 #
Jan 7, 2022 17:19:54 #
WirtzWorld
Loc: SE WI
dat2ra wrote:
Love it. I also use lights and meter each one separately. Not to quibble but if your "fill" is stronger than your "main", isn't by definition, your fill actually your main? Or, at least that's what I wuz learnt.
Great question.
Yes, my fill is about 3-4 stops stronger than my main. Still, I believe they should be called what they are by their position. At least that’s how I learned it in photo school. If your hair light, for instance, is the brightest illumination in your photo, that doesn’t make it your main light. If it did, you would always be telling your asst to increase the light next to the camera, or ‘that one over there’. Ya, they have names on purpose.
Jan 7, 2022 23:38:14 #
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