catch lights...

erson83

I have a little speedlight studio...i use the transmitter with my speedlights...through umbrella's but find that i am not getting catch lights in the eyes of my subjects? is it better to use just a difuser? I like how the umbrella spreads the light but i'd like catchlights too...any advice?

pathfinder

The corneal surface is a perfect spherical mirror, I don't understand how you do not have any catchlights. An umbrella should give fine catchlights with a speedlite I would think.

How about posting a few images and let us see them.

ChatKat

pathfinder wrote:

The corneal surface is a perfect spherical mirror, I don't understand how you do not have any catchlights. An umbrella should give fine catchlights with a speedlite I would think.

How about posting a few images and let us see them.

What angle and height are the umbrellas in relation to the subject? My guess is they are too high....

erson83

I will post when I get them edited!

Scott_Quier

ChatKat wrote:

What angle and height are the umbrellas in relation to the subject? My guess is they are too high....

- or too far left/right. Basically, too far from the camera-subject "line of sight".

erson83

you guys were right (shocker, I know) I went back and looked and the entire gallery and saw it. I will post a link to the gallery as I have not yet figured out how to post nice large, crisp images!

Scott_Quier

erson83 wrote:

you guys were right (shocker, I know) I went back and looked and the entire gallery and saw it. I will post a link to the gallery as I have not yet figured out how to post nice large, crisp images!

Check out the last link in my signature for the 411 on how to link "nice large, crisp images!"

erson83

Scott...can I be you when I grow up?

Scott_Quier

erson83 wrote:

Scott...can I be you when I grow up?

Only if you accept responsibility for all my obligations, liabilities, and faults. Believe me when I say this, "You really don't want to go there!"