fun with the studio B800 lights still learning

blaser321

Having fun with the studio B800 lights still learning. These are just a few of my daughter friend Chelsea CC welcome I will post more later just got a few done


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Scott_Quier

These are all well lit and you did a very, very good job of keeping spill from your white background from spilling onto your model. Not the easiest thing to do sometimes.

All that having been said, the lighting is a bit flat.

Something to remember, soft shadows can be a goodness. At times, and depending on the application/situation even hard shadows can be good.

To get some shadows here, just turn down one of your lights about a stop. This light, then, will be your fill and the other (brighter) light will by your key. With the setup you have here, you'll get some nice defining shadows on her face. I think I would dial down the light on camera left and raise the light on camera right a little higher off the ground.

Just my $.02

Mitchell

Nice shots and fun poses.

I have to agree that your lighting looks very even an flat. I see two lights here, what were your ratios?

blaser321

Mitchell wrote:

Nice shots and fun poses.

I have to agree that your lighting looks very even an flat. I see two lights here, what were your ratios?

I did shoot these with an even number on each side it was f9 I think and the back ground
was at f11 shutter at 200 iso100 but I thought hi key was supposed to have no shadows?

Mitchell

You may want to try lighting the white background separately from your model. Two lights on the background +1 will give you some nice white with no shadow. Then go ahead and light your model as you please with a reasonable ratio to produce some nice shadows.

Yes, you need more lights for what I'm suggesting.

Or, you can just go ahead and light the model with a ratio to produce good modeling on her face. If you get some shadows on the white background, who cares. Nobody is going to notice with such a beautiful subject!

blaser321

That is what I did I had two lights at f11 on BG and two at f9 on model. May be I should try f10 and f8 on model or maybe a bigger split?

blaser321

got one more

David-Stallard

Just looked through the whole gallery in Smug - loved every shot, I haven't ventured into people shot's yet but I am inspired by these. Thank you

.DAVID.

Ed911

Very nice...

Just one question...how close were you to your model. I look at number 4 and see that her head seems a bit small for her body...a sign that usually indicates the photographer was too close. Maybe it's just the pose.

If you look at 3 and 5 by comparison, you will see that her head looks more appropriate for her body.

Something else that I think you did right in number 5 is to lengthen her legs with the heals. I think it's the best leg shot in the series.

Your "got one more" seems to support my thoughts on your being too close. Look at the size of her hand on her hip...and how her head sort of seems to drop back...being on the small side. Her hand also adds to the waist line...not good. Look at number 5 as a reference...ratio wise you can see she is much more proportional.

Proportionally, she looks like a different person in the last photo than in the previous three. In five she looks slim...in the others that I have mentioned, she looks a little thick...by comparison..

Just offering my humble opinion...

Mitchell

Ed brings up a good point. What lens did you shoot these with and what was your focal length for the full body shots?

Agnieszka

I would be super happy if my studio shots would look anything like that.

Very nice photos, I especially like #1

dogwood

Watch her neck when you're shooting-- it's kind of lost in several of those images. Most models know how to extend their neck or at least raise their chin to give a more flattering, longer looking neck-- you'll just need to guide them!

rutt

Beautiful model, great interaction with your subject, fun poses. I'm no expert on lighting, but it looks like nice smooth studio lighting.

You can improve these shots a lot with a little post work:



See this and that.

blaser321

Nice correction can I ask what you did?

blaser321

Just to let every one know I really love all the feed back I can get. I just got my first camera 5DmII in December 2008 and my lights about two months ago and with each post and another set of CC I apply what I can to the next shoot. My studio is in my small garage I only have maybe 10 feet from BG to me and 6 or 7 feet from camera to model I use a 24/70L for the full body shots at 35mm s200 /f8 and these were all shot camera hight at 32 to 36 inches off the floor the last shoot I did I was a eye level and It made there legs look too short maybe I need to be just a little higher?
And I just got CS4 and still learning this. But I”m learning, there is so much to this stuff WOW never knew

rutt

blaser321 wrote:

Nice correction can I ask what you did?

I provided the links: this and that.

Tim Kamppinen

blaser321 wrote:

the last shoot I did I was a eye level and It made there legs look too short maybe I need to be just a little higher?

Shooting from a higher angle will make your subject look shorter. Shooting from a lower angle is what makes them look taller. Just don't overdo it, or their lower bodies will look disproportionately large.