First try with "model"

fireguy.ed

Ok, a friend of ours was over and she was checking her phone. Just the way she was looking and the light made me think it would make a good photo. Probably never be able to replicate, but I asked her to pose any way. We had a lot of fun and are looking to do some more when our schedules permit.

Seamless white paper propped up on hutch and armoire for most backgrounds, main lights: 2x285v, 45 deg each side, and OLD promaster for BG light. Used a blanket and a curtain for other BG's.













C & C welcome

Ed

Nikolai

Ed,
congrats on your first session!

Lighting-wise #1 & #3 are OK.

##4,5 and 6 are missing fill/key.

#2 is the worst - never shoot outdoors during the high noon in the foliage


All in all you can a lot of stuff with 3 lights, you just need to use them wisely. My default setup (for portraits, I mean0 would be two lights in a diagonal position, e.g.
a) rembrandt + hair
b) butterfly/loop + rim
And then 3d light can be used for BG or as a fill.
By getting a reflector you can greatly improve your versatility on a cheap, thus using it for fill and using the 3d light for BG or other purposes...

In fact my most recent trend is to use all three lights as a rim, but that's a niche lighting and normally used for scantily clad models only...

HTH

fireguy.ed

Thanks Nik, that's the kind of info I'm look to get back.

This shoot was just the two of us at first, and trying to prop the reflector up against a lawn chair wasn't quite working out

A fellow photog came over and I think a few of the color bg shots might have been taken by him. We were swapping cameras, lenses and cf cards.

A lot of this was "what happens if we do ...?", so we're looking for the feedback.

We just picked up some more low end "studio" equipment, so now we get to try it again...:ivar

Photosbychuck

Nice start for your first session with a model.
I agree 1 & 3 have the best light but the poses & crops kinda shoot them in the foot.

Keep Shooting


Charles