In The Studio

OldGuy

A studio shot with my new Pocket Wizards and SB800's. D300, 85 f1.4, 1/200 @ f3.2, ISO 160, manual WB.
Main light camera left 45 degrees and up, @ 1/8 power. Fill light camera right 45 degrees and face level, @ 1/32 power. Both reflected in umbrellas.

A little touch-up in Portraiture.

Please critique. :bow

adbsgicom

This looks very underexposed to me.

I'm just getting started with the studio lighting, but I think you might want your fill a little closer to the camera axis. However, given my novice status, I'd defer to the gurus on that one.

tomnovy

his looks very underexposed to me.

I'm just getting started with the studio lighting, but I think you might want your fill a little closer to the camera axis. However, given my novice status, I'd defer to the gurus on that one.

Agree! More Light please!

Mike J

I'm with Andrew on this one - not a lot of experience with studio lights but this is definitely underexposed. Did you use a light meter to check the strobes or did you guy by the preview on the LCD?

OldGuy

adbsgicom wrote: »

This looks very underexposed to me.

I'm just getting started with the studio lighting, but I think you might want your fill a little closer to the camera axis. However, given my novice status, I'd defer to the gurus on that one.

tomnovy wrote: »

Agree! More Light please!

Mike J wrote: »

I'm with Andrew on this one - not a lot of experience with studio lights but this is definitely underexposed. Did you use a light meter to check the strobes or did you guy by the preview on the LCD?

And... We have a consensus:D Underexposed is the winner

Thanks for your comments and I will be aware on the next shoot! Unfortunately, I can't get my subject back for a new session, So PS has been delegated as a stand-in

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2. After

Hackbone

With a lady try to get her to cross her front leg over the back leg and throw the body weight to the far hinie cheek. Or place a small stool in front of the lady and have her place her front foot on the stool and shift her weight to the back cheek. This raises the front should and drops the back shoulder and gives the photo more impact. Looking at this photo the shoulders are level and stagnant.
You have the main light coming in over her front shoulder which is perfect but her face needs to be turned more toward the light. Where the face is pointing makes her face broad lit and makes the face fatter.

ren

I could be wrong, but with studio lighting, don't you want a little light coming behind the subject also, between her and the background? I would also like to see more of her right shoulder. Good job.

OldGuy

Hackbone wrote: »

With a lady try to get her to cross her front leg over the back leg and throw the body weight to the far hinie cheek. Or place a small stool in front of the lady and have her place her front foot on the stool and shift her weight to the back cheek. This raises the front should and drops the back shoulder and gives the photo more impact. Looking at this photo the shoulders are level and stagnant.
You have the main light coming in over her front shoulder which is perfect but her face needs to be turned more toward the light. Where the face is pointing makes her face broad lit and makes the face fatter.

Thanks for your suggestions Charles which will be of help in future shots where I will have my subject standing. In this shoot, she was sitting in a chair. I should have turned the chair a little more to her left and definitely turned her face more to the light.

ren wrote: »

I could be wrong, but with studio lighting, don't you want a little light coming behind the subject also, between her and the background? I would also like to see more of her right shoulder. Good job.

Thanks Ren for your input. I didn't use a background light because I felt it would decrease the contrast between her head and the background.

Hackbone

John, you might want to also try a higher camera angle. You won't be looking into the nostils and this helps to reduce the area that hangs down under the chin. She will like that.

OldGuy

Hackbone wrote: »

John, you might want to also try a higher camera angle. You won't be looking into the nostils and this helps to reduce the area that hangs down under the chin. She will like that.

Very good point Charles!