That blue is cool! And before I scrolled down to see you finally result I was thinking that looked cool by itself, shame that the light stand is there and then poof you removed it! Very nice! Again love, love, love the blue effect!
These were all done with the traditional main at a 45 both on a horizontal and vertical axis with a bkg lt off to the side hitting the bkg and a reflector on the opposite side of the main. Some were taken with a 55mm and others with a 85mm fixed lens. Files were raw converted in C1 then pp in photoshop.
One of my Fav ways to shoot folks in my age range.
The photos of her on right were at same time, above standing with similar pose for effect to compare to below photo shot from above on ladder. I obviously posted the non-glasses shot. Post process in LR to same copy/paste functions and here we are at the result.
Tom, you are one brave dude on that ladder and good shot. Thank God for vaulted ceilings.
That shot is also a powerful shot with her head turned to the floor and a small box very low on the floor and shot from just above the floor height.
Tom, you are one brave dude on that ladder and good shot. Thank God for vaulted ceilings.
That shot is also a powerful shot with her head turned to the floor and a small box very low on the floor and shot from just above the floor height.
Thanks Charles...I forgot to mention I had to use the D-90's self timer and scramble back into place....old d00d's gotta be careful!
Yeah, The lighting works as simple as it looks! And She says it took ten years off of her. We've ( I've) used this method several times.
Hey Tom, is that a Softlighter or something similar? How do you have it rigged to the boom? I can't quite tell but it looks like a useful setup.
Tim it is exactly the Softlighter 60" that I posted about a few weeks ago in an accessory thread. I mount my flash up inside the umbrella and mount the outer umbrella stem onto my Lightstand/boom stand. So far So good. That is two years of hanging that thing like this as it was NOT intended!
Tim it is exactly the Softlighter 60" that I posted about a few weeks ago in an accessory thread. I mount my flash up inside the umbrella and mount the outer umbrella stem onto my Lightstand/boom stand. So far So good. That is two years of hanging that thing like this as it was NOT intended!
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Ahh, I see. I have a 60" too. Good setup for using speedlights, but it wouldn't work too well with my Einstein, unfortunately, lol. I remember seeing a video of Annie Liebovitz using a softlighter with a monolight... she had the light mounted on some sort of articulated grip arm that reached out from a C-stand and up around the front of the diffuser surface, allowing her to get the light very close to her subjects. I still might try that one of these days...
Here's another pullback with the final shot - go see the pull back on flickr to see all the notes about what is what. Kelley Ryden says that the messier her studio gets during a session, the better the shots come out - thus explains my mess.
Pullback: Mom had a WALL of windows in her house, I almost jumped up and down when I saw it.
Here's another pullback with the final shot - go see the pull back on flickr to see all the notes about what is what. Kelley Ryden says that the messier her studio gets during a session, the better the shots come out - thus explains my mess.
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Mom had a WALL of windows in her house, I almost jumped up and down when I saw it.
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Ahh. I was waiting on this. Great scene and yes, lovely light!
Ahh, ........ I remember seeing a video of Annie Liebovitz using a softlighter with a monolight... she had the light mounted on some sort of articulated grip arm that reached out from a C-stand and up around the front of the diffuser surface, allowing her to get the light very close to her subjects. I still might try that one of these days...
She may have used a Hollywood Grip Head. You can do a lot with these. They are only about $30.
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I got some white corrigated plastic sheets from Home Depot, gotta love that store. Then I cut some wooden circles and screwed the plastic to that and then added some twine to help them hold their shape. Main is the trusty 4x6 then two strips on the bkg.
I have been DYING to try out some corrugated panels like that and have had my eye on them for ages! I kept hesitating cuz I wasn't sure what it would look like - thanks for sharing!! I'm digging the shade/blind as well - that is a GREAT idea. I think I need to go to Ikea one of these weeks... ;D
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I took this shot, then I removed the lightstand from the frame and took another shot. A bit of layer masking in photoshop, and this is what I got:
Then I took a few closer shots, no compositing necessary. Second one was with a Lensbaby:
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The photos of her on right were at same time, above standing with similar pose for effect to compare to below photo shot from above on ladder. I obviously posted the non-glasses shot. Post process in LR to same copy/paste functions and here we are at the result.
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The box is a Larson 4x6 with a 600white lightning in it with the baffle out.
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Ahh! Thanks!
That shot is also a powerful shot with her head turned to the floor and a small box very low on the floor and shot from just above the floor height.
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I'm just now seeing this, sorry for being over two month's late!
Been a while since I hung around this place, life got me swamped and since I'm enjoying a lazy afternoon, I figured why not swing on by
Here's the shot:
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Hey Tom, is that a Softlighter or something similar? How do you have it rigged to the boom? I can't quite tell but it looks like a useful setup.
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Yeah, The lighting works as simple as it looks! And She says it took ten years off of her. We've ( I've) used this method several times.
Thanks again!
Good eye!~
Ahh, I see. I have a 60" too. Good setup for using speedlights, but it wouldn't work too well with my Einstein, unfortunately, lol. I remember seeing a video of Annie Liebovitz using a softlighter with a monolight... she had the light mounted on some sort of articulated grip arm that reached out from a C-stand and up around the front of the diffuser surface, allowing her to get the light very close to her subjects. I still might try that one of these days...
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Mom had a WALL of windows in her house, I almost jumped up and down when I saw it.
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Ahh. I was waiting on this. Great scene and yes, lovely light!
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She may have used a Hollywood Grip Head. You can do a lot with these. They are only about $30.
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For the white floor the bkg is vinyl and then a sheet of white plastic from Lowes.
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Main light was the 4x6 softbox.
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I got some white corrigated plastic sheets from Home Depot, gotta love that store. Then I cut some wooden circles and screwed the plastic to that and then added some twine to help them hold their shape. Main is the trusty 4x6 then two strips on the bkg.
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Saw a fellow photographer do this and thought it was cute.
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Is that some sort of fluorescent tube that you PS'ed the main connection out of?
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Bingo on the light. On the plastic I'm not sure exactly what it was used for it was just white corrigated plastic. Not a full 4x8 sheet.
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