Some wanted to know about the cart I used. It is not my idea but stolen from many others. Just added two boxes to hold items. Get the largest wheels you can find and make one of the boxes large enough to hold your light. It is so much easier to get to the site if you light modifer and light unit are not mounted to the stand but tucked away.
Thanks for the pull-back on the stand. I wish I would have had something like that when I was doing a lot of location shooting. Would have made life a whole lot easier.
Great shot but I think the main image on the composite could have used a bit more headroom and less white space at the bottom. Other than that, excellent work posing, lighting, and post-processing
Great shot but I think the main image on the composite could have used a bit more headroom and less white space at the bottom. Other than that, excellent work posing, lighting, and post-processing
Thank you for the comments. Ken was doing what he called a 'snapback' step. I was trying to capture the 'pulling away' feel. You can see my normal style of composition in the other images.
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Charles, where did you get that textured brick backdrop/panel? That is EXACTLY the kind of thing I"ve looked for for ages, but no go; most I've seen are flat/printed, and with brick I find that doesn't quite work because the texture usually has small shadows.... without them it looks fake.
Charles, where did you get that textured brick backdrop/panel? That is EXACTLY the kind of thing I"ve looked for for ages, but no go; most I've seen are flat/printed, and with brick I find that doesn't quite work because the texture usually has small shadows.... without them it looks fake.
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Lowes and two sheets of brick panneling. Added some drywall mud and then an off color paint over the mud to give it some age. About $50.00 total I think.
RKD , please post more with your pullbacks. These are wonderful especially on a real monitor.
Others please post your work and pullbacks. You only get better by putting yourself out there for crits. At times yes you might need a thick skin but your got to hear what your mistakes are to correct them. No matter where you are in this art form we still make mistakes so jump in. You will get better if you do this. It really makes you think next time before you release the shutter.
RKD , please post more with your pullbacks. These are wonderful especially on a real monitor.
Others please post your work and pullbacks. You only get better by putting yourself out there for crits. At times yes you might need a thick skin but your got to hear what your mistakes are to correct them. No matter where you are in this art form we still make mistakes so jump in. You will get better if you do this. It really makes you think next time before you release the shutter.
Charles,
I'm getting my new softboxes this week. Thanks for the help on that, BTW. I will be practices some shots with my wife again for a project I was hired to do in a month or so... some Fitness Trainer shots for their website and advertising. I will need some help with that project so I will definitely post some pullbacks.
RKD , please post more with your pullbacks. These are wonderful especially on a real monitor.
Thank you kindly.
Be careful what you ask for though, I try to pull back on most of my shoots so I can reproduce the setup if asked and for training classes I give at the studio.
Ray
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As you've noticed by now in general portrature the set up is remarkably static. Just have to pose correctlly and try to get the light coming in over the front shoulder on a lady and get shading on the opposite side of the face to slim the face.
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Changed bkg but same setup.
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Same setup but added a kicker.
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Same just changed bkg and added what the kids call a dead tree.
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This time just a small main, Eyelighter and bkg lt.
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Just wanted to say HI and thanks to the contributors in this thread. I've been lurking for some time now and very much enjoyed the information, so much so, I decided to join!
OK... here's one of mine. I took this yesterday with my new softboxes. Two gridded strip boxes behind, one large softbox in front just to camera right. I had to bring the levels up in post on this pullback shot because you couldn't see the front softbox.
Here is the result. I'm pretty happy. It's the first time I've ever used softboxes and the first time I've used a three light, low key setup like this:
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Thank you for the comments. Ken was doing what he called a 'snapback' step. I was trying to capture the 'pulling away' feel. You can see my normal style of composition in the other images.
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'snapback'? Swing/hand dancing?
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Great shots. Is that a paper BG you're using? Also, how do you like that BG shovel reflector? I've been eyeballing it for a bit but not sure about it.
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We were doing a take on Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Annie went to change outfits and Ken starting dancing to the music.
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Not paper but a 27 foot long by 12 foot wide piece of vinyl flooring painted flat white.
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The AB BG reflector is great for shots where it can be placed behind an object or person, one light high key or gel.
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Lowes and two sheets of brick panneling. Added some drywall mud and then an off color paint over the mud to give it some age. About $50.00 total I think.
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Others please post your work and pullbacks. You only get better by putting yourself out there for crits. At times yes you might need a thick skin but your got to hear what your mistakes are to correct them. No matter where you are in this art form we still make mistakes so jump in. You will get better if you do this. It really makes you think next time before you release the shutter.
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Charles,
I'm getting my new softboxes this week. Thanks for the help on that, BTW. I will be practices some shots with my wife again for a project I was hired to do in a month or so... some Fitness Trainer shots for their website and advertising. I will need some help with that project so I will definitely post some pullbacks.
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Thank you, I appreciate the compliment.
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Thank you kindly.
Be careful what you ask for though, I try to pull back on most of my shoots so I can reproduce the setup if asked and for training classes I give at the studio.
Ray
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Changed bkg but same setup.
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Same setup but added a kicker.
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Same just changed bkg and added what the kids call a dead tree.
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This time just a small main, Eyelighter and bkg lt.
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How far back from the subject is your BG?
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Here is the result. I'm pretty happy. It's the first time I've ever used softboxes and the first time I've used a three light, low key setup like this:
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