Try the soft box totally vertical not tipped down. When you tip it the light does change. Try it more off to the side. Keep your subject more to the rear of the box. I'll try to draw a diagram later. Got to cut some trees down from Irene.
I think I get what you mean Charles. Have her further behind the box. I will try that. What I did do in later shots though was to put the box vertical and just lowered it down. That did work much better... kept the light nice and even. What a difference with these boxes as opposed to the umbrellas I was using. The light is much softer and much more easy to control.
Here is another shot from the set. Lighting is almost identical except I think I had the large box long edge on the horizontal.
"Have her further behind the box. I will try that"
Not behind the box.........have her about 1/5 to 1/4 in front of the rear edge. Keeping the box also horizontal not vertical and then the face of the box totally vertical. Don't point the box at her but across her. Tomorrow I'm up the studio and I'll try a diagram or some pullbacks.
Charles... I think we're saying the same thing but I'm not explaining myself correctly. If I understand, the box is 60" on the long end so set it on that end. Then, have her standing with the back 20" or so that way most of the light from the box feathers around her.
Do you orient the box the same with full length shots? Would the box with the long end on the vertical be better since it would light her length wise more evenly?
I keep the box horizontal for full lengths as I want some drop off of light to accent the face more. However if doing a clothing product shot I would want to have it vertical to more evenly light the clothing. If I'm doing a white bkg at times I turn it vertical to pop alittle more light on the floor to make it white. Falloff there is not a good thing.
Generally there are two layers of baffles in a softbox. Try removing the inner baffle as it produces a tad more specular highlight removed. Two baffles are too soft for my style. What softboxes did you wind up purchasing?
Thanks Charles. Hmm... I didn't even try removing the inner baffle yet. I think the slightly harder light will work well for this style. I may shoot a few more tonight so I'll try that. Also, makes sense of the light falloff only being important in certain cases like high key. For these shots, again, no big deal if the light falls off a bit.
For the large box, I went with the 30x60 Paul C Buff. It has the umbrella style frame which is really slick. Opens and closes real quick. For the strips, I ended up ordering some cheaper ones off Amazon because I wanted something with length and I just couldn't afford the better ones. I figured worst case, if they sucked, I'd return them to Amazon. I got them and am pretty darn happy with them. Comparing them to the Paul Buff, the construction isn't all that bad. A little heavy but not terrible. They're pretty simple to break down and reassemble too.
Worked with a football team last week and did a poster for them. Did not have enough time to do a pull back but everything was done with one 1600watt sec strobe in the octogone used in post 174 photo #8. The team was an hour late and they were looking into the sun as you can see my shadow on the ground in front of them. As I was tearing down a dad asked me to do his son so I did a few quick ones. Used some Topaz Adjust for some.
Right now my main stand for the boom is a Bogen/Manfrotto 3082 with casters. For the boom arm it is a Bogen/Manfrotto 3085 and get the weight for the end to balence it or make a hefty sand bag. You need to do one or the other to balance the light.
A really nice stand is the Manfrotto 3363. It is an air cushioned stand that is nice.
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I'm new here and wanted to share a posing & natural lighting set up from a newborn session.
The first image shows the positioning of the baby in the box - getting those little hands and fingers straight rather than balled up and tucking them under baby's chin.
The 2nd image shows baby in relation to the window. Window light always coming from top down (rather than from bum up which would give a "horror film" type of look casting shadows up the face rather than down). The 3rd image is an overhead view of the finished pose. The iphone is playing white noise to help keep baby asleep.
The 4th is the final image of sleepy baby with some great window light (huge floor to ceiling windows here!!)
...the first image made me think the baby was being buried up to the neck in some sort of container. The others cleared that up and the final image is definitely a wall-sized keeper. Great work.
Thanks ! I love shooting newborns expecially with natural light but often use a strobe/softbox as it's more practical depending on the time of day etc.
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My wife's employeer asked me if I would take some pictures for their new catalog of new products they have. First "real" shoot, so I set up a fairly simple system in their warehouse. I rented a backdrop and supports, I had a softbox setup and a 25' flash cable. So I set it up in front of their garage door. I opened the door to get afternoon light in from the door and then used the flash as the main light. I ended up not needing the reflector at all after opening the door.
I am just now starting to process the pics, but here is the "studio"
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I learned a bunch, such as I should have gotten a cyclorama style background with seamless transition to the floor. Luckily in the shots, the floor matches pretty well with the backdrop.
My wife's employeer asked me if I would take some pictures for their new catalog of new products they have. First "real" shoot, so I set up a fairly simple system in their warehouse. I rented a backdrop and supports, I had a softbox setup and a 25' flash cable. So I set it up in front of their garage door. I opened the door to get afternoon light in from the door and then used the flash as the main light. I ended up not needing the reflector at all after opening the door.
I am just now starting to process the pics, but here is the "studio"
iPad photo
I learned a bunch, such as I should have gotten a cyclorama style background with seamless transition to the floor. Luckily in the shots, the floor matches pretty well with the backdrop.
Had a great time in Savannah with Warne Noyce of Canada. Showed us more than we were able to absorb. Here is one for now it's getting late and I fly back home tomorrow. More to follow. In the first one you can see the small Canon 580exII barely in the frame on the right.
I often go to fabric stores and buy 6 to 8 ft of a fabric I like. I did like this green one so I added a green gel to intensify it abit more. Two kickers a bkg lt and a 4x6 main.
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A main, one kicker and bkg. The main was right in front of her and I stood directly in front of that.
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The reflector was set up for a different shot on this set up. I just moved it to the right for the next shot. Note how much light is being reflected back to the subject.
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Good work.
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Here is another shot from the set. Lighting is almost identical except I think I had the large box long edge on the horizontal.
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Not behind the box.........have her about 1/5 to 1/4 in front of the rear edge. Keeping the box also horizontal not vertical and then the face of the box totally vertical. Don't point the box at her but across her. Tomorrow I'm up the studio and I'll try a diagram or some pullbacks.
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Do you orient the box the same with full length shots? Would the box with the long end on the vertical be better since it would light her length wise more evenly?
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Generally there are two layers of baffles in a softbox. Try removing the inner baffle as it produces a tad more specular highlight removed. Two baffles are too soft for my style. What softboxes did you wind up purchasing?
You did a great job of your wife by the way.
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For the large box, I went with the 30x60 Paul C Buff. It has the umbrella style frame which is really slick. Opens and closes real quick. For the strips, I ended up ordering some cheaper ones off Amazon because I wanted something with length and I just couldn't afford the better ones. I figured worst case, if they sucked, I'd return them to Amazon. I got them and am pretty darn happy with them. Comparing them to the Paul Buff, the construction isn't all that bad. A little heavy but not terrible. They're pretty simple to break down and reassemble too.
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A really nice stand is the Manfrotto 3363. It is an air cushioned stand that is nice.
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I'm new here and wanted to share a posing & natural lighting set up from a newborn session.
The first image shows the positioning of the baby in the box - getting those little hands and fingers straight rather than balled up and tucking them under baby's chin.
The 2nd image shows baby in relation to the window. Window light always coming from top down (rather than from bum up which would give a "horror film" type of look casting shadows up the face rather than down). The 3rd image is an overhead view of the finished pose. The iphone is playing white noise to help keep baby asleep.
The 4th is the final image of sleepy baby with some great window light (huge floor to ceiling windows here!!)
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Always great to see these pull backs! What helpful info for us all.....and sometimes they are just entertaining just saying....!
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My wife's employeer asked me if I would take some pictures for their new catalog of new products they have. First "real" shoot, so I set up a fairly simple system in their warehouse. I rented a backdrop and supports, I had a softbox setup and a 25' flash cable. So I set it up in front of their garage door. I opened the door to get afternoon light in from the door and then used the flash as the main light. I ended up not needing the reflector at all after opening the door.
I am just now starting to process the pics, but here is the "studio"
iPad photo
I learned a bunch, such as I should have gotten a cyclorama style background with seamless transition to the floor. Luckily in the shots, the floor matches pretty well with the backdrop.
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Fun stuff. thanks for sharing that!
I would love to see the final results
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You got it. Currently have to do some more touch up/clean up but will get something up soon
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I'm a sucker for this one.
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A main, one kicker and bkg. The main was right in front of her and I stood directly in front of that.
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two kickers on the bkg and the 4x6 plus reflector.
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The reflector was set up for a different shot on this set up. I just moved it to the right for the next shot. Note how much light is being reflected back to the subject.
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Last one with the same reflector set up.
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