Lights, diagrams, and dodgy models - expert eyes needed.

Bend The Light

I went back into the studio today to have another go at lighting a portrait to include a little more in the way of shadow. My previous attempts were a little flat (as someone said, they were like corporate portraits, good for sales brochures and the like). So, my friend and I played around, moved a few things, tried a few things. These are the few where we thought we were getting somewhere. I include my fabulously drawn lighting diagrams, too...we were aiming to not have Broad lighting...did we succeed?

Any thoughts on whether we did ok, or whether we still haven't got it, or anything else, would be appreciated. Bear in mind that the models are me and my friend, and we tried to be consistent in the directions we faced so we could see the effects of the light and shadow, so the images are not meant to be nice, or flattering!

Oh yeah, and these are straight out of camera...no PP AT ALL apart from converting in PS to JPEg from the RAW, and then placing on these layout diagrams.


Ours - Short Lighting by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr


Ours - Short Lighting v2 by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr


Ours - Short Lighting v3 by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr

Cheers