Rim shots and darkness with a coke can

Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
edited April 10, 2012 in People
Been down to the studio again with my two partners in crime. We are working on the lighting...sometimes trying to get the basics, and sometimes playing with the light to see what we get.
This time, with Rim Lighting in mind, we took a few shots, to try to short light a portrait, and include a rim light to stop the head blending with the background.

and then we got silly with a coke can...


Short Lit with hair/rim light
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4-4-2012 Tim short lit and rim to hair by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr

And the obligatory mono conversion, which I think adds more menace to the shot:
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4-4-2012 Tim short lit and rim to hair mono by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr

And the fun with a coke can shot:
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4-4-2012 Have a Coke by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr

Bonus image...the hoodie:
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4-4-2012 Tim in the hood by http://bendthelight.me.uk, on Flickr


Let me know what you think. :)

Comments

  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2012
    Short light usually refers to lighting the side of the face turned away from the camera which I'm not seeing here but I do like the light setup and the dramatic results in the B&W version...
    I'm all for experimenting with lighting though....keep it up!
    Yo soy Reynaldo
  • Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2012
    reyvee61 wrote: »
    Short light usually refers to lighting the side of the face turned away from the camera which I'm not seeing here but I do like the light setup and the dramatic results in the B&W version...
    I'm all for experimenting with lighting though....keep it up!

    Thanks Rey.
    It can get very confusing with the terms used. There was a whole debate on another forum in one of my posts because of how people labelled a rim light, a backlight, or an accent light. They never did agree...

    ...I just thought that a light which lit a smaller portion of the side of the face, leaving a broader section in shadow, would be called short lighting. But it doesn't matter, really...we got the effect we were trying for irrespective of name. rolleyes1.gif

    I am pleased with the results, too, and yes, the BW is the better image...nice and moody. :)

    Cheers. :)
  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2012
    Ohhh, the hoodie can get you in trouble :D
    Yo soy Reynaldo
  • Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2012
    reyvee61 wrote: »
    Ohhh, the hoodie can get you in trouble :D

    It could...that's my fellow photographer, Tim. He's a teddy bear, really...not at all thug-like. :)
  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2012
    Short light.......measure from the nose to the ear when a head is turned. One section will be less when measured. The less side is lit and that would be a short light pattern. You lit the broader measurment so you've got a broad light (more like a broad rim if that is possible).
    Charles
    www.cameraone.biz
  • BilsenBilsen Registered Users Posts: 2,143 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2012
    I like your experimentation and I like that people are defining terms.

    My pick would be # 2 overall.
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  • Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
    edited April 5, 2012
    Hackbone wrote: »
    Short light.......measure from the nose to the ear when a head is turned. One section will be less when measured. The less side is lit and that would be a short light pattern. You lit the broader measurment so you've got a broad light (more like a broad rim if that is possible).
    JohnGalt_ny wrote: »
    I like your experimentation and I like that people are defining terms.

    My pick would be # 2 overall.

    Well, it's shorter than the last short lighting we did! rolleyes1.gif

    Cheers folks. :)
  • mjoshi123mjoshi123 Registered Users Posts: 216 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2012
    Last one is not working for me because of eyes glowing thru darkness, rest all are good.
  • Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
    edited April 6, 2012
    mjoshi123 wrote: »
    Last one is not working for me because of eyes glowing thru darkness, rest all are good.

    Thank you. :)
  • avangardphotoavangardphoto Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
    edited April 10, 2012
    I like the last one.
    Avangard Photography | Toronto Wedding Photography Studio
  • Bend The LightBend The Light Registered Users Posts: 1,887 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2012
    Thank you. :)
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