Learning to use my AB'S....

Tim Kirkwood

Just got my Alienbee's and I am learning how to get the lighting setup. My wife is getting a bit tired of posing for me lol....

Here is one for some C&C, I know the pose is a bit Old School' but it works for now. I am trying to get things right at the time of shot to min my PS time so not much has been done with this.


Thanks Ya'll

Tim

gus

Tim i really like that..very bright without over exposing to my eye. Can you explain your set up to me ?

Phyxius

Wow Tim! I didn't respond in an earlier thread because I've really not got much to contribute to portraits, but this is 100x better. Love it!

Great colors and clarity. I LOVE how you brought out the BLUE in her eyes. Your wife should be VERY happy thumb

Tim Kirkwood

gus wrote:

Tim i really like that..very bright without over exposing to my eye. Can you explain your set up to me ?

Thanks Gus,

This is a AB800 to camer left somewhere around 1/2 power, a AB400 for the background with the background shovel and set to around 1/4 power. a Sunpak 383 camera left and high for hair light set to around 1/4 also I think. The distance from subject to background was about 5 feet. Background is a gray muslin. She was sitting on a bar stool letting me play lol.

Here is a layout.....

Tim Kirkwood

Phyxius wrote:

Wow Tim! I didn't respond in an earlier thread because I've really not got much to contribute to portraits, but this is 100x better. Love it!

Great colors and clarity. I LOVE how you brought out the BLUE in her eyes. Your wife should be VERY happy thumb

Thanks Tina(I hope I can call you tina lol),

I sent it to her email at work and the girls at work loved it, may have got 2 more customers from it lol. Here friends at work have been good about helping supprt my hobby...

Seneca

I think you're doing a great job...the colors and the lighting look excellent.

Seneca

I think you're doing a great job...the colors and the lighting look excellent.:D

Tim Kirkwood

Seneca wrote:

I think you're doing a great job...the colors and the lighting look excellent.:D

Thanks!

urbanaries

Amazing results.....no glare on the glasses, even! Beautiful portrait!

~Jan~

Wow, great job!!

Tim Kirkwood

Thanks to you both!

Tim

shatch

Great shot. Love your illustration of your lighting setup. Is that produced in a layout program or a specialized software package?