On 2 July 2011 01:06, William Robb <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> David Savage wrote: >> >> <http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5111/5890822455_5c6c9ed165_o.jpg> >> >> D700, AF-D 85mm f1.4, 1/200 @ f9, ISO 200. 3 Elinchrom BXRi 500's >> Mainlight 45° to model camera left in softbox with diffusion screens >> removed. 2 behind, & either side of model, to blow out the background. > > The light is, I think, on the harsh side. It shows in the shadows of the > hair, blown cheek, hard shadow on her leg and wrist, etc. > This may be what you were going for, in case we merely disagree on how to > light this sort of thing.
The light is deliberately harsh. Was aiming more for contemporary fashion rather than glamour fashion look. Harsh light & strong shadows seem to be all the rage. > What I like to do is use a really big softbox for the main, my favourite is > a 60" round one, and then position a harder light right in front of it so it > is on, or at least near, the same axis as the big light. Adjusting the > balance between the two gives really nice shadow control. > You blew the background out really nicely, it looks like she is on a rear > lit Plexiglas sweep., which are a lot of fun to light with gels. I will have to give that lighting set-up a try sounds very cool. This was shot a a simple seamless paper backdrop with 2 heads to blow it about 1.5 stops over the main light. Thanks for the comments. Always appreciated from a dab hand such as yourself. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
