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Best neutral lighting setup
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* 3 stobes of some sort * any lighting accessories (soft boxes, umbrellas, etc) * 1 large backdrop Subject: people, one to eight of them Setup: Neutral, you are going to be shooting a wide variety of folks and they all need to look pretty much the same. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= How EXACTLY would you use the three mono lights? What accessories would you use with those three mono lights? |
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Sam Carleton writes:
Equipment list: * 3 stobes of some sort * any lighting accessories (soft boxes, umbrellas, etc) * 1 large backdrop Subject: people, one to eight of them Setup: Neutral, you are going to be shooting a wide variety of folks and they all need to look pretty much the same. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= How EXACTLY would you use the three mono lights? What accessories would you use with those three mono lights? With the goal of *neutrality*, I'd set up a light with big diffuser (since it costs nothing to specify arbitrary equipment in a Usenet post, I'll say a big softbox) off to each side of the camera the same amount (less than the full 45 degrees out) and slightly higher, and use the third light to directly light the backdrop if needed, or else to provide a raking hair and shoulder rim-light to separate them from a black backdrop (the backdrop color wasn't specified, so I'm covering both cases). (If doing the rim-light thing, probably need a grid to narrow that beam). -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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Sam Carleton writes:
Equipment list: * 3 stobes of some sort * any lighting accessories (soft boxes, umbrellas, etc) * 1 large backdrop Subject: people, one to eight of them Setup: Neutral, you are going to be shooting a wide variety of folks and they all need to look pretty much the same. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= How EXACTLY would you use the three mono lights? What accessories would you use with those three mono lights? With the goal of *neutrality*, I'd set up a light with big diffuser (since it costs nothing to specify arbitrary equipment in a Usenet post, I'll say a big softbox) off to each side of the camera the same amount (less than the full 45 degrees out) and slightly higher, and use the third light to directly light the backdrop if needed, or else to provide a raking hair and shoulder rim-light to separate them from a black backdrop (the backdrop color wasn't specified, so I'm covering both cases). (If doing the rim-light thing, probably need a grid to narrow that beam). -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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My first reaction was to skip this message as you were asking too much.
There is no way to set up a shot for a group and a person. But then I remembered a book in my formative years by Irving Penn....Worlds in a Small Room. He built what might be called a light tent. Use natural light....get an open northern exposure...build your sweep...move the people through as they show up. "David Dyer-Bennet" wrote in message ... Sam Carleton writes: Equipment list: * 3 stobes of some sort * any lighting accessories (soft boxes, umbrellas, etc) * 1 large backdrop Subject: people, one to eight of them Setup: Neutral, you are going to be shooting a wide variety of folks and they all need to look pretty much the same. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= How EXACTLY would you use the three mono lights? What accessories would you use with those three mono lights? With the goal of *neutrality*, I'd set up a light with big diffuser (since it costs nothing to specify arbitrary equipment in a Usenet post, I'll say a big softbox) off to each side of the camera the same amount (less than the full 45 degrees out) and slightly higher, and use the third light to directly light the backdrop if needed, or else to provide a raking hair and shoulder rim-light to separate them from a black backdrop (the backdrop color wasn't specified, so I'm covering both cases). (If doing the rim-light thing, probably need a grid to narrow that beam). -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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