Timothy Hughes wrote:




I don't know the exact settings on my remote triggered, 640 w/s light.

Nice very nice, but you forget the halo over the escort.

paulcobophotography wrote:
Sun from the left exposed to just a rim light and Octogon Soft box from the right.

Isn't that Michelle Mutrix? I think she has some kind of deal with the devil or something, like anytime a camera is pointed in her direction, beautiful images appear.

EyeofTheBEEholder wrote:
bumpedy bump bump

wot he  said!

LightLab Studios wrote:
I shot this Friday morning.





The pic is an unretouched proof. I won't do much with it except to remove the lens flare.

Looks awesome.  I get the feeling that, at full resolution, I'd be able to read the text on the documents.

LightLab Studios wrote:
I shot this Friday morning.





The pic is an unretouched proof. I won't do much with it except to remove the lens flare.

OK, I will bite:

Where the heck was the sun?  At 8:00am there should have been some sun.  Was it still low enough that the ISO 50 and 1/400 of a second was able to turn daylight to night?

Exceptional shot.

Digitoxin wrote:
OK, I will bite:

Where the heck was the sun?  At 8:00am there should have been some sun.  Was it still low enough that the ISO 50 and 1/400 of a second was able to turn daylight to night?

Exceptional shot.

Thanks! I'm really happy with the results of this shoot. We were in a bit of a canyon, as well as forest, so not much direct sun (more so later in the morning). I don't remember the meter readings but at ISO 50 and 1/400, the ambient light was something like f1.4-f2.8. So, exposing to f8-11 made it look like night.

On some later shots, I dragged the shutter to bring in some ambient light and open up the background (plus it was later in the morning and brighter). I believe I had to go to about 1/15 to 1/60 depending on how bright I wanted the background. If you go to my profile, there are a bunch more shots up, some of which include dragging the shutter.

RobertDestefanoPhotogra wrote:
can anyone show some details of snoots?

How about overhead lighting?

Finally, if you want a pure white background, but without halo/bleed, how much more light on the backdrop than on model?  1/2 stop more?

I'm usually 1-2 stops over for white backgrounds depending on whether I want pure whites or subtle tones. The closer the model to the background, the harder it is to control any stray light. I just recommend experimenting with different setups and exposures until you get a feel for different results on high key shots.

Garry Tan Photo wrote:
Sometimes all you need is the sun, a reflector, and one beauty dish.

Shot today, unedited in Photoshop. Black levels in Lightroom.

I like the perspective of this shot

Rocksteady,
Danno~

LightLab Studios wrote:
Thanks! I'm really happy with the results of this shoot. We were in a bit of a canyon, as well as forest, so not much direct sun (more so later in the morning). I don't remember the meter readings but at ISO 50 and 1/400, the ambient light was something like f1.4-f2.8. So, exposing to f8-11 made it look like night.

On some later shots, I dragged the shutter to bring in some ambient light and open up the background (plus it was later in the morning and brighter). I believe I had to go to about 1/15 to 1/60 depending on how bright I wanted the background. If you go to my profile, there are a bunch more shots up, some of which include dragging the shutter.

I need to turn into a morning person!

thanks for sharing that!

Sean Armenta wrote:
WOW how cool is this little diagramming thing!  sweet!

this:





gets you this:





and if you want to see the video of it, go here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oftbXkMw0NA

that's beautiful...

codis wrote:
Can anyone detail how to get the high-fashion NY studio look?  I'm pretty sure i know the setup, but i won't have my equipment for a couple weeks.

Looks like a beauty dish and reflector for the first one just a large octabank or SB for the 2nd.  Pretty standard stuff.