Donnie1010
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Found some portrait work done by a celebrity photog that I really love (www.davidnoles.com) and have been trying to crack the lighting setup/add it to my arsenal of understanding. Have heard every suggestion under the sun, from "just throw up some 2'x3' softboxes on either side of the subject" (even 2 feet in front of the subject the catchlights were way too small) to "the ones with blue eyes are done with either strip lights or a ring light" (the catches are shaped like ( ) not || or O, tried both those options, the strips were straight up and down and I don't know where you'd find a ring light big enough to encircle the entire pupil and still get clearance for the frame to work. Especially interested in the ones that are drenched in light that immediately falls off into shadow. I image there's some flagging going on, but I've tried everything under the sun (using black foamcore) and I'm still missing something. One thing I know for sure is he's using very large light sources, judging from the attached catchlight close up, maybe 4x6 scrims? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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