Candlelight Photos

[JmPhotos]

How would I create candlelight portraits? (with lights not candles) What I mean is light coming from one side, and the child looking towards the light, 3/4 of the face is lit, all black background. I have some continueous lights with umbrellas and a nice natural lighting window too. What settings do I need to adjust with my camera? I have a Canon Dig XTI.
Thanks
Jodie

 

[Sideburns]

candle is pretty hard light...considering the light source is about .25 inches...
Why can't you just use candles?

 

[The Phototron]

Put a snoot and a semi-opaque diffuser on the main light so that the spread of light only covers 3/4 of the subjects face, and the diffuser will make the light soft.

http://books.google.com/books?id=aF...H02J&sig=_eu7aVYdl58vuLzp2NNWpW6Gvzo#PPA46,M1

 

[Garbz]

Why can't you just use candles?

Err have you tried getting a child to sit still? How about sit still for a 5 second candle light exposure :lmao:

 

[rmh159]

Err have you tried getting a child to sit still? How about sit still for a 5 second candle light exposure :lmao:

Use A LOT of candles.

I was wondering the same thing recently... how to get enough light with candles (different situation though where using another source of light isn't an option). I was thinking about just using 5 - 6 candles bunched together.

 

[Alpha]

You shoot at f0.7. Kubrick did it once for a candle light scene.