first studio shoot

[sean7488]

Had my first studio session for one of my lighting classes at school. Would really like some critique on these.

portraits-075-8 by sean7488, on Flickr

portraits-098-15 by sean7488, on Flickr

portraits-125-22 by sean7488, on Flickr
portraits-088-11 by sean7488, on Flickr

portraits-050-5 by sean7488, on Flickr

 

[Big Mike]

As these are portraits, you may want to try shooting them in portrait/vertical orientation, rather than landscape/horizontal all the time.

As for critique, they are passable. I see some nice points and a few things that I would have done differently, but without knowing what you were going for, it's hard or impossible to really know if you achieved it or not. The more info you give us, the easier it is to give C&C.

 

[sean7488]

Basically all I was going for was practicing with lighting the subject. It's for a school project where I need to practice with lighting portrait shots so that's all I was going for really. I have another shoot tomorrow so I'm trying to figure out what I should do differently to improve the lighting.

 

[Big Mike]

Were you practicing anything in particular?

"lighting portraits" is a pretty broad spectrum...and if you don't know what you were going for, then it's difficult to know where to improve.

 

[Derrel]

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[Muct]

If I were you I would've chose better looking models tbh because these are just ugleh

 

[Aye-non Oh-non Imus]

The easiest and most foolproof method for lighting in a studio is with using a hand held light meter. Do you have one available?

What is your lighting setup for these shots? Where were they positioned with respect to camera and subject? Distances, heights, angles? How many lights do you have to work with? Strobed, continuous, modeling light?

What were your camera settings for these shots?

Please number your shots in the thread and limit them, 1 to 3, for more in depth C&C.

 

[sean7488]

The easiest and most foolproof method for lighting in a studio is with using a hand held light meter. Do you have one available?

What is your lighting setup for these shots? Where were they positioned with respect to camera and subject? Distances, heights, angles? How many lights do you have to work with? Strobed, continuous, modeling light?

What were your camera settings for these shots?

Please number your shots in the thread and limit them, 1 to 3, for more in depth C&C.

I did use a light meter, but I haven't been using it for very long. The settings for most of the shots were 1/125 f8 and 100 iso. The lighting setup was with 3 lights, because that's what the teacher wants us to use. One light in the front to light the subject with a softbox and 2 behind the subject to either light the subject with highlights or to light the background for a pure white background. The lights are dynalite but I'm not sure of the exact model.

 

[Aye-non Oh-non Imus]

I'll try to locate some links for you on lighting, but right now, I've lost my train of thought.......

If I were you I would've chose better looking models tbh because these are just ugleh

That is a very unneccesary comment and shows your character. The subject's physical attributes are not to be questioned unless there is a solution provided to better enhance the subject from a photograhic point of view.

 

[sean7488]

I'll try to locate some links for you on lighting, but right now, I've lost my train of thought.......

I actually ordered scott kelby's photo recipe's app on my ipad, a lot of it is in the studio so I'm watching the videos to see what I should do. I guess a lot of it is trial and error for me. It was my first try at it so I still have a lot to try and learn.