Just a few for fun!

[Markw]

I thought I'd post these here. They weren't for anything special. I just had the lights out in the morning for some product shots, and she REALLY wanted to get her picture taken, right out of bed. She's not the best model for posed shots, so I told her to make all the faces she wanted, and here are the results. I couldn't decide on an editing method, so I'll post all of the ones I kept:

Nikon D300s
Nikon 35mm F/1.8G

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Enjoy! Please comment!
Mark

 

[Markw]

Here's the lighting setup:

Mark

 

[Rebekah5280]

Why the light in the back? Is that to make the white backdrop white/overexposed? I'm trying so hard to get the white.. well, white!! I am having to do a lot of very frustrating PS work in order to do so.

 

[Superfitz]

Why the light in the back? Is that to make the white backdrop white/overexposed? I'm trying so hard to get the white.. well, white!! I am having to do a lot of very frustrating PS work in order to do so.

Yes....by lighting the background you will get it white/overexposed. Granted...I am not one that lights a background from behind. I would light from behind the subject onto the background or one light on each side pointing at the background. It all depends on what type of shot I am doing.

 

[889Media]

Good job in adding the description on how you did your lighting Fun to not only see the photos, but a little bit about how they are done! Thanks

 

[Rebekah5280]

Why the light in the back? Is that to make the white backdrop white/overexposed? I'm trying so hard to get the white.. well, white!! I am having to do a lot of very frustrating PS work in order to do so.

Yes....by lighting the background you will get it white/overexposed. Granted...I am not one that lights a background from behind. I would light from behind the subject onto the background or one light on each side pointing at the background. It all depends on what type of shot I am doing.

Yes, I have tried lighting the background behind my subject, but never from behind the backdrop like that. I still have issues, I think my lights just aren't powerful enough. (lighting kit from Amazon... need to upgrade BIG TIME!)

I will not give up though!! I'll get it eventually!

 

[Markw]

The lighting kit I use was a knock-off from ebay. I got two 150w/s strobes, one 75w/s, snoot, barndoor, grid, two 20x28" softboxes, one reflector umbrella, three light stands, a set of gels, one 5x10 black, one 5x10 white, and one 10x20 grey and dark grey splotched muslins, and a case to carry it all in for abour $225. It works fine for me. I had to put the light in the back because there wasnt enough room to put the backdrop support back, so the baby would be far enough away from it to fit a light between her and the backdrop. This was done on my kitchen table, so not much room to play with.

Mark

 

[KBM1016]

I love them! It's a perfect way to showcase a kid straight out of bed on a Saturday morning...silly. Light set up seemed to work well also.

 

[Markw]

Thank you! It's quite convenient that it worked well for the product shots as well as her portraits.

Mark