Learning Lighting

[lizheaemma]

Trying to learn lighting....
C&C welcomed...

3 light set up... was taking pic of my daughter when the dog wondered in, so I just dropped the lights... More set up and thought would have been better,
but at least he poses for cookies!

 

[bazooka]

So you have an umbrella right, slightly above eye level, you have an on-camera bare flash for catchlight, and another umbrella left, above head height and slightly behind?

I love how the softness of the light multiplies with the softness of the fur on the ear and shoulder and the shallow depth of field to create super-soft ooey-gooey doggy goodness. Some day I will regret typing that. I also really like the crescent shaped catchlight in the bright eye. I think that really adds quality to the image.

I would like to see more of the umbrella light in the shadowed eye because other than the catch light, it's almost a black hole, and kind of disturbing the more I look at it.

Good work.

 

[lizheaemma]

Nothing on camera....
Umbrella at 45 camera right
Strip box camera right and above him angled camera right
Shoot through umbrella camera left.
I had a fourth flash behind him on the floor but he looked like he was glowing so I took it out.....

 

[IgsEMT]

Portrait Lighting
Learn well and enjoy

 

[Noxire]

Obligatory post with link to STROBIST

 

[jaykilgore]

Love it!

Nice short lighting on a subject that can be...difficult.

Excellent work my friend!

 

[Sammie_Lou]

Off topic here, but just wanted to suggest that you check out www.goldenretrieverforum.com...it's a great forum for golden owners. =) Actually, someone there pointed me in the direction of this forum.

 

[KmH]

Check out these lessons:

Photoflex Lighting School

 

[bazooka]

So the umbrella is causing the catchlight in the near eye? It just looks small for an umbrella at 50mm cropped. Nice setup though. Mabye I'll have to pick me up a strip box.

 

[SGorman]

Yes, I'm in full agreement with bazooka. Ooey-gooey-doggy goodness.

Nice job. Pets are harder than children.

 

[gsgary]

It dosn't look like you used 3 lights and nowhere near enough DOF for me

 

[lizheaemma]

It dosn't look like you used 3 lights and nowhere near enough DOF for me

I understand what you are saying re: DOF but what do you mean by it does not look like I used three lights and how should I improve that?

 

[Kbarredo]

It dosn't look like you used 3 lights and nowhere near enough DOF for me

I understand what you are saying re: DOF but what do you mean by it does not look like I used three lights and how should I improve that?

No need to improve the lighting. He just means you can't tell what the 3 lights are doing. To me it looks like 1 light and 1 reflector.

 

[gsgary]

It dosn't look like you used 3 lights and nowhere near enough DOF for me

I understand what you are saying re: DOF but what do you mean by it does not look like I used three lights and how should I improve that?

To me it looks like there is light from above and camera right but no light camera left, your best to start with 1 light get that right then add another, if you use 3 lights at once it is hard to tell where you are going wrong
This is 1 of mine with 2 lights and a reflector