Let Me Have it Part !!!

[GeorgieGirl]

Thank you Everyone! I am going to spends some time in LR again to see what I can do, I still need PS and I looked at my Elements and I can't recall how to do a thing there, so I am not going to tax my brain.

I did light the bg greater than the key, maybe I need more??? And with my novice attempts, tight space and lack of a 4th light, I had flare and had to be careful. That was the greatest challenge for me, getting it white and bright wihtout blowing it out and adjusting the f/stop on the camera was helping in finding the best/right settings to accomplish no red zones yet there some small areas but I thought I could work them out in pp.

So that raises a question: Is it possible to light a white bg and not have it register as blown out in any area? If so is it just a matter of time before I can too, or is it OK to let it be less than 100% perfect in favor of getting going.

 

[Blake.Oney]

3 lights is plenty to shoot a white background. You put two on the background on either side and one on the subjects. Make the bg lights 1-1 1/2 stops brighter than the main light and use a reflector for fill if you want it. I think you got your light exposures fine on this one, but you just metered for the bg instead of the subjects.

 

[Derrel]

Rotate camera to vertical position. Move camera back and use a more-appropriate focal length; the man's head is positively HUGE in comparison to the head of the daughters behind him. The lens is too short of a focal length, and the camera is far too close, which is terribly distorting the on-film sizes of the objects. Also, elevate the man's position in relation to the two girls--he is wayyyyy too low in the frame.

On a less-serious note, I'd tell them that they should consider hiring a fashion consultant for the group--the deer head shirt and the palm tree shirts are, well, a horrific mis-match of "styles". cough-cough.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

Rotate camera to vertical position. Move camera back and use a more-appropriate focal length; the man's head is positively HUGE in comparison to the head of the daughters behind him. The lens is too short of a focal length, and the camera is far too close, which is terribly distorting the on-film sizes of the objects. Also, elevate the man's position in relation to the two girls--he is wayyyyy too low in the frame.

On a less-serious note, I'd tell them that they should consider hiring a fashion consultant for the group--the deer head shirt and the palm tree shirts are, well, a horrific mis-match of "styles". cough-cough.

Derrel - I was as far back as I could go. I'd have to cut through the house foundation to do more. Its so much easier with one or maybe even two people only. I did vertical test but the arms were chopped off at the elbows and I thought you would not like that so I did not pursue it. If I moved him up then you would not have been able to see the deer shirt, and then I would not have liked that.

As far as GeorgieMan goes...he is about that big. I have read that they love sportscasters and pitch men with big noggins, so he shoulda been one. You should see his father. That's a really big man. Now about the get-ups. The shirt was a find in a Florida Hotel. We had to have it for Xmas. As for the Stylist, well, guess who...The deer head shirt is from J Crew, their Holiday collection of artful tees, I have one with a nice sequin snowflake from last year, so you see its all about Holiday tops. I'd have liked to have gotten the rest of GeorgieMan's shirt in as it has a nice roly-poly Santa and a colorful beach umbrella on the other side. Best I could get in since my behind was hugging the wall was the spider...er, that is... Palm Tree.

I'll do better next X-Mas. I promise.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

3 lights is plenty to shoot a white background. You put two on the background on either side and one on the subjects. Make the bg lights 1-1 1/2 stops brighter than the main light and use a reflector for fill if you want it. I think you got your light exposures fine on this one, but you just metered for the bg instead of the subjects.

No, I metered for incident. The camera apparently likes to do its own thing coupled with my misuse of pp software. I have no desire to try this with three people and one light for that group. To many shadows, no how no way, I still used a reflector with the two light on the three people and as I said, I don't like white so unless I buy a 4th light, and I was told to just go and do it, I'm sticking with a black bg in order to have some fun and stop the madness.