k.udhay
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Hi,
Recently I tried cake smash photography of my daughter at my home. It was at late evening, hence had to use flashes. Gears used:
1. Nikon D3200 18 - 105 mm lens
2. Two Yongnuo YN560 IV flashes operated with remote trigger
3. Two soft boxes of 80 cm sq.
4. One backdrop
Flash power settings:
Both of equal power
Lighting setup:
Subject (my daughter), soft boxes and camera - All almost at floor level.
Both softboxes aiming at her face.
Representative image attached.
Outputs (After post processing):
Udhaya Kumar K - எங்கள் உலகிற்கு இனி #அகவை_ஒன்று :) Our... | Facebook
Problem:
I find the results more of underexposed and uncontrolled hard shadows. Most of the tutorials suggest me to go for one soft box with high power (Key light) and other with few stops lower power (fill light). Or to use a reflector? My question is why shouldn't I use two equal powered lights? What is the mechanism that causes this setup a failure?
Or, is my problem different than the power of lights?
Pl. provide feed back.
Edit - Picture updated with distances between subject and backdrop & subject and lights
Recently I tried cake smash photography of my daughter at my home. It was at late evening, hence had to use flashes. Gears used:
1. Nikon D3200 18 - 105 mm lens
2. Two Yongnuo YN560 IV flashes operated with remote trigger
3. Two soft boxes of 80 cm sq.
4. One backdrop
Flash power settings:
Both of equal power
Lighting setup:
Subject (my daughter), soft boxes and camera - All almost at floor level.
Both softboxes aiming at her face.
Representative image attached.
Outputs (After post processing):
Udhaya Kumar K - எங்கள் உலகிற்கு இனி #அகவை_ஒன்று :) Our... | Facebook
Problem:
I find the results more of underexposed and uncontrolled hard shadows. Most of the tutorials suggest me to go for one soft box with high power (Key light) and other with few stops lower power (fill light). Or to use a reflector? My question is why shouldn't I use two equal powered lights? What is the mechanism that causes this setup a failure?
Or, is my problem different than the power of lights?
Pl. provide feed back.
Edit - Picture updated with distances between subject and backdrop & subject and lights
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