Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle, One thing you can do to help get some light from above is white foamcore poster board. They make it as large as 4x8 feet. Hang it on the ceiling, and it'll give you something to bounce light from. They make it in lots of colors, so you could get various shades. It's easy to schlep around, and you can even use it on outside shoots. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:40 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: Kyle's PAW 8 (studio advice) > >Kyle: > > > >The lighting on the second shot is terrible. It is too flat. Time to look > > >at some lighting ratios. The first shot is still a little flat, but > >works. The second shot needs more dramatic lighting. > > > >Regards, > > > >Robert > > now THERE's some useful criticism! if i haven't said it before, i'll say it > now, if you think my shot is terrible, don't think you're impolite in saying > so. it's what i'm here for. i'm basically wandering around in the dark in > the studio. i like craig morey's stuff, but i think my studio is too limited > to accomodate the equipment he's using, i've looked at his images and from > the shadow lines it looks like he has an "up" axis in his studio, which i > don't -- which brings me begging for advice from those who know about studio > lighting ... here's my setup: > > physical space: ~8x8x7 > light sources: 2 monolight strobes w/ 2x3 softboxes w/ two power settings > (low and high) one background light with no power settings (sometimes i put > a plastic bag over it). > > i don't think i have enough physical space to do key / fill / background -- > and i'm pretty sure i couldn't put a hairlight anywhere, but i could be > completely wrong. if anybody can point me to a decent book on studio > photography, OR let me know that i'm crazy for trying with this setup ... > that works too. > > so i'm thinking maybe -- on camera flash? or a ring light? what are my best > options? > > 10-q > > kc > > p.s. who's the lug studio guru? rabiner? > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html