Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/20

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Subject: [Leica] Help with a flash setup
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Fri Jul 20 18:47:08 2007
References: <4cfa589b0707201353r183898c3i24f83d839b708859@mail.gmail.com>

Adam,

Try bouncing the lights off of the ceiling.

Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157


On 7/20/07, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I know, I know . . . so if you're offended you'll just have to get
> over it and move on to another thread. <grin>
>
> I've been asked to shoot a group portrait to match the work of another
> photographer shot 10 years ago who is no longer active.
>
> I should have said "no" because it's not my thing but they are my
> neighbors and they asked nice.
>
> The setup involves a sofa against a flat white wall. A skylight above
> the sofa gives fits to using natural light, and there's not a whole
> lot of light in the room as it stands anyway.
>
> When I try to use flash, I have two strobes with umbrellas, I get
> shadows on the wall behind the subjects. There's no way to pull them
> further away from the wall. The photo I'm attemptng to duplicate has
> no obvious shadows.
>
> Can someone suggest a technique - perhaps positioning of the strobes -
> to eliminate shadows? I've tried a setup with strobes on either side
> (there's not a lot of room for that) Now I'm wondering if I should
> have them centered on either side of the camera?
>
> I know - it's all covered in studio photography 101 - but it was an 8
> AM class and I slept throught it....
>
> Thanks for any advice you may have to share.
>
> Adam
>
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