Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you want something closer to a point souce, kyle, then control with a soft reflector to fill in the harshness. Something very bright condensed with a snood? I'm inspired to try just that but don't have nything large enough and can't manipulate it anyway right now, anyway. am i making sense? adam On Jan 20, 2008 11:50 AM, Kyle Cassidy <kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote: > > I'm thinking of doing a series of studio portraits of "heroes" -- doctors, > firefighters, police -- people who for one reason or another put their > lives at risk to protect others. > > i'd like to have a sort of "standard" portrait lighting for all of them, > and was kicking around the 63 inch photek softlighter II as big enough and > soft enough (and easy enough to set up) -- but looking at last nights > tests on trillian: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/trill-sb1.jpg > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2008/trill-sb3.jpg > > i'm wondering if it's just _too_ soft -- i'd like some sharper shadows on > interesting faces and i'm wondering if it would be better to move to: > > a) a smaller umbrella > > b) a softbox > > c) "window light" is not an answer here, thank you for trying though. > > i'm afraid if i go to too small an umbrella, if just won't have the > coverage to get "head to waist". gak. > > what are your favorite ways to light interesting faces with wrinkles & > character? i fear i've been photographing models too long, trying to get > RID of wrinkles and character ..... i want their faces to tell the story, > if you know what i mean.... > > > kc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >