Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very observant and you are correct George. The essence of this lighting is for the strobes' modifiers to be almost in contact with the subject. In this instance wto 500w/s sources at very lowest power with the top (with diffused beauty dish) 3/10 stop higher. Something I've changed has made the lower unit hotter anyway. More work is in order. I'll feather it firstly and try just a reflector alternately. I got two more lower powered units, one of which is my background light now. I'll experiment further *If you want to take more interesting pictures, stand in front of more interesting stuff* -- Joe McNally Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 11 April 2013 13:15, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Apr 10, 2013, at 2:22 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > > > second look from a new shoot at home with a new to me model, Courtney > > M9 & Elmarit M 90 > > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/149615259 > > a lot to like here > feels relatively natural > > though the bottom light seems a bit to hot; > probably correctable by burning in the bottom of the frame; > especially the skin and jewelry > which feels overexposed (and a distraction) to my eye > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >