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'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