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To PI Lighting Gurus, Critique PLEASE!
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Hi folks,
These are unedited RAW files taken during a lighting “workshop” (read, me and a friend mucking about)
I would really appreciate some comments on how i’ve lit the subject, what I could have done better, what’s ok/good/can be improved.
One light set up, camera left, only varied angle and height of lights.
One light, camera left
One light at camera left, silver reflector at camera right
One light at camera left, gold reflector at camera right
One light, camera leftI assume they look funny as they’re unedited RAWs as they’re nice and sharp on my computer.
This is one i had a quick play around with:
Large files can be seen on my flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/summerdreamn/
Jeebus, give us a chance to look at them, I’ve only just seen ’em…
Firstly Christina, I’m not a lighting guru, ask anyone…
To me these look ever so slightly underexposed, or as if you have
your single light just a little bit too far away from your model, especially
in the second of the images you’ve posted here. Judging by the catchlights
in the eyes, it may also have been too high; bring it down about six inches
to a foot I reckon…Your reflector is most definitely too far away from your subject; best to
have an assistant close at hand to move things around for you while you
experiment with exposures until you have a more balanced and ‘natural’
looking distribution of light and shadow. This is quite obvious in the first
of your images, where the model’s left side is far too dark…Just my thoughts…
By the way, your friend makes a fine model; beautiful eyes and quite adept
at posing…hummm….I think if you fixed the exposure on the first one you’d have a great shot.
However, if you fixed the exposure on the 2nd and 3rd, I think you’d have too much light for this look.
just my 2c of course…..and I’m not a lighting expert…so grain of salt.
jeebus! sorry, rob. it’s my add, plus i like saying jeebus. :)
i realised that they were underexposed when i looked at them on another computer but i can’t seem to get the PP right:
thanks for the comments guys. it’s really helpful about positioning the lights and reflectors (distance, height).
*goes off to experiment some more*
Lighting Guru… I don’t even know how to get out of bed.
Your model has fantastic eyes and the makeup is nicely done.
I’d prefer to see more balance from the reflected side, i.e. less shadow. They do seem a bit underexposed on my computer, but then i thought calibration was a low alcohol lager! In 2 and 3 is the reflector directly opposite the camera? If it was lowered and angled up under…… Just re-read Robs bit, do what he says cos he’s prob right, experiment with angle of reflector also though to eliminate bags under eyes, strong shadows under nose and lips etc
All the best
Sean
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