Forum: Photography


Subject: Lighting Practice

randyrives opened this issue on May 18, 2005 ยท 18 posts


randyrives posted Wed, 18 May 2005 at 10:11 PM

I got my lighting setup tonight. It is a Impact Tungsten lighting setup. 2 - 500 watt lights with 12" reflectors. 1 - 250 watt light with a 5" "spot" reflector. 3 stands, 2 umbrellas and a boom arm. The umbrella brackets can also be used to hold flash units with a hot shoe connector. I did a few exercises from the NYI course and some portrait practice with Glenda. Here are the results, let me know what you think. The dummy that I am, I still had the ISO at 3200, from Graduation. So I ran these through Noise Njina. sp? Your critique is appreciated.

randyrives posted Wed, 18 May 2005 at 10:11 PM

Bread

randyrives posted Wed, 18 May 2005 at 10:12 PM

Wine 1

randyrives posted Wed, 18 May 2005 at 10:12 PM

Wine 2

randyrives posted Wed, 18 May 2005 at 10:13 PM

My wife Glenda

DJB posted Wed, 18 May 2005 at 11:59 PM

I love the bread shot....also the lighting on Glenda is surrounding her perfectly.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."



kimariehere posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 12:32 AM

i love the bread shot too.. and your wife is so pretty and looks happy and sweet!! .. great preactice shots!

kimmers ♥ :O)


cynlee posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 1:20 AM

these are great randy!!
the apple is my fave,
the bread looks a bit too bright on the one piece,
subtle variance in the 2 wines,
interesting to see how a little adjustment in light will make a diff
& a lovely lit portrait of "Daddy's Little Girl" :D

exciting, i'm sure... how bout a shot of the lighting setup itself now,
been awhile since we've seen one posted here:]


coolj001 posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 2:26 AM

Cool photos..esp. like the last wine one...Contrats on your new lights. I wonder if you could also use them for a small indoor tomato farm or something. :-)


randyrives posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 7:02 AM

Doug - The bread shot is my favorite. Kim - Well she is pretty and she is sweet (most of the time). Thanks! cynlee - Thanks! Dully noted on the blown out light on the bread. It was interesting to see how slight movement in the light can change a photo, such as the 2 wine shots. For these shots the lighting was very simple. The Apple had one of the 500 watt lights at almost 90 degree angle, with a reflector bouncing light back into the shadow side of the apple. Glenda held a Black piece of poster board on the side of the light to create the shadow line behind the apple. (Barn doors would be nice for that) The bread was side lit with no reflectors to bring out the texture of the bread. Again Glenda held poster board to create the shadow line. The wine glass was still just one light at 45 degrees, but the light was tilted up slightly then, Glenda held the poster board under the light to put the glass itself in the shadow. This kept the glass from having bright hot spots, and let the white background reflect light through the wine. I will try and get a shot of the setup tonight. coolj001 - Thanks! I am sure you could grow some lovely tomatoes under these lights! And make great photographs of their progress.


ebsmooth posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 10:03 AM

the apple shot looks awesome, fantastic shadow!!! well done!!


Damia posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 12:43 PM

Wow! Very cool shots. turning green with jealousy ;) I like the way the second wine is lit. And the light around your wife is perfect. :)

~Damia~ LeviathanPhotography


tibet2004uk posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 12:47 PM

I definitely prefer the apple shot!! The bread shot is too bright for my taste too and the details are lost in the highlights on the piece of bread on the right! I love ur wife's portrait, really beautiful shot. Great experiments u did here Randy! Always fascinating to see the results!


randyrives posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 2:11 PM

ebsmooth - Thanks! Damia - Thank you. Tibet - Yes the bread shot is a little blown out. Thanks!


Michelle A. posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 2:47 PM

Nicely done Randy! Apple is my favorite! In the one of your wife the light looks very natural..... I like it!

I am, therefore I create.......
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L8RDAZE posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 8:14 PM

This is some great stuff RANDY! Love how the wine glasses seem to be FLOATING in air...grounded just enuff by that slight reflection.

The apple...WHOA...are you using some type of "Stage" for this one? I'm really interested to know as I'm tryin to set up "somethin" down in my basement!

Thx in advance!
Joe

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randyrives posted Thu, 19 May 2005 at 10:17 PM

Michella - Thanks! Joe - Thanks! You should see my "expensive" stage. I will go grab of shot of it before my wife tears it down.


Onslow posted Fri, 20 May 2005 at 7:53 AM

Some nice shots there Randy - well done . Wish I had some lights ...........

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html