Working on Lighting

[dennykyser]

I am still working on my lighting setup any sugestions would be appreciated.

http://kyser.home.westpa.net/images/Jonathan5.jpg

http://kyser.home.westpa.net/images/Shawn1.jpg

[G3]

Man, Denny...you are one hard working dude! The lighting is about perfect. You still need something other than the bright white background, though.

[dennykyser]

Thanks G3 I have a couple other colors, beige and black but thinking whit may be the easiest to change out in PS. I really have not played with that yet but may later on. I figured If I could get the lighting right with white, the other colors should be easier.

[G3]

Yeah, you are right about that. It will be a simple matter to change that white background in PS.

How do you get your kids to stay still for so many sittings? What do you bribe them with?

[PeterS45]

There's nothing much that has to be changed, except one thing. I think you'll need some umbrella-type diffusors to prevent seeing the two lights you used in front of the subjects reflecting in their eyes. Or use Photoshop :wink: .

[timmyquest]

There's nothing much that has to be changed, except one thing. I think you'll need some umbrella-type diffusors to prevent seeing the the two lights you used in front of the subjects reflecting in their eyes. Or use Photoshop :wink: .

LOL, i knew something looked odd, especially in the 1st.

Totally gotta get rid of that effect. Otherwise, i agree...it looks great to me.

[G3]

There's nothing much that has to be changed, except one thing. I think you'll need some umbrella-type diffusors to prevent seeing the two lights you used in front of the subjects reflecting in their eyes. Or use Photoshop :wink: .

Yeah, that's 30 seconds of Photoshop work....

[dennykyser]

Thanks everyone for the coments, and I do forget to remove one of the lights from the eyes, am I right to leave one of the lights in the eyes?

to keep them posing it was simple, I told them the easter bunny wanted to see pictures of them. :)

[PeterS45]

to keep them posing it was simple, I told them the easter bunny wanted to see pictures of them. :)

You could have me posing for you if one of the Playboy Bunnies would come to watch. :twisted:

[Scottes]

These look a lot better. The shadows look great and create a lot of depth.

The background does need something. I'm not a fan of the idea of replacing it in PS - to me that's going too far. One thing you could try on the cheap is a gobo. Take a piece of thick or double-folded aluminum foil and punch a bunch of big random holes in it. Spray paint it black and put it in front of the background light so it shines a bunch of random shadows across the background. Try playing with the angle of the gobo. Try bigger holes so that there's little aluminum foil left. If you have a big piece of material try wrinkling and folding it so the light hitting creates shadows. Look at the boys' shirts - they're a lot more interesting than the white background. Anything to stop it from being a big, solid-white background, and it doesn't have to be much at all.

[dennykyser]

Thanks guys for the ideas and sugestions. You guys are great and if any playboy bunnies are coming, you guys will have to take your own pictures I will be giving them a tour of my playboy mantion. (as long as my wife is shopping) :shock: