Studio Lighting help?

[kawter2]

Anyone that does studio shots etc, can you provide a little input?

Here is how I shot these.

2 JTL Versalight's w/silver umbrella at a 45deg from camera. (I tried to get them at least 20ft away but space was limited.

mostly they were shot @ f4 1/200 iso 100


any sugestions? softbox vs umbrella vs no flash vs I dont know anything


http://www.kawter.hostrocket.com/girls/port1a.jpg


http://www.kawter.hostrocket.com/girls/port2a.jpg


http://www.kawter.hostrocket.com/girls/port3a.jpg

[charlesu]

Not sure if you were going for something different than you got but these are well lit portraits.

[Sailor Don]

The lighting looks good.

I would use a photo editor to take the double reflection out of the eyes.

Like this:
http://users3.ev1.net/~sailord/port3a.jpg

kawter2,

I edited your photo only to demonstrate the concept. I hope you don't mind.

[chris.bailey]

The first one is wonderful.

It would be more normal to keep one of the lights within 20 degrees or so, the second fill light can then be moved around a bit more. Its also normal to set the lights slightly above the subject. The only real rules though is to experiment.