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28th of July 2012 (Sat)
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I need help with my hair light
I posted this question on another site, but it's been a couple of hours without a reply, so I thought that I'd give it a try here. I'm having a lot of trouble getting the hair light right. If I move it any farther forward over her hair it puts a lot of light on here shoulder. I started out with an AB800 and it was too powerfull. Then I bought an AB400 and dialed it all the way down and used the barn doors and I still get too much light on the shoulders. I've even tried a 20 watt Britek LED strobe wich didn't work out either. I've attatched a couple of photos to show my setup.
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28th of July 2012 (Sat)
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Re: I need help with my hair light
Here's one more that shows the hair light a little better.
Last edited by sass25479 : 28th of July 2012 (Sat) at 14:18. |
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29th of July 2012 (Sun)
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Re: I need help with my hair light
No ideas?
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29th of July 2012 (Sun)
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Re: I need help with my hair light
my suggestion is to position your hair light not directly over subject ....position in back ot the subject angled...........so that the shoulder is barely outlined......the fill lights or light & main light will balance the output with the right settings ...you apply
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29th of July 2012 (Sun)
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Re: I need help with my hair light
Thanks I'll give it a try.
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30th of July 2012 (Mon)
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Re: I need help with my hair light
Snoot that bad boy!
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19th of August 2012 (Sun)
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Re: I need help with my hair light
Lol, i wish i could help.
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19th of August 2012 (Sun)
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Re: I need help with my hair light
Yeah. You need a snoot.
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28th of August 2012 (Tue)
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Re: I need help with my hair light
Read this:
http://www.zarias.com/white-seamless...hite-to-black/ "From f22 to f16 that is 7 inches" I say move the light source closer to hair - than by the time it hits shoulders it will be not so powerfull. |
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28th of August 2012 (Tue)
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Re: I need help with my hair light
get the hair light behind her a bit and aimed towards the camera. With black you need to work reflective light, reflective highlights is what will give you your definition.
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