How do i achieve this type of shot

Subfightersandman · 1st of October 2009 (Thu)

Can someone help me out with how to set up the lighting and exposure for this type of shot.

http://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=12543882

and can a similar affect be created with 2 285s with shoot through umbrellas
any info would be helpful

Thank you
Roshan

FlyingPhotog · 1st of October 2009 (Thu)

I'm betting that's nothing more than natural window light through shear curtains...

As to how to emulate it with flash, I'll leave that to those with a bit more experience.

dynamitetony · 1st of October 2009 (Thu)

what your looking at and wanting to achieve is probablly the post processing

not the lighting/aperture setup

but , my guess is that you could easily achieve that with a flash and umbrella

Subfightersandman · 1st of October 2009 (Thu)

so is this just a basic expose for the room, then light up the model with the flash. then in pp at a sepia type tone and some noise. Is that the jist of it.

eypuff · 1st of October 2009 (Thu)

from what i can see.. in the 2nd picture frame you can make out a reflection of a large window.. possibly 3 small ones.. looks to me like it was shot w/ natural lighting.. then taken into photoshop or something to intensify the vignetting along with the sepia colors..

hawk911 · 1st of October 2009 (Thu)

The question for you would be how much room do you have. I agree it looks like a large window bank with natural light later in the afternoon. Notice the shadow direction. If you don't have that large window light, you need some room with a few softboxes set back to emulate the window. The shadows are pretty hard, so you might need the space to pull your lights back and get the same hard shadow.

charlesu · 1st of October 2009 (Thu)

The hardest part is finding the pretty girl. After that, it's all down hill.

Subfightersandman · 1st of October 2009 (Thu)

haha there is a model on model mayhem that wants to do a shoot like this so i have the girl lol. So if i am going to use flash since I am not sure if available light with be used would it be better to use bare flash instead of umbrellas, so i can get the harder shadows.

charlesu · 1st of October 2009 (Thu)

Been a while since I used umbrellas but I recall they do cast some shadows.

jblaschke · 2nd of October 2009 (Fri)

The PP also included some significant added vignetting to my eye. Easily added in Adobe Camera Raw.

FenixFoto · 3rd of October 2009 (Sat)

It could be window light, but appears to me to be a big rectangular softbox to camera right. Likely placed in the bathroom using the door jams as a big barndoors. Also the reflection in the photo appears to show a velcro grid on tne front of the box. If that's not how the original photog did it, it is certainly how I'd replicate it and control spill.

leeport · 5th of October 2009 (Mon)

Why dont you contact the photographer and ask him/her?

TooManyHobbies · 15th of October 2009 (Thu)

I expected to see unique lighting, but it was just basic nothing special. Like photoshop there are a million different ways to do the same thing here. Looks like some vignetting done in pping on top of it.

LanceNelson · 20th of October 2009 (Tue)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Subfightersandman

haha there is a model on model mayhem that wants to do a shoot like this so i have the girl lol. So if i am going to use flash since I am not sure if available light with be used would it be better to use bare flash instead of umbrellas, so i can get the harder shadows.

Use your umbrellas just back them farther away than you normally would.

mladen77 · 29th of October 2009 (Thu)

maybe the answer to your question is next picture same model, same bed, different corner http://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?p...p_id=39956&ua=

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Subfightersandman Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Al Posts: 426 IMAGE EDITING OK	How do i achieve this type of shot Can someone help me out with how to set up the lighting and exposure for this type of shot. http://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=12543882 and can a similar affect be created with 2 285s with shoot through umbrellas any info would be helpful Thank you Roshan __________________ 40D Taron 17-50 F 2.8 VC EF 70-200 F4 L Vivitar 285 HV x2 www.rkhanphotos.com Last edited by Subfightersandman : 1st of October 2009 (Thu) at 02:18.

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FlyingPhotog Cream of the "Prop" Join Date: May 2007 Location: Probably Chasing Aircraft Posts: 57,013	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot I'm betting that's nothing more than natural window light through shear curtains... As to how to emulate it with flash, I'll leave that to those with a bit more experience. __________________ Jay Crosswind Images *Facebook Fan Page* "If you aren't getting extraordinary images from today's dSLRs, regardless of brand, it's not the camera!" - Bill Fortney, Nikon Corp.

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dynamitetony Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: london UK Posts: 823	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot what your looking at and wanting to achieve is probablly the post processing not the lighting/aperture setup but , my guess is that you could easily achieve that with a flash and umbrella __________________ 5Dmk3/40D: 17-40 F4L : 24-105 F4L: 70-200 F2.8L mk2 : 50mm F1.4 : 100mm F2.8 : 85m F1.8 : canon 580ex2/430ex

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Subfightersandman Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Birmingham Al Posts: 426 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot so is this just a basic expose for the room, then light up the model with the flash. then in pp at a sepia type tone and some noise. Is that the jist of it. __________________ 40D Taron 17-50 F 2.8 VC EF 70-200 F4 L Vivitar 285 HV x2 www.rkhanphotos.com

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eypuff Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 152	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot from what i can see.. in the 2nd picture frame you can make out a reflection of a large window.. possibly 3 small ones.. looks to me like it was shot w/ natural lighting.. then taken into photoshop or something to intensify the vignetting along with the sepia colors..

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hawk911 Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Racine, Wisconsin Posts: 10,396 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot The question for you would be how much room do you have. I agree it looks like a large window bank with natural light later in the afternoon. Notice the shadow direction. If you don't have that large window light, you need some room with a few softboxes set back to emulate the window. The shadows are pretty hard, so you might need the space to pull your lights back and get the same hard shadow. __________________ HAWK Photography Gallery FB Fan page \|_My gear: 5D & 40D (gripped), 580exII, 550ex, Canon 24-70 L & 85 f1.8, Sigma 24-70 & 70-200 f2.8, Kit 18-55, Sigma 1.4xtc; Elinchrom Whore, Cacti, Interfit triggers, Speedotron BD and Kacey Grid, Explorer XT battery

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charlesu Goldmember Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Somewhere south Posts: 4,124	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot The hardest part is finding the pretty girl. After that, it's all down hill. __________________ Thanks for stopping in and having a look. Prints of my work are available for purchase. Please contact me offline or thru PM if you are interested.

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FenixFoto Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC (NoDa Arts District) Posts: 60	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot It could be window light, but appears to me to be a big rectangular softbox to camera right. Likely placed in the bathroom using the door jams as a big barndoors. Also the reflection in the photo appears to show a velcro grid on tne front of the box. If that's not how the original photog did it, it is certainly how I'd replicate it and control spill. __________________ Fenix Creative Director Fenix Fotography Charlotte, NC www.fenixfoto.com Last edited by FenixFoto : 3rd of October 2009 (Sat) at 14:17.

5th of October 2009 (Mon)	#12
leeport Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 788	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot Why dont you contact the photographer and ask him/her?

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TooManyHobbies Goldmember Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC, USA! Posts: 2,558 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot I expected to see unique lighting, but it was just basic nothing special. Like photoshop there are a million different ways to do the same thing here. Looks like some vignetting done in pping on top of it. __________________ *~ Jeff* Canon EOS-1DX & 1Ds MkIII, 20D(IR), G12, G9, G5, ... Gear List JMM Photography ~ Discovering Art in Everyday Life \| Model Mayhem #675060

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mladen77 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Croatia Posts: 95 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: How do i achieve this type of shot maybe the answer to your question is next picture same model, same bed, different corner http://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?p...p_id=39956&ua= __________________ web G+ flickr facebook

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