Studio Test Shot

Hi all,

I am thinking of investing in some studio lights! I have got a lend of a couple of old lights from a mate in work to see how i get on.

I set this up tonight to see what i could get!!

What do you think!?

I want to take shots of my neice and anyone else willing to pose!

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Nice

Anyone?

The light looks a bit low on the front. You've got the background well lit though. What was you light set-up?

Hi dave

Well, i had a light to the right of the camera firing through an umbrella and a light to the back left of the subject (as you face the subject) firing at the background!

Any tips!?

Thanks

Looks like the reflection off the background is brighter the light from the umbrella. Try to lower the background light or adjust the ratio. Do you use a light meter?

Lotto - yeah I took a reading at the right side (as you look at it), one in the center and one to the left. The aperture value decreased from right to left (as you would expect, cos the light was to the right), so I took a value somewhere in between (about 5.6 i think). The light to the right was at 2/5 power. ISO was 100 with a shutter speed of 1/250!

Any more advice?