Lighting techniques

[Snappers]

In another post, a member spoke about Rembrandt lighting. I was not sure what it was and so looked it up and came across this site which covers lighting techniques. Quite good for information purposes.

http://www.vividlight.com/articles/1615.htm

[gjtoth]

In another post, a member spoke about Rembrandt lighting. I was not sure what it was and so looked it up and came across this site which covers lighting techniques. Quite good for information purposes.

http://www.vividlight.com/articles/1615.htm

Thanks, Andy.

[jerryph]

For a short while, I've been looking into off camera strobism. The absolute best site that I have found so far is remarkably... free. If off camera flash with a mentality of champange results with a beer budget are your goal, check out http://strobist.blogspot.com, I love that site. Especially the Lighting 101 (http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html) and lighting 102 (http://strobist.blogspot.com/2007/06/lighting-102-introduction.html)sections.

[Snappers]

Thanks for the links Jerry.

[dkippen]

Wooooooo - feel that rush of wind over my head? I think for now I'll stick to natural outdoor light. I can't hardly turn the onboard flash on, much less strobism!! Things like this are very intimidating.

[jerryph]

Wooooooo - feel that rush of wind over my head? I think for now I'll stick to natural outdoor light. I can't hardly turn the onboard flash on, much less strobism!! Things like this are very intimidating.

Sincerely, its not hard. The concept of taking that strobe off the camera and placing it in another angle and strength for better results is not that hard, and I find it such a rush when I get it just right. Of course, that rush doesn't hapen all that often, but I really like playing with it.

One can get all kinds of nice effects and a different quality of images!

A cute look:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2360/2114265250_8313045006.jpg

That commercial "ready to sell on eBay" look:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2311/2089596822_1b5ed1298c.jpg

You catch angles and light in all new and exciting ways:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/2175705753_b765f22f15.jpg

Properly set up, 1 or 2 strobes can light an entire room or two making indoor evening night shots possible in a way impossible without it... and there are some other way more amazing things that I am still learning and practicing to get better at, indoors and outdoors with a remote mounted strobe(s).

I am really just a beginner with it, but this aspect of photography just enthralls me. The ability to control light to attain a specific look and feel is just another facet of photography that adds to my pleasure of it all.

[LensBaby]

Jerry I couldn't agree more with you. I love messing around with my stobes, just to see how much each photo differs. I will take a subject and move my lights around at all different angles first, and then I also adjust the power on them (more or less) It really is amazing to see how dramatic some photos can be. I really have become addicted! Oh and I really really think the photo of the hands with the locket (?) is excellent!

[dkippen]

Jerry and Sue:

I'll leave these talents to you. Try as I might, my indoor shots, with or without flash, no matter how hard I try don't come out. I seem to do better with outdoor/landscape shots. I envy those that can do this well, though. I remember what my instructor said - we all have a talent or something we're good at, we just have to figure out what it is and develop it. Not all of us can be good at everything.

[gjtoth]

Jerry and Sue:

I'll leave these talents to you. Try as I might, my indoor shots, with or without flash, no matter how hard I try don't come out. I seem to do better with outdoor/landscape shots. I envy those that can do this well, though. I remember what my instructor said - we all have a talent or something we're good at, we just have to figure out what it is and develop it. Not all of us can be good at everything.

Absolutely concur, Debbie. I tried doing that in the IT field for a goodly number of years until I figured out it was IMPOSSIBLE. Doctors specialize. Geeks specialize. Why not shutterbugs?

[rlcphotos]

I used to have those miserable bad indoor photos also until I founf the bounce card. You can make it really easy and it works great. But first you have to set your white balance, I just found out at Ritz how to set a custon white balance and using a bounce card indoors with some of the ugliest lighting ever I am now able to justify my indoor photos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNCmuExlHvM

try this site on you tube there are others but this workeed for me..dont ever give up,,youn will conquer

[jerryph]

I made an article about white balance (its on this forum), and am close to releasing the next in a series concerning off camera lighting and techniques very soon. All the formatting is in place, all that is missing is a couple sample pictures.

In the next one after this (I was keeping it a secret, but what the heck), I will be looking at specific portrait techniques and what it took to accomplish them, in detail.

Concerning WB changes... you should not need to make white balance changes after adding a bounce card, unless the bounce card itself is not white, but they do make nice improvements over blasting your subjects with a huge flash of light right in the face... lol.

[LensBaby]

I'll be waiting ! :D

[Snappers]

I used to have those miserable bad indoor photos also until I founf the bounce card. You can make it really easy and it works great. But first you have to set your white balance, I just found out at Ritz how to set a custon white balance and using a bounce card indoors with some of the ugliest lighting ever I am now able to justify my indoor photos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNCmuExlHvM

try this site on you tube there are others but this workeed for me..dont ever give up,,youn will conquer

Thanks for the link. During the video he mentions a material from Rag shop but he does not say what it is called as far as I could hear. Does anyone know? Do you know where it is available from in the UK?

Thanks

[jerryph]

I'll be waiting ! :D

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7760#post7760

;)

Andy, the material is called foam sheets I believe, though white printer paper works the same, and you can make many different sizes for pennies a piece! His site is www.abetterbouncecard.com

A FAQ video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrPJK4-Hzkg&eurl=http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/