Thanks a lot for the class John. -- MaritimTim
http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/25 John Sessoms <[email protected]>: > From: Tim ?sleby > >> Agree about the flat light. I had trouble rendering these two files. >> >> As I recall, I had one light at each side of me, in a 45 degre angle, >> probably about 1,5EV differense. Nothing fancy. Any suggestions on how >> to improve? >> > > You've got the lights off to both sides so both sides are lit more or less > the same giving flat light. Instead of two lights at 45 deg angles, try one > light directly in front of the model so that it lights both sides of the > face equally - that's the Fill light. > > Place the other light so that it lights only one side of the face - that's > the Main/Key light. It can have the same value as the Fill or can be > brighter, but usually should not be less bright than the Fill. > > Depending on the position of the Main/Key light, more or less light will > spill around the face for modeling. > > Since the camera displays f-stops that's what I meter in. And I meter the > lights using an incident meter. > > If you meter the Fill at f/5.6 and it illuminates both sides of the face AND > you have your Main illuminating one side of the face at f/5.6 you have a 2:1 > ratio (because one side gets f/5.6 from the Main + f/5.6 from the Fill, > while the other side only gets f/5.6 from the Fill ... 1+1:1 == 2:1). > > If you shoot that at f/8, (+/- 1/2 stop aperture) you should get a good > exposure. > > Shutter speed doesn't really matter when you're shooting in the studio with > strobes. Shutter speed controls how much ambient light is included (i.e. > makes the background brighter or darker). > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
