I love that shot. And after reading Charles Abel's Professional Portrait Lightings, I've been tempted to do some of the types of shots. But time does not allow, at least not yet. And I'd love to do them in both film and digital, for a variety of reasons.
So this is just for the exercise. I began by asking myself: What lights were used? and then tried to figure out the scene. So here's my analysis: There is a light to the left, accounting for the glare off the phone and the tip of her nose. To account for the nose and (her) right cheek shadow, it looks like it's roughly 1 ft higher than her head, (depending on its distance from her) and right at 90 deg to the left. Then there is a light on the right for some fill, seen in the bracelet on her left arm and on the phone cord. It also looks to be close to 90 deg to the side. Then there was a third light for the back right background, intentionally lighting only part of it to add to the contrast. But there's a trick here. The mirror is reflecting white or light gray. That means it is pointing at something like a wall or curtain being lit by a fourth light. How'd I do? Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose" -- Jim Elliott -- 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.
