• Using every light source I can find in order to photograph
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During wintertime, everything is dark. Very very dark. So I gathered every light source in the house - some IKEA led, some IKEA spots and anything really. Results: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8Lj5fsN.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Te9qOTj.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/TWJg3PP.jpg?1[/IMG] Some day I shall find a proper photo lamp... until then - what did I do wrong with lightning and what could be better?
the last one looks like the background for a movie poster about a psycho killer the other two are just kinda unflattering angles and the way most of the light is on her nose and forehead and distracting shadows in the second one is no bueno
Hm thought it added drama. But then more light more everywhere. Got it! Thanks!
yeah the crop on the first two are just a bit too tight, the second one works more because it helps you notice all the imperfections and stuff on his face
I photographed her on the first two. On the third I photographed myself - that's why it's closeup, but yeh it did good...
[QUOTE=dwt110;43502371]the last one looks like the background for a movie poster about a psycho killer the other two are just kinda unflattering angles and the way most of the light is on her nose and forehead and distracting shadows in the second one is no bueno[/QUOTE] it looks like he's going for a lighting setup to make her look some kind of villian or whatever i think it's great personally. the green grading adds to it the first, the lighting is too direct. you aren't supposed to light someone bang on unless you really know what you're doing last one is oversharpened [editline]11th January 2014[/editline] keep going though, you should post what you lit the scene with beside the photos. might make for a cool series
Thanks - Any tips on how to lit up someone fully without going directly at them? I came from the side with the light on the first one , somehow it looks like straight on. I think I need more lights, one from each side, right?
Diffuse the light, so it's softer.
Made a diffuser! Better? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xEK9ZXS.png[/IMG]
Not a fan if I'm honest. Very overdone and boring processing. As far as the lighting itself, you got the split lighting and high key to work quite well.
I could add a shooting star och some leaping tiger in the background or maybe make the eyes reflect a racing car or just add a whole lot of firebolts - but I'm not into that right now. I'm more for perfecting light and overall photo skills... Or wait what is a boring processing... this kinda hurts especially that you didn't give examples... I work hard :(
c'mon mate dont be daft. I mean the super high contrast to the point where you've clipped both the highlights and the lowlights and the selective colouration always looks cheap. If you're just working on lighting techniques then you're fine and dandy, just experiment with different styles of lighting.
[QUOTE=Shadow7;43575295]I could add a shooting star och some leaping tiger in the background or maybe make the eyes reflect a racing car or just add a whole lot of firebolts - but I'm not into that right now. I'm more for perfecting light and overall photo skills... Or wait what is a boring processing... this kinda hurts especially that you didn't give examples... I work hard :([/QUOTE] too much contrast and too unnatural, just looks a bit overcooked if that makes sense. processing should compliment your photo, not be the first thing you can identify about it.
My speciality is just that - after editing, trying to make it a thing to be as little as a normal photo as possible - to show a persons unnatural emotions - but I guess it's hard to re-invent the wheel and make it pretty and accepted This is the latest photo, untouched only thing I've done is reduce the size. [url]http://i.imgur.com/r9fUfT4.png[/url]
that is a vast improvement on what you've posted before it. another tip would be to stop shooting such cramped photos
How would I keep the details which I wish to have in a photo if I'm further away?
Depends on what you want to do man, idk I'm just not feeling the cramped portraits.
Wait you thought the original photo with no editing is better? My iris isn't bright enough to see its colors! And I look yellowish and the background is dull
overdone editing = bag of poo
[QUOTE=Shadow7;43575874]Wait you thought the original photo with no editing is better? My iris isn't bright enough to see its colors! And I look yellowish and the background is dull[/QUOTE] Sometimes less is more.
Well this was discouraging.
Don't get discouraged. You have two options: Take our advice, or keep doing what you're doing. Maybe you're on to something, maybe you aren't - either way it's up to you. We don't have all of the answers as to whats right or wrong as a community, and I doubt you do either, but you would know better than we do what makes you happy.
My friends ask me help for some simple product photography. I'm using a LED torch and my desktop screen to achieve the light setting. It is also "using every light source I can find)
LED Torches are way too strong and straight forward - you'd need some spreading
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