You know I love to deconstruct a photo. And I know from your previous feedback that you love it to, so let’s dig into another one.
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. It’s always been one of the most helpful technical exercises throughout my career to try to dissect the images of others, and so here I am encouraging you to take your shot at this image today. (If you want to check out some previous versions of this exercise, check here and here.)
So now tell me–yes YOU–how in the hell was this shot made? Overexposed mess? Studio shot? Test shot? A masterpiece? How’s it lit? The circumstances? The camera settings? Tricks? This one is a bit more abstract than previous shots, so I’m dying to have you pick it apart. Especially the purists.
I’ll reveal the details in a followup post. The person who gets the closest gets a signed book and a shout out and whatever else I can muster. Don’t be shy. Love to hear your thoughts.
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I’m a little disappointed by this post. I feel this is an unsuccessful image- not very compelling. Yes, it breaks the “rules” , but not in an interesting way. Keep going with the series, though. It makes for some useful discussion in my photo classes.
Shot with an Iphone and entirely edited in Best Camera.
Max
In short, two lights, aimed somewhat at him but probably meant for the background. This was probably a test, because so little is focused properly even though there is ample light hitting him. Noticing the harsh gradient from hot – to – not lighting I’d guess there is some gridding going on. These lights could have been meant for him as well, however his face is so dark that I have doubts. The falloff on his face is from the light behind him which is very high trying to catch the ball, you can tell because of how his chin catches more than the rest. If the light was in front it would have lit more of his face. Wrapping on the neck tells me that the wall is reflecting a lot of the harsh light that is bouncing around.
Where the lights are more specifically-
The camera left light that is illuminating his chest, neck, and the background is rotated mostly towards the background. The only problem is why does it wrap so much onto the subject? My guess would be that there might have been actually 3 lights. One gridded or flagged on the background, one pointing on him directly, and one behind him catching the ball.
Final answer 3 light set up :o!