I learned to light after years of deconstructing the work of other photographers. And I know from your previous feedback that you guys are fond of these posts, so let’s dig into another one.
How did I make this picture?
Is it a lucky snapshot?
Is it lit?
If so, how?
The camera Settings?
The direction?
Post production?
Whatever details you think are needed to make this image.
Looking forward to you trying to pick this apart… I’ll reveal everything in a followup post. The person who gets the closest gets… …a chest bump and a pizza, or signed book or something. Don’t be shy. Let er rip.
The Plexiglass rig seems to be in place here. Cans left and right.
I agree definitely got the plexiglass rig here, just look at the right foot, she’s on point.
Agreed.. One light from each side, and plexiglass rig…
Two Profoto Strobes to her left and to her right. Look like bigger light sources/soft boxes.
Fast flash duration, camera settings manual, 250th of a second maybe somewhere around f/11 ?
she jumps you shoot…strobes freezing the action.
Nice big space to control light…and Black background.
I was guessing f8 or 9 but exactly what I was thinking Also the softboxes are a little low, maybe waist high to the model standing and behind her slightly. Now that I think more about the background though you’re right f11 or 16 to really limit any loose light on the background( which if you light right could be any darkish color and come out black.
hard light from camera right. large Sft box cam left for fill. about a half stop off “main”. f8.0, 1/500, ISO 200. little PP.
My thoughts are you lit her from camera left and camera right. You set the camera to black so the lights would light her up. I’m also thinking you are somehow below her. That she is on her toes. And some work in post with that. Am I close?
..how do you set a camera to black?
Made live on stage!