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.
Nice picture, no just happened to snap this. two lights one soft box on the her left
and thinking more of snoot from above and back because before pp she was more straight. post production you gave her some tilt, clean up back ground wipe any light falling short.
2.8 lens f8 24-70mm lens ISO 200
I dont think plexiglas was used, Too much equipment for this shot
Less is more.
I think cross lighting, as many have suggested, one broad soft the other more specular, one side almost pushes the highlights to the limits Set pose on ground, the background is post processed, small dent in the selection around the extended leg and torso
I feel that the girl is dancing over a glass or fiber platform (which ever is trasparent i mean), using one of the things you used in some of your video 🙂
so you can notice her TOE is visible,hence it shows the girl is been clicked over a GLASS BASED PLATFORM & 2-3 FLASH UNITS are been used with DEFUSES to make the BOUNCE BACK OF LIGHT
1. from the girl back side
2. from the right hand down side (LIGHTING UP here stomach area)
3. from the left hand side (of the dancer)
CAMERA SETTING would be….
larger aperture somewhere f1.3 or above
shutter speed around 200 (as she seem to b posing than actual dancing or making any further move)
am just a year old in photography & love clicking….!!! :))
Rohit Singh
Pune,India
You’re under her, maybe under some thick perspex or something. You can tell because of the muscular tension in her leg – it would be really hard for her muscles to make that shape if she was in the air.
Also the fact that her toe block has no light on it at all, it’s pressing against something.
Other than that, two strobes maybe? One left and one right, both slightly behind her so that they leave a line of shadow down her front.
she is on the ground > rotated > converted to Black and White
fingers of right hand show that the background has been changed