How many off camera flashes is ideal for an indoor photoshoot?

12 years 9 months ago #119726 by Ba3b3
If I am using off camera flashes what is the ideal amount of flashes for an indoor photoshoot (glamour photography)?


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12 years 9 months ago #119730 by MLKstudios
4

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12 years 9 months ago #119731 by MylilAngel
I would say, as many as you need to create the light & photo that you want. There is no such thing as enough light...as long as you know how to control that light.


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12 years 9 months ago #119737 by Ba3b3
Those are two completely different answers.

Ok well 2, 4 or more lights...How do I set them up? Like where do I place them compare to the model.


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12 years 9 months ago #119738 by Henry Peach

MylilAngel wrote: I would say, as many as you need to create the light & photo that you want.


:agree:

For me it's going to depend a lot on the location. How much room is there? Can I use walls, ceilings, etc... as reflectors? Are we moving around at all? Do I have an assistant? If it's just me by myself I am definitely a fan of keeping it as simple as possible.
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12 years 9 months ago #119741 by Henry Peach

Ba3b3 wrote: Ok well 2, 4 or more lights...How do I set them up? Like where do I place them compare to the model.


Just google "glamor portrait lighting set up" or something like that for a million articles, videos, and diagrams. You will find traditional portrait lighting set ups, as well as out of the box stuff.

I'm sure there are plenty of successful glamor shoots done with just a couple of lights and/or reflectors. Playboy/Hollywood shoots may use dozens of lights, mods, reflectors, etc... Different strokes as they say.
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12 years 9 months ago #119745 by Chilli
I have used one and two flash setups depending on what I want to achieve.


High key one flash on full power to blow the back ground about 3 feet from the back ground this also serves as a backlight if you're using a light background as the light bounces off the wall on to the back of the subject and one to fill shadows on the subject , normally on about 1/2 power about 3 feet or so away from the subject.

For low ket i would normally use one flash at about 1/4 power abot 3 feet or so away from the subject - normally a litle higher than the subject either to the left or right depending on whether i needed broad or short lighting

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12 years 9 months ago #120656 by MLKstudios
4 = your key, fill, background light and a "kicker" (aka rim light, hairlight, etc.).

These are the traditional lights used in high end glamour photography.

Of course, you can find them in nature too. But, they need to be created in a studio.

Matthew :)

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