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How would you do this? Get the textures of the face and light in the eyes, rest black


12 years 1 month ago #204919 by Be Mine 4ever
Yesterday I tried something I thought should work, but I'm unsure how to do it.
The idea was to place a strobe behinde my friend and a reflector in front, close to her.

The plan was to make all of her dark, and get her face with some light, and the eyes with light, but the rest would be in the shadows (completely darken).

Has anyone here done this? If so, how can I acheive this look?
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12 years 1 month ago #204923 by West Coast
Try a large striplight as a light souce (I use a large elinchrom) fairly close to the subject(2' or so) and the subject 6-8' from background and avoid spill onto the background.
With some practice, you'll get the hang of it, I typically use our cyclo area for 3/4 portraits, and the background is still black. It takes some practice, but the important thing to remember is that everytime you double the light to subject distance (to the background), you go down 2 stops. so 2' to subject and 8' to background gives you approx 4 stops light loss due to the inverse square law.
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12 years 1 month ago #204925 by Be Mine 4ever

West Coast wrote: Try a large striplight as a light souce (I use a large elinchrom) fairly close to the subject(2' or so) and the subject 6-8' from background and avoid spill onto the background.
With some practice, you'll get the hang of it, I typically use our cyclo area for 3/4 portraits, and the background is still black. It takes some practice, but the important thing to remember is that everytime you double the light to subject distance (to the background), you go down 2 stops. so 2' to subject and 8' to background gives you approx 4 stops light loss due to the inverse square law.


Thanks. I thought I would acheive this with the lighting set up I have, but I guess not. Thanks for the tips.
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12 years 1 month ago #204927 by Cappy
Sounds like you are trying to do low key photography. Check out the tips section and the articles there are some tutorials on how to achieve low key portraits.
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12 years 1 month ago #204933 by Be Mine 4ever

Cappy wrote: Sounds like you are trying to do low key photography. Check out the tips section and the articles there are some tutorials on how to achieve low key portraits.


I guess it would be consider low key. Thanks, wasn't sure if what I was trying to acheive if there was a term for it.
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