A new technique for studio photos:
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| New technique F = No Softbox or Umbrella. |
I’m adding a new technique to the list of 5. There are still two freebees, but I heard you when you said most of the techniques are outdoor and not for studio photos. So here’s a new studio-centric technique for you: Strobe lighting one of the assignments in the studio without using a softbox or umbrella anywhere in the photograph. You can bounce off V-flats or walls or fill cards or ceilings, just use 20” beauty dishes, 7” and 10” reflectors and grids or even bare tubes.
A= Sun In / Daylight & Tungsten / Mixed lighting. Either the actual sun is in the frame, or there is a indoor/outdoor mix of tungsten light inside and daylight outside. Or mixed artificial lighting: When there is a continuous light source like street lights that you match or overpower by bringing in your own light to contrast the light you can’t control.
B= Overpower Daylight or Perfect fill flash. Either use a strobe outdoors in the day and overpower the ambient daylight with the high output of the strobe on your subject to make the ambient light underexposed. Or in a situation with low light on your model, use a strobe or speed light to add subtle imperceptible fill light to expose the model perfectly. Show before and after fill light in the HERO blog post.
C= Dusk Dark. Photograph when the sunrise or sunset light matches the light from inside a building or streetlights or a drum circle, etc... This is about waiting for that perfect moment when the sky and interiors match. If the sky is black you waited too long.
D= Analog. Photograph using film or Polaroid or some other non-digital process.
E= Make It. Make the thing you are photographing. The subject, the model’s clothing, the set, the props, etc...
F= No Softbox in Studio. Strobe lighting one of the assignments in the studio without using a softbox or umbrella anywhere in the photograph. You can bounce off V-flats or walls or fill cards or ceilings, just use 20” beauty dishes, 7” and 10” reflectors, bare bulbs, aluminum foil, home-made lights or grids and snoots.
Freestyle 1. Two assignments can be done as you wish.
Freestyle 2. Two assignments can be done as you wish.
Here’s a recap of all the techniques:
B= Overpower Daylight or Perfect fill flash. Either use a strobe outdoors in the day and overpower the ambient daylight with the high output of the strobe on your subject to make the ambient light underexposed. Or in a situation with low light on your model, use a strobe or speed light to add subtle imperceptible fill light to expose the model perfectly. Show before and after fill light in the HERO blog post.
C= Dusk Dark. Photograph when the sunrise or sunset light matches the light from inside a building or streetlights or a drum circle, etc... This is about waiting for that perfect moment when the sky and interiors match. If the sky is black you waited too long.
D= Analog. Photograph using film or Polaroid or some other non-digital process.
E= Make It. Make the thing you are photographing. The subject, the model’s clothing, the set, the props, etc...
F= No Softbox in Studio. Strobe lighting one of the assignments in the studio without using a softbox or umbrella anywhere in the photograph. You can bounce off V-flats or walls or fill cards or ceilings, just use 20” beauty dishes, 7” and 10” reflectors, bare bulbs, aluminum foil, home-made lights or grids and snoots.
Freestyle 1. Two assignments can be done as you wish.
Freestyle 2. Two assignments can be done as you wish.
