social party photos, but just good!

Alright, help. This is an example, but check out the whole site.

http://www.ambrel.net/2005/1009-anton/slides/IMG_7241_gloss.html

 

He gets different lighting than I ever do...it's crisper...and goldish...is this

all post??

What on earth are you asking?

The goldish part is post processing as well as the desaturation. The light looks like on camera, maybe somewhat diffused but maybe not, with at least one, if not several, off camera flashes set up fairly low in relation to the subjects. Look at the shadows on the walls.

the lite scheme is standard hollywood villain lighting. no like.

Some on-camera flash, some not. Looks like a custom white balance (to start) and some

desaturation (in post-production). Also, keep in mind that most of his work is in a gallery

where there are only daylight bulbs -- none of that tungston to make everything orange.

No, not much post. Many of the party photos are <a href="http://neilcowley.com/light/

two_flash.html">using two flash heads</a>. Those flash heads often have modifiers such as

a bounce card. In the gallery you linked to, there were several things going on, first of which

was likely a ringlight - with at least two off camera and rear right and/or rear left strobes.

From the looks of the press pool, they probably did that to differentiate themselves from the

paparazzi.

It's mostly two lights, and one varies between diffuse and hard. I'd like to see the rig. It makes me want to build a flip up diffuser for my Lumedyne/Quantum so I can alternate between flat and hard at will... I have been working with the D200 using the built in flash as Commander to an SB800 and can see how it might create an effect like this by dialing down the popup... Thanks for the link/idea... t

Hi Neil! All the OSP'ers have to hang out on Photo.net for awhile! :)

Ok, I gotta ask because google was no help. What does OSP stand for?

This is a picture of the guy who took those pictures. He uses a Canon and i think 2 flashes with the on camera one direct. The other with some sort of diffuser. But i've read somewhere where he explained that he basically uses on camera flash with a wide-angle wide open not going much higher than iso 200 and with shutter speeds of 1/2 - 1 second.

 

http://www.boudist.com/gallery/d/42685-2/IMG_3803.jpg

 

Would be very interesting for some wedding shots but some of it would be too harsh.

Iskandar I am glad you mentioned this because Anton Corbijn is one of my favorite photographers and this guy with his flash on camera is not Anton and this is not Corbijn's work, but shots of his opening.

In camera raw, try these settings to simulate this look:

<br><br>

WB: 6000, -10<br>

Exp: adjust to your needs<br>

Shadows: 10<br>

Brightness: 70 (may need to adjust)<br>

Contrast: 100<br>

Saturation: -30

Those party photos in the galleries are really cool.

How can you dial down the pop up flash without effecting the second flash on the cord?

Yup Jaimie...that is not Anton.

 

It's a guy called Nikola Tamindzic. I find his lighting pretty weird but it does work with the subjects he takes.

 

I've been trying to recreate the lighting just for fun but man it's tiring holding the camera with one hand and the flash with the other. And i'm only using a 20D with batt. grip. Imagine a 1-series.

 

Somehow i think it doesn't work all too well for wedding photography anyway...although that really depends on the clients.

<i>"How can you dial down the pop up flash without effecting the second flash on the cord?"</i><p>on the D200, and other Nikon CLS flash compatible cameras, you can dial down each flash (including the popup) in each of 3 seperate groups, through the menus in the camera's custom functions. And you don't even need the cord anymore. Read, eat and sleep with the manual for the SB800... t

I've talked one on one with a fellow photographer who's sat down with ambrel last time he was here in Chicago. His images, the lighting and look/feel at the result of extensive post processing. I can't prove it to you, but the photographer i talked to had no reason to lie. He said it was a 20 minute process practically, and had alot to do with levels/history burn/dodge, lighting filters, and layers. It would be interesting to see the process. I used to be a huge fan of his work, and actually had an email correspondence with him a few months ago about it, but now, knowing how much of the images aren't really the result of the camera, but of photoshop, it kinda takes the work down a notch for me.