Craig McDean Technique

[gregg_t]

I would like to try recreat he lighting used by Craig McDean? Does

anyone know how exactly Craig McDean lit his shots of Kate Moss on

http://www.artandcommerce.com/ac/portfolios/index.cfm? and also his

shots title "seduction" on the same site?

 

I'm assuming a an Octabank from the right and a some directional

lighting from the left (large head plus grid)?

 

Am i missing something obvious?

Much appreciated

Gregg

[ellis_vener_photography]

His secret weapons are years of experience, lots of asssitants, stylists, and makeup

artists and a client to pay for it all.

[gregg_t]

You are correct, in that there is no substitute for experience. But you can learn a lot from the top guys if you know how they do what they do so well. Why reinvent the wheel, so to speak? So how did he light this???

[ellis_vener_photography]

why don't you call and ask Craig? Anyone besides Craig or someone else who was

there is just going to be guessing.

[ellis_vener_photography]

<I>Why reinvent the wheel, so to speak?</I> because lighting isn't a wheel. There

acually very few technical secrets in photography. It is the application that makes all

the difference.I can tell you a couple of things: in big studios the fill is often from

another or three or for pack & heads; that there is a significant differene in light

quality between the elinchrom Octabank and the clight modiers from Westcott etc

that externally look like an Elinchrom Octabank, and that there is no substitute for a

very large studio.

[robert kacala]

this is soft light bouncing from wall or huge window... you have to overexposure background if you want see model :-) ......this is nothig complicated if we talk about light.