mark liddell Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I have Light Science and Magic by Hunter & Fuqua and while it as an excellent book I am still at a loss at to why many techniques and setups I see used in fashion etc. work and why they are used. Some of the setups used in rotovision's Pro-lighting series are pretty far from the 'standard' portrait lighting setup I see descibed everywhere. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnievalentine Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 What kind of help are you looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 hey are used to create different "looks" which is one way of distinguishing eitherthe photographer or the photorapher's client from the competition. Lighting also greatly influences the emotional response in the viewer. The standard portrait lighting set up is frankly, deathly boring. It is a standardized formula to drop anyone into and get them in & out of the studio quickly with a "professional" looking portrait., and if you are running tyour typical portrait studio, time is money. if you do custom tailored set ups you needto spend time setting up the lights, doing test exposures and adjusting the lights, etc. And once you start doing that , you also create changes in how the iamge is printed, and that costs the lab 9and the photorapher) time and money. Gregory Heisler , a noted poeditorial and advertising portrait photographer from New York City, (he has done most of the Time Magazine Man of the Year covers since 1990, covers for ESPN, in a "Canon Explorer of Light", etc. )recently did a two hour lighting demo for a class I teach at The Portfoio Center . Using just one Profoto flash head he created 21 distinct looks in two hours. No Umbrella, no softbox. A Profoto beauty dish reflector was used in one or two shots, a standard 7" reflector was used in 3 or 4 more and the rest were done with the very simplest of lighting tools: a simple bare tube light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.W. Wall Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Ellis, how can I join your class?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_hovland Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 To see some high end work, get a copy of "The Portrait" from Kodak. Study Rembrandt's paintings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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