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<p>Wow, ya thats awesome. Thanks a lot guys! All were very helpful. Special thanks to Anna for the diagram!</p>

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<p>Hey Bob,</p>

<p>I see now how that lighting set up could work. But when it comes to white balance and achieving that nice white highlight, would each of those lights (excluding backlight) have to be a strobe? Because I have mixed strobes and hot lights and couldnt compromise between them in the white balance. So I am assuming that whatever set up you have, has to be either all hot or all strobe.<br>

<br />In that case, is it more common for photographers to have a bunch of strobes, or a bunch of hot lights? </p>

<p>Thanks! Like I said Im way amateur, just looking for a friendly place to learn a thing or two.</p>

<p>I am new to photo.net. The first photo link is from New York Times, the second is a screen shot from her website. Compared to drawing you a map through her flash site, I don't think a screen shot and a news article is a big deal.</p>

<p>What's wrong with an amateur photographer wanting to learn someone's technique?! I dont remember Picasso in a lawsuit with Juan Gris when he tried his hand at cubism? AND her technique (lighting & post-production) is very similar to a majority of popular commercial photographers like Dave Hill and Alberto Oviedo.</p>

<p>If my original wording was confusing, I apologize. I didnt think you were naive enough to think I could rip off Jill Greenberg by getting Ed Helms back in his blue shirt to take a picture of.</p>

<p>I simply would like to explore a popular technique. Any constructive comments would be appreciated.</p>

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<p><img src="http://images.nymag.com/arts/tv/profiles/edhelms080922_250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="375" /><br>

I love the unnatural detail, lighting, and colors in photos by artists such as Dave Hill and Jill Greenberg (http://www.manipulator.com/). I have tried mimicking their techniques for a while, and I realize that besides being awesome photographers, they have unlimited amounts of lights, beautiful models, and large format cameras. I am working with a D80 and speedlights :(<br>

What I want to know, is if anyone can identify the lighting setup in this portrait by Jill Greenberg. Types of lights, positioning, etc. The lighting and detail is awesome, I would love to take portraits like this!! His face becomes so animated with the detail in lighting. How do you get those pure white highlights and not blow-out the photo!?<br>

Basically can someone walk me through the process required to produce portraits like this one (equipment, lighting, post-production).<br>

Thanks!</p><div></div>