george_kaplan4

<p>No genuinely isn't an answer in this situation. I get that this reply defies pretty much any logic and you guys gave me very good logic, and youre right, but i need to do this and make the best of this.</p>

<p>I am relatively inexperienced with studio lighting. That said someone needs me for a photoshoot tomorrow (short notice, yikes) and i am borrowing a friends speedlites. I have 2 580 ex ii's with no modifiers and no access to any...<br> here is 3 example pics of the lighting i need to pull off:<br> http://imgur.com/TXAh5I1,8COJzF9,WkwsNUe#0<br> i can't tell but seems like a lot of these are only using one light? I have a canon 6d with 50mm 1.2 ill be using for this shoot, and pocket wizard plus 3's to trigger the speedlites... i have light stands as well. <br> im honestly pretty lost and it seems from the few tests i did that it is really hard to get good lighting like this without some sort of modifier - the light seems really hard to keep soft, and yet at the same time really hard to direct properly.<br> the pictures are supposed to accentuate the hairstyle. it is for a mens hair / barbering competition. could someone give me a bread 'n' butter lighting setup that would work for this stuff involving 2 off-camera speedlites? or any general advice on not using modifiers, or some really cheap / really simple DIY modifiers i could make tomorrow before the shoot?<br> sorry for an in depth thread basically begging for help but i am very lost when it comes to studio lighting of any kind, and the lack of modifiers doesnt exactly make this easy either :( I am freaking out and having a hard time producing results remotely close to what it appears competitors will be producing.<br> Thanks<br> -George</p>