50 Lighting For Portrait Photographers
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50 LIGHTING
FOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS
Easy-to-follow lighting designs and diagrams
SETUPS
Steven H. Begleiter
Amherst Media
®
PUBLISHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
ON THE FRONT COVER—The cover photo of Melika was taken in my backyard to illustrate the technique of offcamera flash for an article I wrote on dedicated flash photography. This technique is discussed on pages 21–22 and asimilar photo is shown on page 20.
Copyright © 2008 by Steven H. Begleiter. All rights reserved. Published by: Amherst Media, Inc. P.O. Box 586 Buffalo, N.Y. 14226 Fax: 716-874-4508 www.AmherstMedia.com Publisher: Craig Alesse Senior Editor/Production Manager: Michelle Perkins Assistant Editor: Barbara A. Lynch-Johnt Editorial Assistance: John S. Loder, Carey A. Maines, Charles Schweizer ISBN-13:978-1-58428-242-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008926662 Printed in Korea. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recorded or otherwise, without prior written consent from the publisher. Notice of Disclaimer: The information contained in this book is based on the author’sexperience and opinions. The author and publisher will not be held liable for the use or misuse of the information in this book.
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Lighting Basics Portrait Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Side Lighting . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Paramount (or Butterfly) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Rembrandt Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Side Lighting Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Rembrandt Lighting Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Add a Reflector . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Advanced Light Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Octagonal Softbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 TeleZoom Reflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 The Globe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 The Beauty Dish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 The Ring Light (a.k.a. The Bug Light) .. . . . . . .13 A Lesson Learned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Working with Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 The Pop-Up Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 For Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Diffusing the Pop-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Auxiliary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .17 Dedicated or Non-Dedicated . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 The Universal Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Sync Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Dragging the Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Using Flash Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Freezing Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Direct or Bounce Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Special Effects with Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Taking the Flash Off the Camera . . . . . . . . . . .21 What’s Right for You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Lighting Case Studies 1. Brideshead Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 2. Avoiding a Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 3. TwoHens and a Big Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 4. Writer’s Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 5. A Cold Night in Philly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
CASE STUDY #4 WRITER DEIRDRE MCNAMER
CASE STUDY #19 BUSINESS TITAN HENRY KRAVIS
6. Rudolf and Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 7. Take Me Out to the Ballpark . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
FOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHERS
Easy-to-follow lighting designs and diagrams
SETUPS
Steven H. Begleiter
Amherst Media
®
PUBLISHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
ON THE FRONT COVER—The cover photo of Melika was taken in my backyard to illustrate the technique of offcamera flash for an article I wrote on dedicated flash photography. This technique is discussed on pages 21–22 and asimilar photo is shown on page 20.
Copyright © 2008 by Steven H. Begleiter. All rights reserved. Published by: Amherst Media, Inc. P.O. Box 586 Buffalo, N.Y. 14226 Fax: 716-874-4508 www.AmherstMedia.com Publisher: Craig Alesse Senior Editor/Production Manager: Michelle Perkins Assistant Editor: Barbara A. Lynch-Johnt Editorial Assistance: John S. Loder, Carey A. Maines, Charles Schweizer ISBN-13:978-1-58428-242-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008926662 Printed in Korea. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recorded or otherwise, without prior written consent from the publisher. Notice of Disclaimer: The information contained in this book is based on the author’sexperience and opinions. The author and publisher will not be held liable for the use or misuse of the information in this book.
Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Lighting Basics Portrait Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Side Lighting . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Paramount (or Butterfly) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Rembrandt Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Side Lighting Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Rembrandt Lighting Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Add a Reflector . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Advanced Light Modifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Octagonal Softbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 TeleZoom Reflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 The Globe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 The Beauty Dish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 The Ring Light (a.k.a. The Bug Light) .. . . . . . .13 A Lesson Learned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Working with Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 The Pop-Up Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 For Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Diffusing the Pop-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Auxiliary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .17 Dedicated or Non-Dedicated . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 The Universal Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Sync Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Dragging the Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Using Flash Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Freezing Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Direct or Bounce Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Special Effects with Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Taking the Flash Off the Camera . . . . . . . . . . .21 What’s Right for You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Lighting Case Studies 1. Brideshead Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 2. Avoiding a Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 3. TwoHens and a Big Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 4. Writer’s Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 5. A Cold Night in Philly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
CASE STUDY #4 WRITER DEIRDRE MCNAMER
CASE STUDY #19 BUSINESS TITAN HENRY KRAVIS
6. Rudolf and Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 7. Take Me Out to the Ballpark . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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