Lighting Advice

[ratcatcher]

Hello!

I am assessing photographs by photographer Angelo Pennetta, and am very intrigued by the lighting applied to the below images. I am wondering if it is possible to receive an explanation, as to how this lighting was achieved. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

R

 

[wiltw]

Upper left shot: used a moderately sized ring flash, resulting in visible shadow all around the subject.
Lower left shot: used a relatively small softbox or beauty light above the lens axis
Upper right shot: used a flash mounted just to the left of the lens axis
Lower left shot: supplemental flash used as Fill to brighten the shadow areas created by the sun on the subject

 

[ChristopherCoy]

I betting they were all hot shoe mounted speed lights.

 

[ts1000]

upper left picture, I am not seeing any shadow at all.
To me that means direct lens axis hot shoe mounted light, powerful iso, with diffuser

 

[wiltw]

upper left picture, I am not seeing any shadow at all.
To me that means direct lens axis hot shoe mounted light, powerful iso, with diffuser

Taking another look, I change my mind about upper left photo...the shadows visible just under the ear lobes and the short sleeves are indicative of position of light just above the lens axis. And there is indeed no surrounding shadow all around the form of the body, so not a ring flash...hotshoe mounted tlash I agree. But no light modier in use...shadow edges have too distinct-edged penumbra.

 

[ratcatcher]

Upper left shot: used a moderately sized ring flash, resulting in visible shadow all around the subject.
Lower left shot: used a relatively small softbox or beauty light above the lens axis
Upper right shot: used a flash mounted just to the left of the lens axis
Lower left shot: supplemental flash used as Fill to brighten the shadow areas created by the sun on the subject

Thank you very much!

 

[ratcatcher]

upper left picture, I am not seeing any shadow at all.
To me that means direct lens axis hot shoe mounted light, powerful iso, with diffuser

Thank you - very much appreciated !

 

[ratcatcher]

Taking another look, I change my mind about upper left photo...the shadows visible just under the ear lobes and the short sleeves are indicative of position of light just above the lens axis. And there is indeed no surrounding shadow all around the form of the body, so not a ring flash...hotshoe mounted tlash I agree. But no light modier in use...shadow edges have too distinct-edged penumbra.

Thank you so much!

 

[ratcatcher]

upper left picture, I am not seeing any shadow at all.
To me that means direct lens axis hot shoe mounted light, powerful iso, with diffuser

Apologies! Quick question -- why do you suppose the ISO, is powerful / high here?

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Apologies! Quick question -- why do you suppose the ISO, is powerful / high here?

Because it’s all flash work.

 

[Pieter12]

Powerful ISO?

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Powerful ISO?

he means high iso... I.e. 1600+

 

[Pieter12]

Not sure why he would come to that conclusion with strobe lighting.

 

[MattKing]

Apologies! Quick question -- why do you suppose the ISO, is powerful / high here?

he means high iso... I.e. 1600+

Or high power flash.
Much of my on camera flash work (actually beside/above camera flash work) was with flashes with a metric guide number of 60.

 

[ts1000]

Apologies for the lack of clarity and incorrect use of terms.
yes, as @MattKing suggested,
I meant Flash with high guide number at standard ISO 100 (this was with regards to top left photo).
powerful flash for me is Metz Mecablitz 64 or the like...

When looking at top left photo I felt that color contrast achieved would have to be with a powerful enough flash to illuminate the model, while used directly at the lens's axis.
But because the colour of eyes, for example, was still quite natural -- I thought that the light would have to be diffused.

On the other hand, the whole room/studio condition seems to be very controlled, so perhaps a smaller guide number flash would work too.

Guessing the photo setup is quite challenging, but I enjoy this particular challenge .

Or high power flash.
Much of my on camera flash work (actually beside/above camera flash work) was with flashes with a metric guide number of 60.