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Gold star Miguel.
 
Duceman said:
Carito by D.R. DuFault, on Flickr
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One of those perfect settings for breaking out the incident light meter. Taking slide while skiing taught to lake light readings off ski and adjusting the setting from that or buy an incident light meter.
 
Sophie by Ashley Hoff, on Flickr

Sophie (2017)
Toyo 45A, Caltar 210MM F6.3, Foma 200

I really want to explore portrait photography more, but am finding it hard to get past my own inhibitions and mental barriers to make it happen. Its easy to say, just do it, but I am not sure what I can offer back to aspiring models or even family members, when all they might get is 1 or 2 actual images (if I shoot LF, especially).

This was taken back when an local studio would open their doors on a Sunday afternoon - they would organise people from local clubs (this was from a belly dancing troupe) to sit. It was a great idea, but unfortunately, the studio got sold.

I'll get there - I WILL DO PORTRAITS AGAIN!

(In the meantime, I will bore you all from time to time, images from my limited portfolio )
 
hoffy said:
I told you will bore you with my limited portfolio.

Portrait Of My Daughter Bianca by Ashley Hoff, on Flickr
Toyo 45A, Caltar 210MM F6.3, Arista EDU Ultra 400
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And we're expecting more because you promised.

Not everyone has an extensive portfolio. Almost all of my portraits are of a cat, so you've got at least one person beat here.

You have a reflector on the left for infill at all here? Or is it just the soft light from upper right?
 
Moose22 said:
And we're expecting more because you promised.
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LOL. I needed to post this somewhere else that wasn't Instagram! And I was being lazy.

Yes, this was a single large softbox to photographers right. There is a bit of light scattering around as well, as this was in my garage with white ceilings and concrete floor
 
An environmental portrait:
 

I think that's what I might see. The catchlights don't quite tell the whole tale, but it feels not quite dark enough. Like under her chin. Works well, concrete floor is as good as a proper reflector!

I asked because I'm getting back to playing with studio lighting for the first time in many, many years. Gotta' ask to learn sometimes.

The light reminds me of my "fill" when I used to photograph guitars, which was actually a white wall just out of frame.


The weird catchlight is a window that I'd opened as I was packing up. The cat was just being a pain and rolling around on the backdrop, so I took the shot. The reflection off the wall made a really nice fill on the shaded side and she's on a light tan carpet, which is filling under her chin.
 
There is nothing wrong with using white walls. The first time I tried large format portraits, I just bare bulbed the sucker off the back wall in our lounge room. Gave a wall of light for the entire room and worked exactly how I wanted (I will post these pictures at another time - I don't want to be a post hog).

I need to work on my technique. I look at what Miquel posted up above and he's managed to get a nice little rim of light just under the chin. But also, I don't want to over complicate setups. I look at what Tariq Tarey does on instagram with LF and the majority of its single light.
 


I won't complain if you post more. I wish more people would share here, actually. I find people's work inspiring.

And I agree, Miquel's post above is one of my favorite lighting styles done super well. Rembrandt lighting, but not too sharp or contrived, like it just happened.

And I'm big on natural reflectors. Sometimes you just need the tiniest bit of fill, why bother with another strobe when you have a floor and a wall? I genuinely did learn this because of the cat screwing my setup and my getting the bounce off the wall and the carpet when I took shots of her being "helpful".
 
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