Playing With Shop Lights

[Mike Luter]

Here's one I shot yesterday. I was just playing with your standard clamp lights used in garage.
I had one clamped on the boom above her and my assistant was holding the other one as the
main light. This alternative lighting stuff is a lot of fun.

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[Mike Luter]

Re: Playing With Shop Lights

Here's a pullback of the setup from the above image.

[Barr1e]

Re: Playing With Shop Lights

Hi Mike -

Welcome to dpnow.

Interesting to see your setup - thanks.

The first image to me is slightly overdone, although I do like the treatment. Great for a magazine shot I imagine.

I'm trying to develop my portrait skills (not too seriously though) so anything like this I find of interest. It seems to me photoshop and other program skills have to be honed to get the result you have produced here.

Regards. Barr1e

[Mike Luter]

[Stephen]

Re: Playing With Shop Lights

A very controversial statement methinks

Without coming right out and saying it, Barrie appears to be alluding to the skin textures of this portrait. I have to confess that in this instance I think they are overdone making a skin that looks almost like plastic. There is absolutely no texture so far as I can see and not a style that I'm a fan of. I have however used a couple of software packages that do a much better job of cleaning up skin yet still leave texture. Here is one I reviewed about 4 years ago http://dpnow.com/3953b.html

[Mike Luter]

Re: Playing With Shop Lights

Some of the lack of detail is due to the fact that it is over exposed ( intentionally).

[Ian]

Re: Playing With Shop Lights

The washed out face doesn't really do anything for me, even in the context of the composition. Now we know it's intentional, it'd be interesting to hear more about the rationale behind it and I'm curious to know if intentional over-exposure like this would be best done in post processing?

Ian

[Mike Luter]

[Ian]

Re: Playing With Shop Lights

Seniors? How old is she?!

Yes of course what I like and don't like doesn't make a photographer's preference right or wrong.

Ian

[Mike Luter]