{"id":2625,"date":"2014-04-30T12:22:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2014-05-01T09:18:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T14:18:35","slug":"2625","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siskinphoto.com\/blog\/?p=2625","title":{"rendered":"Notes From the Lighting Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please check out my on-line classes at BetterPhoto: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting<\/a>, Portrait Lighting on Location and in the Studio<\/a> and Getting Started in Commercial Photography<\/a>, take a look at my site for workshops in Indianapolis<\/a> <\/span><\/span> and check out my books:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Lighting Workshop happened last weekend and it went very well. We spent all day discussing and working with strobes. Since the class size was small I was able to be very responsive to the specific interests of each participant. We set up the strobes to see how the tools work in specific situations as well as discussing the basics of how light works. If you understand the basics of a light: size, color, position and power, you can understand what a light will do. We did a lot of shots so that we could see the effect. Of course the shots were for demonstration so we concentrated on the lighting. In this shot I\u2019m the model, which is not my best talent. I used a light panel<\/a> with a white cotton broad cloth cover. These are great light modifiers. I wanted to use a hard light in the shot so I set up a strobe with a snoot to the right of the camera. I like snoots more than grid spots because the light spreads more than with grids as you pull the snoots back from the subject. This shot shows the set-up.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The light panel gives a smooth gradation across most of the face. The snoot defines the other side of the face. One of the first things I wanted to demonstrate was how to use a colored gel to change the color of the light. I usually use warm gels, but I wanted to make a change here so I added a CTB gel, which is a blue. The CTB gel is from Rosco and is designed to make a tungsten light act like daylight. The shot below shows how the shot looked at first: not great. The light on my face is a little dark while there is probably too much light from the snoot. It burns out the left side of my face.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In the next shot I made some adjustments. The light on my face is a little brighter, which helps. Also I\u2019ve positioned the light panel just a little more in front of my face; this make the light cover more of my face. The snoot is positioned to keep the light on just the side of my face. This is accomplished by moving the snoot a little more toward the center of the shot. The light from the snoot is still too bright. You\u2019ll notice that since the light panel is still situated pretty far to the side of my face as \u00a0there is little or know reflection in my glasses. The further the light panels comes toward the camera position the more reflection there will be in my glasses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In the last shot I added a 1-stop neutral density filter to the blue gel. This reduced the light on the left side of my face nicely. The light panel is a little closer to the camera position so there is a little more reflection in my glasses. When you use a large light modifier, which makes soft light, the reflection (specular highlight) is larger and less bright, relative to the rest of the light. So the reflection is as strong as a reflection from a small hard light. This works well in this shot. The same thing applies to the catch lights in the eyes, which have a nice size and brightness in this shot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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You can see the two gels on the version of the shot below. They\u2019re held onto the snoot by a very small spring clamp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I hope you\u2019ll consider taking one of my workshops. The next one is the continuing Portfolio Workshop on June 2. You can find more information on the workshop page<\/a> of my site. You can also find the books<\/a> on my site, and I hope you\u2019ll check them out. I\u2019ll be speaking about micro (not macro but micro) photography on June 5 at the Photo Venture Camera Club<\/a> here in Indianapolis. Finally please don\u2019t forget my classes at BetterPhoto<\/a>, you can take them anywhere!<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nAn Introduction to Photographic Lighting <\/a>
\nPortrait Lighting on Location and in the Studio<\/a>
\nGetting Started in Commercial Photography<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a couple more shots from the workshop. Thanks Bill!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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