#Studio & Lighting

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fading bane
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@umbral whale @charred seal @thorn aspen

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you guys are the only ones i know that shoot studio

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feel free to at more people in here

fading bane
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oh and @strong forum

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ping more studio shooters

strong forum
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Sup

fading bane
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studio and lighting yap chat

strong forum
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Cool

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Idk if I have any pics of my lighting setups

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I might

fading bane
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i just have some 200$ shitbox i got off amazon

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its prty good tbh

strong forum
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I mean here’s this one, there’s also an umbrella light behind me on the right there

fading bane
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@valid sail

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get in here too

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i'm slowly remembering ppl

fading bane
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are these full body shots?

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well, she is squatting but still

strong forum
fading bane
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still prty soft lighting

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nice

strong forum
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Thanks

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It was my gap project, I kept the same lighting throughout those black and white shots

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So it’s the same for my other two

fading bane
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i had some light boxes i used for this lil guy

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i was so worried shooting a lil baby for the first time

umbral whale
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YEAH finally a studio channeeel

fading bane
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welcome

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ping more studio people if you know them on the server

umbral whale
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i dont actually

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lol

umbral whale
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i have some backstage too will send it here

umbral whale
fading bane
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No flash

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One moment

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I will show

umbral whale
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id be so scared to shoot babies

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how do you even pose them

fading bane
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ok i could not find a pic of how i set things up while shooting

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but this is what i have

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very cheap, inside is reflective silver, comes with a defuser you can velcro on, and the mesh thing as well, inside is these LED hexagons that are constantly on & you can change temperature on them and brightness

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so i had this within like a 1 meter - half a meter to the baby at a lower light

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i used a window for some natural light, and this as a fill

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i was working in a prty tight living room, - i went to their home to do this

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and yes, i was also scared to handle a newborn

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but what i did was the usual, my research, gather some poses & props, and i showed it to the mom and asked her to pose the newborn for me

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doing other research, its mostly women that do newborn photography, & they've been shooting a long time, they know how to swaddle the baby and pose them

umbral whale
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ooooh okkk i seee

fading bane
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also learned that babys are very durable KEK so you dont need to be as gentle as you think, but ofc i was as gentle as possible

umbral whale
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AHAH

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lets throw him away shall we

fading bane
umbral whale
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so inside there is led

fading bane
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yes

umbral whale
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i think its cool thats its not flash

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for the baby

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idk

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feel like constatly flash flashing not good

fading bane
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yee, from the research i did, most people said flash was fine shrug

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but i did not use anyway

umbral whale
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you do shoot in restaurent too right

fading bane
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yes

umbral whale
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how's it going

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it's so cool u get to eat for free then

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✌🏾

fading bane
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lol yee its nice

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it has been a little while, some life stuff happening, but i'm getting back into it now

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did a shoot for a good friend, (they legally got merried) and for payment i just asked him to take me to a restaurant, so kinda did some food PepeLaugh

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*legal wedding? *

valid sail
fading bane
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mornin KQ

valid sail
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Waos a lighting channel

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Morning

fading bane
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yeeeee

balmy blade
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hey cool

umbral whale
fading bane
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ouu love the setup

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& the screens for models to see

umbral whale
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looking the pictures rnnn also the styling is on point

umbral whale
fading bane
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and the models a pro too Bliss
knowing how to pose and not having to pose them is so nice

umbral whale
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yes thisss

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also putting good music helps to

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i will have hard time to choose 10 pic

fading bane
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i've started using culling software

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both narrative select and aftershot are nice

umbral whale
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what is culling?

fading bane
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deleting the bad photos and picking the good photos

umbral whale
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it does it automatically for you ?? how does it work?

fading bane
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ye yes

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both have 1 month free trial

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i reccomend you try it

umbral whale
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arent you scared it delete good one

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in your eyes

fading bane
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it does not delete them, so Aftershot - will rate them 1 -5 stars

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and you can preview all the 1 -3 stars before finishing

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and you can directly export to lightroom / other software once its done

umbral whale
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interesting

fading bane
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and after you can choose to delete the not so good ones if you want

umbral whale
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okok

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i know that personally i always have hard time to choose ect

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can be nice to atleast try

fading bane
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its really nice for weddings, gets rid of all the blurry stuff right away. and if you have like 7 similar pictures, it will look for closed eyes, or blurry stuff, and it will pick the best photo out of the 7

umbral whale
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nice!!!

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i just telll my friend to test it out

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because she does a lot of wedding

fading bane
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i think she will love it

umbral whale
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and she hates lik picking the pictures ecttt

fading bane
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same 😂

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especially when i got like 2000 + pictures after a wedding

umbral whale
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oh gosh

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too much to sort

fading bane
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yes too much

umbral whale
balmy blade
umbral whale
fading bane
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question for yall

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if you have considered something

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working with people that are not models and absolutely dont know how to pose

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i've always just used refferance images to guide them

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but i still dont feel very effective

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so i'm just like, why dont i just take modeling classes, that way i can be more effective at posting ppl HMM

umbral whale
fading bane
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no i'm bad at posing myself 😂

umbral whale
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ahahahahaha

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OK

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check out this guy i love the way he make his model comfortable and help them pose

fading bane
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oh yee i've seen him

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he's good

umbral whale
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yessssss

umbral whale
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thats what i do ahahah

fading bane
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yee gonna stand infront of the mirror and try stuff

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i'm thinking of starting a business of shooting corporate professional headshots

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so the poses dont need to be crazy

umbral whale
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great ideas!

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but how u gonna spend 30 min take headshots

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u need poses idea lolll

fading bane
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poses will be boring overall i think

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i think there is just good money in this type of thing, i'm gonna find out

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less exciting

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will do models for fun too get more creative

umbral whale
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yes dont loose ur passion

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but great niche

fading bane
umbral whale
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personally right now i am trying to focus on Polas & Close Up beauty

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not sure how to price the beauty one

fading bane
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are you shooting for people or businesses?

umbral whale
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people

fading bane
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hmm

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does your pricing from other shoots not apply as well?

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are you also doing any makeup/wardrobe?

umbral whale
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right now my rate is 150e/h but i feel like i should not price by hour but project idk

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And for the beauty close up i dont do makeup, the style i want & propose is natural so the person bring her stuff

balmy blade
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and you have to compete with bad people becuase clients don't know what good lighting is

fading bane
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but if those shoots are quick

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you could charge a flat ammount

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maybe 300

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or 500

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if not more

fading bane
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payed ads are always an option but dont want to start out in the negatives right away

balmy blade
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for me that's why i started focusing less on real estate, i have no interest in competing with 18yo who just got a T7i lol

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at least headshots are alittle higher in terms of barrier to entry

fading bane
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i think i'll cold call local businesses, see how it goes

umbral whale
umbral whale
fading bane
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yee, gotta get this going soon

umbral whale
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i wanted a hard light, which i never did until now

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& pardon my english AHAH i tried m y best

worn mirage
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Hello! I am getting more into my home studio lighting so I am gonna poke in here from time to time. I have a lights that I have got for relatively cheap including some old Bowens Esprit flashes that I can't find a trigger to actually work for so I have to use them as optical slaves to actually work. Currently playing around with some shutter drag stuff to get ready for some senior portraits I have coming up.

umbral whale
worn mirage
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Will do for sure, waiting to get one of my friends in to do a paintball player shoot since I can't find any examples of it online

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was gonna do tomorrow but we both had stuff come up

umbral whale
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oke=))

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where is the key light on the pic?

worn mirage
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The fovitec strip box on the right

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I was getting some bad spill from the LED on the left as you can probably see so I when I set it back up I need to make sure that isn't there but I don't have a grid for that one unfortunately

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here's a goofy test of myself to test the movement I want to capture

umbral whale
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this is reallyyy coool

worn mirage
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Thanks!

celest maple
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Lasha told me to come hereflashcat let me just review the channel and ill be on topic

umbral whale
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this is the place to be @celest maple

celest maple
umbral whale
worn mirage
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I don't

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I wish I did because that is pretty overexposed on my arm and I brought it down a bit in Lightroom

umbral whale
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ah yeah but if havent told me i wouldnt have notice it's not that bad

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me too i dont use a meter

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i try n retry and fix progressively lol

worn mirage
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Yea, it's the nice part about my space. It's basically a big shed with no light so I can play with all sorts of small setups

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Here's a few setups I've played around with.

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I've also started painting my own backdrops

umbral whale
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the background looks really nice

umbral whale
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but the brush mark are more visible on yours

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which feels more "authentic" & gives character to the image

worn mirage
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yeaa i kinda messed up when doing the top layer haha i used way too much paint especially in the upper right of the first pic. that is down at the bottom in the actual shot I used but it was my first one and it was more for learning how to do it.

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my next ones are going to be 9x12s

worn mirage
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Setup for a shoot with my friend today. Doing some shutter drag stuff and then will be tearing down to do some headshots for him as well. Once the roll up is closed it's almost perfectly dark in my space.

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the monitor there is for tethered capture as well

umbral whale
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hii guys !! i want to use natural direct sun light for a shoot and i was wondering if you think i should diffuse with a white scrim or diffuser or not really, i dont want to much hard shadow but i like how the skin pops??

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the inspo i have

worn mirage
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I mean if you have the capacity bring a scrim, take one with one without. That shot has really hard shadows on the eyelashes that are making the eye pop to me and really brings out the specularity of the glitter so I think you'd probably want no diffusion for that exact same look

worn mirage
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Pop up portrait setup testing

fading bane
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love the dog ears smh

worn mirage
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The idea is to take this to local markets and fairs and do inexpensive family portraits with printing of like 5x7s. I always see people selling their prints but always thought it'd be a fun idea to do portraits

worn mirage
frank ember
worn mirage
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I would yea, I have a Canon Pro 10 printer

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Thinking 5x7's would be the perfect size for that as well

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I have also started using a Canon Selphy CP1500 to do 4x6's during events and sports. I slap a label that has my website and booking inquiry page as a QR code on the back, put into a nice sleeve and deliver to the person.

umbral whale
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personally i feel a bit stuck with lightning at the moment; i have my go to but i feel like it's the same pics over and. over, dont know what to do..

frank ember
worn mirage
worn mirage
frank ember
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i wanted to setup a tripod and a chair in the main street of my city and take portraits of people but your idea is just much better since having an actual booth gives many advantages

worn mirage
frank ember
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tethering is the best way to do this, and also since you set up everything you can get perfect light

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what's the price gonna be?

worn mirage
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That's kind of where I am stuck haha

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Was thinking $40 for a 5x7

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but also that seems steep

frank ember
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i'm no good at pricing but you can get clients with anything if you have good marketing

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40 dollars for a family portrait with professional retouch and high quality printing sounds good

worn mirage
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Yea, just hope the people see it that way as well

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definitely could fall into the "my nephew has a camera" or "i can take this with my phone"

umbral whale
frank ember
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you may want to stop families walking and throw in some compliments about their mood or something

umbral whale
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ok!!!!

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cool

frank ember
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it depends on the niche that goes to these fairs

worn mirage
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yea i know my local one isn't the fancy type haha but there others throughout that I could go to that would definitely be a bit more willing

frank ember
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if there are pretty rich people market is as a premium portrait that gives a sense of importance to the family and it can be passed thru generations yadda yadda yadda and if you have normal people market it as something more sentimental rather than important to be seen

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that's how i would go about it tho

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i don't know if it could work in your specific case

worn mirage
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I mean there is a studio in our town that has multiple photographers at it with the top guy charging $7k+ per image

frank ember
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7k per image is crazy

worn mirage
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i mean he stays busy

umbral whale
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how is that possible gosh

frank ember
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very good for him

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yeah

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people have great money to spend lol

worn mirage
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he does high fashion stuff mainly

frank ember
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regine that's us

umbral whale
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thats goal

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ahahahha literally

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my dream

frank ember
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yea

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fashion campaigns and editorials

worn mirage
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i'm actually doing a lighting event at his studio on the 30th

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Godox and models and stuff

frank ember
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that's cool

umbral whale
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coool!!!

worn mirage
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so gonna hopefully get some decent portfolio shots out of

frank ember
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a good way to be discovered

umbral whale
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you should advertise online too!!

worn mirage
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i do actually haha have been running FB and Google ads for a bit and have literally 0 conversions from either so far

frank ember
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what are the ads?

umbral whale
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maybe do some ig reels to have organic reach cost nothing

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just a little bit of editing but yeah

frank ember
worn mirage
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just my portfolio stuff rn, with some chatgpt generated ad copy stuff

umbral whale
frank ember
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nothing wrong with doing them

umbral whale
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like it feels cheap?

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ahahaha

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will stop then

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AHA

frank ember
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i don't think ig reels will help anyone get discovered by brands that do cool projects

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i'm new tho so i could be wrong

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i feel like the high clientele hangs out in the networking space of "i know someone" and that's what a photographer should look up to

umbral whale
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i spoke to several photographer here in paris & some tell me it's tru connections & some tell me it's thanks too social media

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feel like it really depends...

frank ember
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yea

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depends on the brand mission

worn mirage
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yea that's how even wedding stuff works

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it's all word of mouth

frank ember
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if the brand is more media oriented then an inflencer photographer is best for visibility

umbral whale
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i've been wanting to dm brands but i mainly shoot faces

frank ember
umbral whale
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it's hard to make a switch

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i can only dm beauty brand

frank ember
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the thing i did is go to stores and shoot products in tfp

worn mirage
frank ember
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offer them the photos

umbral whale
frank ember
worn mirage
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yea product is about to be a brutal market

umbral whale
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it sounds so crazy to me, my friend is photographer she lost deal because the company replace the photographer with ai content lol

frank ember
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it's never gonna be brutal, who paid before is gonna pay again to be seen, no big brand is gonna switch to ai

umbral whale
frank ember
worn mirage
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my day is in tech, they already are

frank ember
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i don't remember which one tho

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it was really controversial

umbral whale
umbral whale
frank ember
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it was guess

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well vogue has no fault in this, they get paid so they can't protest

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it can be seen as an act of war from guess

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cause ai? really?

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it's really bad content

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and you can clearly see it's ai

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why go cheap

worn mirage
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that's right now

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AI models are moving crazy fast

frank ember
worn mirage
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i mean for product photos

frank ember
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i'm shooting one tomorrow and ai could never do what i do

umbral whale
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at the same i feel like if we dont know how ai work, it will be hard for us the compete. some photographer do mix media both ai & photography i feel like i'ts cool approach

worn mirage
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i think fashion and people will be near impossible outside of backgrounds and locations

frank ember
frank ember
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then it gets irritating

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ai is cool as a tool to enchance, not a tool to create

umbral whale
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the fact that everything is train on photographers real pictures and you would never know them

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crazzzzy

frank ember
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that's also scary to me lol, imagine how many photos can ai ingest in a day

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such a knowledge that'll take a photographer an entire life cycle to master

umbral whale
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i know right

frank ember
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but ai can't make art

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it can't create

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it just remixes

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artists that feel threatened by ai don't really create

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art is about expressions and ai can't express anything

umbral whale
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true ture

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true

balmy blade
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anyone got any tips for improvement on these? I just had single light at 45* in front with a large softbox and grid, and a reflector for shadow fill

worn mirage
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I mean outside of more lights I feel like these are great. On the third image maybe upping the power or changing the angle in some way just a bit as the blue on the collar is a little darker than I think it should be.

Personally I think just even light across the whole shots is the only real improvement but with what you were using these are great

worn mirage
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Got these for review

frank ember
worn mirage
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@frank ember I got to really use them today, I used the V100 as a fill and the V1 Pro to light the backdrop/smoke have. They seem pretty great for the light use I put them through.

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V100 is nice because it's a 100 WS light so doing that math with the AD400Pro II is easy

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V1 Pro is the older LCD style display so it feels really dated to use now compared to all of the new Godox stuff for sure but it synced with the trigger and did what I needed it to do

umbral whale
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oops why it dont show

balmy blade
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2 lights and reflector

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my first time doing real model shoot

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pretty happy with the results

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much photoshop was required to extend the backdrop and hide my reflector/lights lol

umbral whale
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nice!!!!!

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an octa?

balmy blade
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85m octa and a rectangle on left

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on right of frame*

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85cm LOL

umbral whale
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some preview not edited yet

frank ember
# umbral whale

this looks cool but I think the shadows might look a bit too harsh

umbral whale
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yess i see!!! but it's wanted i kinda wanted a dramatic look!!

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thankss

worn mirage
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Are these the same backdrop with different lighting to change the color?

umbral whale
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hi guys i've been shooting a lot lately, will try post some results and setup!!

worn mirage
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any of yall have experience mixing flash with christmas tree lights? I am trying to figure out the best way to make it look like the light is coming from the tree without completely blasting the tree away. Thinking doin a comp may be best

balmy blade
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yeah probably just comp, any meaningful amount of flash is going to blow it away

thorn aspen
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does anyone know what kind of light is used here

balmy blade
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no but that's very cool

worn mirage
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Looks like they are putting it up by the window to make it look like the sun creating a sun star effect

thorn aspen
frank ember
frank ember
frank ember
frank ember
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i need advice about shooting flash, i'm gonna shoot in an urban enviroment with good ambient separation, i need to shoot flash and i want to achieve the fashion editorial look, i use a speedlite, should i use my reflective umbrella or should i just place the speedlite on a tripod and shoot with direct flash?

worn mirage
# frank ember i need advice about shooting flash, i'm gonna shoot in an urban enviroment with ...

Are you looking for the direct flash look? Do you need the wider spread of light? Are you shooting in direct sunlight and need to fill shadows? A speedlight in daylight is only going to really act as a fill as it likely won't be strong enough to make a big difference in direct sun.

Do you have any inspo shots that you are trying to emulate? It'd be easier to give advice if I knew what you are actually looking to do.

frank ember
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this is where imma be shooting

worn mirage
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That's definitely using either HSS or an ND filter to darken the background and capture the flash without being overexposed.

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looks like it could even be 2 flashes or the sun is doing the hair light and the flash is actually either even with or lower than the model's face could be on camera with diffusion as well

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also also, may not even be flash but a large reflector and and ND filter

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actually, it's tough to say for sure, but there it seems like there are 2 lights based on how the shadows are falling on her face and the highlights on the railing. Basically what I am saying is there are a lot of ways to get this look, the biggest being getting the background to not be blown out is either going to be be HSS flash or ND filter and hard flash

balmy blade
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doesnt relaly need to be ND filter or HSS does it? pretty sure like F/8 or 9 could have achieved this

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idk maybe im underestimating

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anyway, at least an ND filter won't be needed, HSS should suffice

worn mirage
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in full sun the bridge would still be pretty bright

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it does look pretty heavily edited though too

frank ember
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@balmy blade @worn mirage I did get some similar results to the pictures, I shot at f20 though 🌚

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these are unedited straight out of camera

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this is with another model but the same flash style as the inspo

worn mirage
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@frank ember glad you got the look you were after they look pretty good, curious though, what was the SS for you to get blur in the 2nd shot?

frank ember
worn mirage
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The 2nd one def has blur on the boot?

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or is that because of the photo of the screen

frank ember
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it kinda looks like that because it's dark probably

frank ember
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I'll check now on my computer and see if its blurry

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I hope not lol

worn mirage
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i mean it just looks like motion blur on his foot

frank ember
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I can confirm there's no motion blur, I almost died

balmy blade
# frank ember

Looks pretty cool! With some nice edits the results will be great

umbral whale
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the photos looks FIRE

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congrats @frank ember !!!

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i did a shoot today, and i need either get a bigger softbox to light my bg or have another strobe to light it properly bc rn too short

frank ember
frank ember
frank ember
umbral whale
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thankgs!!!!

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it's really my go to setup i dont think much about it now it works for me:)

manic bison
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Hmmm backread the entire form just now 😅 , I have some questions that are more open ended because I'm not even sure what I should be asking:

I've been finding myself in a bit of a rut as far as my portrait work goes recently and feel like its just amateurish and lacking, but I feel like I've covered a lot of material in regards to mechanical skill with working with lights and my camera.

I'm not really sure how to articulate it, but I feel like my work can be performed by anyone with a good kit, lights, and 3 hours of YouTube tutorials.

I'm thinking what I need to do is do more research on what elements brings certain looks and moods into a photograph, and honestly I'm starting to think I'm lacking in my eye for composition and framing.

Additionally, I've thought about moving to full frame or getting a f1.2 lense, but a big part of me says that surely there is more skill expression in the realm of portraits at f/4+ retaining information and clarity and background for location shoots.

I haven't really been able to find anyone locally in my college club or events that are passionate for portraiture and then remembered I could probably find somewhere to ask here so here I am.

Work on my ig @manic bison
Or if you want me to post here but I didnt want to bomb the thread with images

balmy blade
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You do cosplay mainly?

manic bison
slate spruce
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So

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Studio lighting questions

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We have this kinda set up

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With all these lights that are all color changeable and controllable individually

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What's missing from this? My thoughts were like....framing back lights? Or like a soft back light of some kind

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We have these lil floor spotlights that are super bright which I was thinking of pointing at the back wall but the trellis makes it shoot all these shadows everywhere cause they're so bright. I have a soft box but no light in it. Trying to figure out like.... What do i need for this to be a solid enough studio space. How do people handle back drops usually? Is it just a huge canvas roll?

slate spruce
umbral whale
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i use a 24-70

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@slate spruce

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only lense i own now

slate spruce
umbral whale
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sry was not active here

slate spruce
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Uhhhh yes but I can't post them in the server haha oh well. Maybe I can but with heavy heavy censoring lol

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Actually this one is p sfw

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i think the lighting maybe turned out okay actually