tashley
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Re: Fun with MF images - Part 3
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Thanks Chris, I'll give that a try. You are right in that when the sitter is not smiling the effect can be more towards sinister as below, so I'll give it a try. The lighting I was using seems best suited to shots where the sitter is expressing some character, second below!On the portrait, it feels to me like you are basically lighting the subject with a softbox on either side of the subject at very steep angles. I actually like this setup quite a bit when the person is in profile, not facing the camera, but when they're straight to camera, I feel it adds a certain sinister character that is probably not what you are going for. One of my favorite lights for your composition is a softbox directly behind camera and a little high... gives nice definition to cheekbones, leaves the sides of the face more in shadow which I feel gives the subject a more inviting character....
My .02
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