This thumb caught my attention. Wasn't surprised to learn it was one of yours. His shadow is eerie, however.

Did you use any studio lighting for this?

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Nope all available light...yeah that shadow is creepy.

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Nice. Do you recall where the strong light was coming from? Window, light fixture, other? Was its source coming from behind you? The highlights versus shadow are what I'm attempting to understand/learn.

I have yet to enjoy the results of flash/studio lighting on people (or most things, really). I am trying with a makeshift studio at the shop in the training room, but results from candlelight, or other features tend to have more desireable results for me. I don't know if it's my lack of experience or proper equipment. Perhaps a bit of both. However, my preference for other people's work tend to not be studio lit either, so maybe it's just me after all

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It is indirect sunlight coming from camera left in another room. Candle light is not normally harsh, giving a softer overall effect. I suggest you buy one of the minature posing dolls and a $6.00 clip light from Wal-Mart, the type with the silver reflector. You can then move the light around the dummy and observe how the light and shadows work together at various heights and angles. You need to do this in the dark, so the only light source is focused on the doll.

Using 'hot lights' is the best way to practice and learn.


by the way...I did get your note, just had not had a chance to sit down and actually read it yet.

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...the specular highlight on the left lens of his glasses is just the reflection of a window in another room, not a light source for the image.

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I like the way his shadow looks on the wood board, almost like it's a painting

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I'm glad to see you did something with these. I really like this one being black and white. I think it captures the moment better.

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it does look rather creepy huh

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I can't recall if I mentioned it elsewhere, but candlelight is my favorite "artificial" light source. Perhaps "staged" is a better word than artificial. I did `sapphiretiger's current avatar via candlelight. I sit down intending to use the candles as light sources, then have trouble playing with the flames instead. It's not uncommon for those flaming photos to be preferred over the original subject anyway.

My "studio" lights are from wal-mart and just overgrown clip lights. They're floor lamps with adjustable reading light on an arm. I put the 3 way Reveal light in the tops that I bounce off the ceiling (cork drop ceiling) for fill light, and a 150W reveal light in the arm, and removed the shade. It would be cool if I could rig a softbox or something on that without worrying about burning the place down. I have two of these, and tend to like the effects most when the lamps are on top the desk shooting down on the subject, or backlighting, creating a forward shadow.

I've been looking for an excuse to get one of those posing dolls from Michaels.. looks like you just gave me one

I picked up a 500W x2 auto repair halogen floor lamp too. One of the bulbs (or units) is bad. Haven't debugged that one yet. Haven't liked the results so far. Probably should try to get some sort of reflector rigged on it to see what would happen.

I picked up a light tent kit this week at Wolfe's going out of business sale in Brentwood. That is where the latest flower shot(s) came from. Lots of fun with light...

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