First use of DIY "hot" lights

[bhursey]

Originally Posted by thegarageblog

Rentham & bhursey these were the shadows I was after for this shot. I have another box light waiting to be assembled to even out the light and am going to get a reflector to play with that too.

Cool then you picked the right light for the mood you were trying to protray I think.. Rembrant with less wrap.. Most of the time if doing like portraits we want to get rembrant with a little more wrap of light but you need a much bigger modofier to do that like large softbox or a 43 inch umbrella.

However with lighting there is no right or wrong way of doing things. It all has to do with what kind of feel are you trying to portray with the image.

For example this is my normal portrait setup I use for kids and studio portraits. Large softbox camera left creating classic rembrant lighting then fill on the right with a lower powerd light.. Gives it some demention. I never like having light equal on both sides. So with a reflector you could of also created this type of light. Note you still can barly see the tringle of light to on his left lip/cheek area. Its just filled in some.


JJ by Brian Hursey, on Flickr

[thegarageblog]

Thanks for the advice. I think that is the direction I'll be going once I finish the other light and make a few more changes to my basement. Right now, it is a light sucking cavern.

I think having my lights at different distances/locations in the room will make for an interesting journey as I figure out what works best in that space.

[scootermcq]

If you ever want to get together & play with lights, I am just around the corner in the "Shwa"

[thegarageblog]

The Schwiggiddy! We may just have to do that. Or at least get together for a pint!

[ccting]

:P i don't have off-camera flash, so this is my trial using 1 on-camera flash. It is very fortunate to able to find a a friend of mine as my model ;D

Single light source of On-camera flash with diy black card to learn key triangle, kicker, family of angles, cropped to 100% and using Lightroom high contrast preset without post-production

[directlight]

hrrrrmmmm I'm thinking that would make me a GREAT Birthday present.......so that gives you 4 months to build another one

[Tito87]

Originally Posted by NathanFranke

greed is good,

Thanks for pointing that out. Otherwise, I would go on believing that greed was one of the 7 Deadly Sins.