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Originally Posted by NCAmother
these are great, I want to do similiar type of environmental shots in pix #2 and #3, can you please tell me about your lighting setup? Regards, Nathan
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Hi Nathan:
Both shots were late day afternoon about 30-45 minutes before the sun went down.
In shot 2, it was the fall, and had the sun behind the model and off to about a 60 degree angle from the plane. No Fill. Slightly underexposed and shot with the Hasselblad H1D 22mp tethered to an image bank with a normal 80mm lense. ISO 50. Post processing was adding a bit of tint to bring out the leaves, but not much. It really did look camparable to that outside, and that's half the key... WB was set to 6500K - The slight overexposure helps balance out the color shift on the subject while warming everything else.
In shot 3, it was about 1 week ago and the sun was in a comparable position. There were heavy clouds coming in and the sun starting peaking through the patches of clouds. My assistant was there with a large Photoflex silver/gold multi-reflector (mesh design) filling in the harsh shadows. Shot dead on exposure with the Hasselblad H1D 22mp tethered to an image bank with a 150mm telephoto lense. ISO 100 Post processing was a bit more intensive, but I did a sloppy job with this one. You double expose the image and add them separately as layers. Expose one to the correct WB ~ 6500K (I used 6250 for this shot) and do another one at a much cooler temperature to offset the background (I used 3850K) since there is a relatively clear delineation and how it blurs out into the trees. NOW>>>HERE's THE KEY... Once the images are layered, (warm picture as the top layer) you use the eraser to erase out the demarkation line of the field versus the treeline. Ready? MAKE SURE YOU SOFTEN THE ERASER! I use 27% hardness and badda-bing! There you go. I'm not kidding. This edit only took me about 5 minutes - real sloppy. At a 300dpi 24x36 print, it looks fine...and not just at web size....remember to erase out the model...and at 27% hardness, you have a great deal of flexibility...
Here's another one where the same technique was used to bring out the blue sky. This shot was taken just before the clouds started rolling in...enjoy...
Steven W. Choi
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