coming up in Monday’s video: beautiful studio portraits with just one light
It’s time to shoot portraits! This one is a must see, it provides a great foundation in portrait lighting whether you use a studio strobe or a Strobist setup. In Monday’s video we’ll explore three very different styles of portrait lighting, all using just a one-light setup. It’s amazing what can be accomplished with just one light.
See you on Monday…
Looks interesting. I’ll check back monday.
Be looking forward to this!
Great video. You do a great job of simplifying things that other people try to make mysterious. One question: How do you hook up your camera so that you are shooting straight onto the computer? Are you using special software on the computer?
We shoot tethered to the computer using Phase One’s Capture One software. I believe Bibble also allows this with a number of cameras. I’ve kind of lost track, but most cameras come packaged with a program that will allow tethered shooting directly to a computer. Canon, Pentax, Olympus do…Nikon might require that you use Capture NX software, I’m not sure. Take a look at the software / owner’s manual that came with the camera, first. You may already have what you need! Oops…you’ll need a USB or Firewire cable for the connection, also.
The video is awesome and is so good for a beginner. It would be nice if you can add the setting info. What is power? Was it full, half etc. Thanks
Really enjoyed the video and it provided great tips. Questions: Did you use a flash meter to determine your f stop? What was your flash sync speed? Noticed that shutter speed was 1/160, did you set the camera sync speed to this shutter speed? Lastly, what distances are your lights from your subjects? I know that’s a lot of questions and if you would answer, wow, that would be great….robert