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Petros Stamatakos
{K:12101} 4/13/2002
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Marty, I'm not an expert with Portraits, but I think you've done a wonderful job with this. I do think that a little more contrast would have helped this image a bit...
Nice job!
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Cary Shaffer
{K:393} 4/13/2002
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marty,
try raising the light a little bit and bringing it towards the camera a little bit more. you have a good concept, but generally with portrait lighting you want the "triangle".
the triangle is an imaginary upside down triangle on a persons face. in other words, light should fall on both eyes and the chin. if you would draw a line connecting these three points, you have a triangle. this is the classic method. start with that. after you play with that, you can try some rule breaking stuff.
start thinking about broad lighting and short lighting. these two terms explain where the key light shines. broad light is when the shadows fall on the side of the face away from the camera. short is the opposite. i prefere the short lighting style, as it adds much more depth to a portrait. with the shadows toward the camera, i think a persons face is much more sculpted. it adds depth.
put a hair light or back light on the opposite side if the key. that will make a head pop out from the background. i little definition from a back light will go a long way. i try to make the backlight much higher than the key. this way the light will start to fall down the front of the shoulders. if you do color, don't be afraid to really warm up the backlight. it can make a difference. color temps don't always have to match.
give some of this a try. you'll get the hang of it in no time.
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Arthur John Grossman III
{K:1214} 4/14/2002
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I would like to respectfully disagree a little with Cary and add some comments. First, "Short Lighting" is actually with the key light on the side of the face which is away from the camera, and "Broad Lighting" is the key light on the side of the face closest to the camera. Marty has used a form of "Broad Lighting" here. For a full, round face, Broad Lighting will add weight...if you want to slim down a round face, use Short Lighting. For this particular image, I feel that it needs additional fill on the shadow side to bring out a little more detail in the shadows. I like the pose of the hands and the catchlight in the eye. Do try raising the light a bit to cast more of a downward shadow for kicks. I don't mean any disrespect to Cary, just offering my opinion.
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Cary Shaffer
{K:393} 4/14/2002
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arthur,
if you'll notice, i did explain short and broad correctly. i just used shadow location to explan. perhaps it was not the best explanation. however, with the combination of our posts, everything should be quite clear now. at least it will give marty some stuff to think about. i took no disrespect from your post. it's all good man.
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Marty Provost
{K:1760} 4/15/2002
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Thank you guys! I really appreciate the feedback. I'm Looking forward to using your suggestions on my next shoot. :)
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Mário Sousa
{K:16985} 8/6/2003
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excellent
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