Bobby Deal
New member
Hi all it seems I pop in here when I really want to find people who will give me honest views of new work. Today is no different. Recently I have begun working on emulating the lighting styles of the Golden Age of Hollywood and have spent a lot of time in the studio with a 2K 1K 650watt and a couple 200watt fresnel spotlights with barndoors and wire and fabric scrim sets.
I am loving that the work is so detail centric. Unlike shooting with steobes and soft boxes or even reflectors and grids these lights a ultimately directional. Moving a model or feathering a light by no more then an inch or two can produce dramatically different results. The result for me is I am being forced to slow down and adapt to changes between every pose or variation of a pose. The pace is so much slower then I experience when working with strobes.
Anywise after all that's said I would be thankful for honest oppinions and suggestions from those here who have experience with this style. I dont expect full critique on all of them but if you want to pick one or two i would be pleased. I'm not looking to be told how to do it with strobes, I can come close but this look is to me simply not attainable with strobes. The subtitles of hard where I need it hard and soft where I need it soft, are amazing to me. The ability to subtely run the highlights into the shadows or vice a versa are also a plus and a look I can't reproduce with strobes lacking a fresnel lens.
These were all shot at Iso 100-400 depending on how heavily the lights were cut and feathered for the various looks. I hope you enjoy them.
I am loving that the work is so detail centric. Unlike shooting with steobes and soft boxes or even reflectors and grids these lights a ultimately directional. Moving a model or feathering a light by no more then an inch or two can produce dramatically different results. The result for me is I am being forced to slow down and adapt to changes between every pose or variation of a pose. The pace is so much slower then I experience when working with strobes.
Anywise after all that's said I would be thankful for honest oppinions and suggestions from those here who have experience with this style. I dont expect full critique on all of them but if you want to pick one or two i would be pleased. I'm not looking to be told how to do it with strobes, I can come close but this look is to me simply not attainable with strobes. The subtitles of hard where I need it hard and soft where I need it soft, are amazing to me. The ability to subtely run the highlights into the shadows or vice a versa are also a plus and a look I can't reproduce with strobes lacking a fresnel lens.
These were all shot at Iso 100-400 depending on how heavily the lights were cut and feathered for the various looks. I hope you enjoy them.