What Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light? Part 5 A very important aspect of choosing which part of the subject shall be hit by which type of light source is something I consider very closely when doing a selective lighting exercise in my shoots. As we all know, continuous [...]
Lighting
What Kinds of Lighting Accessories are Needed to Sculpt or Paint with Light? Part 2
When attempting to control lighting, it is important to decide which part of the subject area you wish to light or which sector will have a greater amount of light to draw the eye to. Now this can also be perceived as, which part of the image will be shaded with less light. That is [...]
Ecclectic
The “How Did You Do That?” Question
The “How Did You Do That?” Question I am often asked the question, “How Did You Do That?” I could very simply answer the question which I often do and the results that person gets isn’t what he/she was expecting. If I talk about post production, yes the actions on the image will be as [...]
Production shoot
The “Umbrella Light” Controversy
The “Umbrella Light” (Brolly) Controversy I never would have expected that sharing my “GENERALIST” view of a lighting technique could cause such a stir. In fact it was based on a personal preference only and was NOT written for any other reason but to challenge you to think about the why and how one might [...]
Models
A Fashion Shoot in One Day… The Process
A Fashion Shoot in One Day… The Process I would like to describe the process of photo shoots that are done for either a magazine or advertising and what happens in the process. In most cases the steps are similar for all productions whether it is me or any other photographer. I will commence from [...]
Lighting
Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Between… Part 5
Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything inhttp://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com/wp-admin/edit.php Between… Part 5 In Part 4 we were left facing the subject, we had tested the light and had to determine the difference between the foreground and background intensity. That was a very personal decision. You also had to decide how much of the principal subject was going [...]
Production shoot
Continuous vs Flash Lighting and Everything in Between…Part 1
Above Image Model: Irina Lazareanu Light is a very fickle entity. Why do I say that? Because light can play many tricks on us and is often elusive in it’s ethereal state. It has many frequencies and understanding those wave lengths might help us understand the grand palette of nuances available that we can play [...]
Lighting
Add Dimension to Your Flat Photos. One Post Production Technique…
The work flow I employ that is intended for press or print. When shooting in RAW which is always the case, I open an image via Bridge in to PS3 which automatically opens in Adobe Camera Raw. As stated (Now this is an alternative method to the one given at “Pentax Life”) I will sharpen [...]
