I do not have a studio and plan to take more environmental portraits using portable lighting equipment. What lighting equipment do you use when you do environmental portraits? Thanks! David
I do not have a studio and plan to take more environmental portraits using portable lighting equipment. What lighting equipment do you use when you do environmental portraits? Thanks! David
Ac power? Film/f-stop/modifier? One person/group? Headshots or...?
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Want to use DC power and do one person portraits in general. Thanks.
Originally Posted by Peter De Smidt
At what typical working apertures?
EDIT: And with what sorts of light modifiers, if any?
I probably use F8-22 and I don't have any lighting equipment now.
Environmental means environment, so the natural scene with the subject in it...
Look at the work of Arnold Newman, he used existing light but maybe added a single light for his subject usually...
This can be merely a cheap painters light just over the lens to fill in shadows and even out the subject... And not so bright as to overpower the ambient lights...
Steve K
Well said, thanks.
White Lightning X3200 with Vagabond battery, 54 inch umbrella. White or gold reflector opposite.
Kent in SD
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Newman did what it took to get the shot, simple or complex as the assignment demanded. If your subject has good natural light, then it's easy, just add some refllectors and fill cards as necessary.
If not, then a flash kit is the way to go. The power requirements for LF work point that way. I use Dyna-Lite gear on location, but then I've had that kit for decades.
Of course no two photographers work the same way...and you'll hear a lot of different answers (I hope).
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