I said Young Man! *contains tutorial!

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Ok so I'm not pretty, I know, but never the less I hope this curls up a few smiles and sparks some ideas.
Basically I have been practising using rim lights for an upcoming shoot I have with a magazine, and guess what, the only test 'model'/ guinea pig I have is muggins- again!
I wanted to use two rim lights but this time make some flags so the flash wouldn't flare the lens.
The following is a very basic, very quick and dirty effort in explanation, I took a few shots of what I was doing to mail to some mates, I wasn't planning on posting any of this but what the hey!

Anyhoo, as I say, it was done quite quickly, I didn't even use my D3 to test these methods out, oh and my living room is small and the background sucks for photo's! That's why there's so much black.
On location I will use a fifth and possibly a sixth strobe to light the background and pick out some detail there.

1: Here's the finished image. Sexy baby disco baby hot and all that jazz.
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2: Here's a prelim test and as you can see alot of nasty flare coming from the rim-lights.
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3: Wallop a couple of flags onto both rim lights and hey presto! Flare gone.
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4: Quick and dirty lighting plan (DW Beauty Dish Tutorial click here!)
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5: The extreme state of the art equiptment, an elastic strip sowed together securely and nice slab of black card. Ignore the velcro :wacky:.
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6: Walloped together nicely on a super clamp, you can fix this handy buddy pretty much anywhere, Vicars forehead, Altar, Wedding cake etc
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I hope you chuckled and maybe now want to try and have a go too (y)

All the best :wave:

T.
 
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I'm not in a position to comment on your technique or how helpful this tutorial is to people.

But your humour and images/notation... :LOL:
 
No comment on the model. :LOL:

I think you pretty well cracked it with No3, except you're needing a bit of fill on the face Tomas for my tastes. You don't find that this rim lighting is just lighting a bit too much of the sides of the head though?

I'd have thought a single snoot behind the model would give more of that halo rim effect?
 
CT said:
No comment on the model. :LOL:

I think you pretty well cracked it with No3, except you're needing a bit of fill on the face Tomas for my tastes. You don't find that this rim lighting is just lighting a bit too much of the sides of the head though?

I'd have thought a single snoot behind the model would give more of that halo rim effect?
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Cheers CT!

Well the 'prelim no 2' and the 'flare gone no 3' pic are just focusing on rim lighting as a technique, they're not finished images like, just examples of flag off, flag on.

Snoots do work well but they don't seem to get the same effect. I admit the rims on the final test (number 1) are a touch hot, should of knocked them down a stop :nono: and it's not he very best example of succesful rim lighting, I'm still trying to nail the best method for the big job.
T.
 
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LOL - this really made me laugh! :LOL: Loved the piccy and the diagram too - brightened up my morning a treat! (y)
 
The model is fricking awesome :LOL: LOVE the Village People pic :D

Good tutorial too! :)
 
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