by Donald Giannatti | Feb 12, 2014 | LE News and Info, Lighting
This portrait of a young man was shot by Tomas Jansson, Norway. Tomas used a softlighter umbrella (a bounced position umbrella with a diffusion screen over the front) for his main light, and a silver reflector for a secondary light source from camera...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 11, 2014 | LE News and Info, Lighting, Publications
Here is a chance to get something very cool. One of our Project 52 long time members has created a book of images from her series “The Man In The Red Coat”. Irene Liebler is a photographer and designer in Connecticut and has been working on this project...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 8, 2014 | Featured, LE News and Info, Lighting
The Lighting Angle: Part One Now that we are starting to understand the metering a bit better, we are going to look at how the angle of the light can create different presentations – AND different exposure situations. The camera is a fixed position. It is where...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 7, 2014 | Lighting
Photographer Anders Ericksson, Sweden. A combination of several photographs, Anders Eriksson creates a ‘magical’ moment of light. The bulb was shot alone in order to get the edge lighting exactly right. A strip light was used to light either side and then...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 6, 2014 | Lighting
Photographer Girish Bashavar, Ohio In this photograph by Girish Balshavar of Dayton, Ohio, the model is lit with one large source to camera left, and slightly below the subjects elbow. The light source, a softbox, is only a little out of frame and providing...
by Donald Giannatti | Feb 5, 2014 | Lighting
Photographer Anna Gunn and Filipe Martins, Portugal. A thin sheet of glass was sprayed with water to provide a bit of an out of focus foreground and create a mood for this stylish portrait by Anna and Filipe. To create the feel of a rainy day, they used a large...