23 November 2011
Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
this is another of those boring technical blogs!!....
its a lazy solution for sure.... and moreover, I'm basically lazy.... this combination is pretty damaging to new possibilities.... I've already learned to call a big DIY light-source as my "Lazy Light".... and moreover, there's the lure of a 50cm x 120cm softbox and of late, the 100cm Deep Octa.... there you go... such light sources can create such moody pictures that you would hardly want to get rid of them.... but all these sources are with the big light.... I use these with the Elinchrom Ranger RX... so, what if the light sources are basically speedlight?... actually even speedlights caused trouble for me, as I've done many a shoot with a single speedlight mounted on a softbox (Westcott Apollo 28" Hotshoe or Lastolite Ezybox 24")...
so, is this good, or is this bad?... its debatable actually... whereas more than one light source can help sculpture the light around the subject, a single light source would try to show what a single light can potentially achieve... there's no doubt that single light sources are faster to setup.... a quicker and less complicated setup can help the photographer to think more about the subject if there is time constraint.... but that definitely restricts the photographer from applying some more creative options in lighting...
another issue here to consider is the size of the light source... the first-mentioned light sources are quite big, indicating towards their suitability for fully-body portraits or group portraits.... smaller speedlights are more suitable for closer portraits, thereby serving a different purpose... single light sources can potentially create more contrasting lighting scenarios if the photographer really wanted to... in some cases it comes automatically, while in other cases, its created... that need for contrast and also the need for Depth-of-Field would decide whether light source would need to be big or small when I've already decided to go with one light...
anyway, enough of that lecture.... this particular shoot was done with Lamisa's new cycle, which can't be termed as a tricycle, as it had, well, more than three wheels!... but it worked a bit like a tricycle.... Lamisa was very much excited to feature with that new craze of hers... this was her parents' gift to her on her third birthday!.... this shoot was done within a very short time.... again, as the topic of this blog said, with one light source.... an Elinchrom Ranger RX coupled with the Simpex 50cm x 120cm softbox...
a lot more to come....
Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
this is another of those boring technical blogs!!....
its a lazy solution for sure.... and moreover, I'm basically lazy.... this combination is pretty damaging to new possibilities.... I've already learned to call a big DIY light-source as my "Lazy Light".... and moreover, there's the lure of a 50cm x 120cm softbox and of late, the 100cm Deep Octa.... there you go... such light sources can create such moody pictures that you would hardly want to get rid of them.... but all these sources are with the big light.... I use these with the Elinchrom Ranger RX... so, what if the light sources are basically speedlight?... actually even speedlights caused trouble for me, as I've done many a shoot with a single speedlight mounted on a softbox (Westcott Apollo 28" Hotshoe or Lastolite Ezybox 24")...
so, is this good, or is this bad?... its debatable actually... whereas more than one light source can help sculpture the light around the subject, a single light source would try to show what a single light can potentially achieve... there's no doubt that single light sources are faster to setup.... a quicker and less complicated setup can help the photographer to think more about the subject if there is time constraint.... but that definitely restricts the photographer from applying some more creative options in lighting...
another issue here to consider is the size of the light source... the first-mentioned light sources are quite big, indicating towards their suitability for fully-body portraits or group portraits.... smaller speedlights are more suitable for closer portraits, thereby serving a different purpose... single light sources can potentially create more contrasting lighting scenarios if the photographer really wanted to... in some cases it comes automatically, while in other cases, its created... that need for contrast and also the need for Depth-of-Field would decide whether light source would need to be big or small when I've already decided to go with one light...
anyway, enough of that lecture.... this particular shoot was done with Lamisa's new cycle, which can't be termed as a tricycle, as it had, well, more than three wheels!... but it worked a bit like a tricycle.... Lamisa was very much excited to feature with that new craze of hers... this was her parents' gift to her on her third birthday!.... this shoot was done within a very short time.... again, as the topic of this blog said, with one light source.... an Elinchrom Ranger RX coupled with the Simpex 50cm x 120cm softbox...
a lot more to come....
