{"id":21164,"date":"2014-07-07T02:23:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T06:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=21164"},"modified":"2018-08-27T21:36:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T01:36:54","slug":"studio-photography-image-projection-effects-for-creative-backgrounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/studio-photography-image-projection-effects-for-creative-backgrounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio photography – Image projection effects for creative backgrounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Studio photography – Image projection effects for creative backgrounds<\/h1>\n

Working with an idea in mind in the studio – a moody B&W portrait with a stylized cityscape as background. Using the Light-Blaster<\/a><\/strong> again in the studio, this final image was a progression of that\u00a0idea. I knew I wanted to use the cityscape background of one of the metal gobos that came with the Light-Blaster kit.<\/p>\n

Because I wanted the final photograph\u00a0to be black and white, I set my camera to Monochrome so that I’d have a good idea during the shoot what the final image\u00a0would look like.\u00a0Since I shoot in RAW, the image would pull up in color the moment I start my post-processing. Then I reverted it to B&W again, and edited it for contrast and for the vignette you see in the final image at\u00a0the top.<\/p>\n

The first step of the shoot was to set up the Light Blaster, then get the exposure, and then figure out the lighting on our model, Priscilla.<\/p>\n

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For this series of photographs, I again mounted my Nikon 35mm f\/1.4 since that was the wider lens that I had accessible in the studio at the time. The Light Blaster comes with a Canon mount, so you need an adapter to mount your Nikon lens to that.<\/p>\n

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Lighting equipment used for this photo session<\/h2>\n

The pull-back shot shows the lighting setup. The main light on Priscilla was a\u00a0Profoto D1 Air 500 Ws Studio light<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>), diffused by a\u00a0Profoto RFi 1’\u00d73′ softbox<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>), with a\u00a0Profoto 50 degree 1\u00d73 grid<\/a>\u00a0(affiliate<\/em>) to control the spill. Yes, the gridded stripbox really was angled away from her light that at nearly 90 degree angle.<\/p>\n

I wanted to be very specific about lighting up her face only, and not her hands (for other poses), so I angled the light away from her. I feathered the light away from her so that only part of the light from the stripbox caught her. This gave me what\u00a0I wanted – soft light, but controlled.<\/p>\n

The light on the background – the city scene, was then of course done with the Light-Blaster.<\/p>\n

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\nThe camera settings were determined by the background exposure with the Light Blaster and gobo. Then I had to match the studio light for those settings.<\/p>\n

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Here is the straight-out-of-camera shot for comparison. It is the JPG extracted from the RAW file.<\/p>\n

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Summary<\/h2>\n

Again, I’m quite impressed\u00a0with the Light Blaster. It gave me a unique image directly from my camera, very close to what I had wanted.<\/p>\n

Oh, how did we get Priscilla’s hair to flow so perfectly around her? This was about the 40th frame we shot where she gently shook her head side-to-side. There were a few nearly-there images, and then we hit this image and decided we were done. We had it.<\/p>\n

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You can order the Light Blaster kit from\u00a0these affiliate links<\/h2>\n