Jack Carlton , May 01, 2004; 07:15 p.m.
Hi there, fellow photo.net members,
Ive been trying to replicate this photo with my own studio set-up,
but the results were disappointing. What is really interesting about
this photo is the flowing, unsharp cloth in the background which
really gave me some headache. I used a wind-machine which gave the
textile a nice movement, and I stopped the time down to 1/30 sec. and
even to 1/15 sec., but the strobes almost always froze the movement of
the cloth.
Now my guess is
a) the photographer (the fabulous Glen Luchford, who did a series for
"Another Magazine") used HMI continious lights, or
b) he sync'd on the second curtain (which would be a bit difficult for
my Hassie), or
c) he left it to post-production.
What do you think?
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Photo by Glen Luchford (seen in "Another Magazine") --
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Jack Carlton , May 01, 2004; 07:19 p.m.
Oops, sorry, uploaded a .tif file, heres the .jpg.
Photo by Glen Luchford (seen in "Another Magazine")
Photo Design , May 01, 2004; 11:01 p.m.
The photo was NOT taken using a strobe.
I say that based on the motion blur evident in the model's hair, in addition to the
cloth.
HMI or Tungsten lights would make this a simple shot to recreate.
Eric ~ , May 01, 2004; 11:07 p.m.
i agree, tungsten with gel's
Mark Lloyd , May 02, 2004; 06:13 a.m.
I agree this was probably done with hot lights and a slow shutter but if
you are restricted to flash you could easily replicate this with about 10
minutes work in photoshop.
M
Allen Gilman , May 02, 2004; 09:16 a.m.
Probably HMI or tungstens (he certainly has the budget for HMIs). If you look at a lot of Luchford's photos, he shoots with shallow depth of field and occasionally his photos are a tad shaky (handheld camera?). So he's probably not using strobes (just a guess).
The aesthetic is quite interesting though. Try googling his "Ritual" shoot for more interesting stuff by him.
Babar Khan , May 02, 2004; 04:34 p.m.
Luchford has a film background, so I agree it's most likely HMI or tungsten with a fan to
create some blur in the garment.
Strobe combined with daylight or tungsten/HMI also produces interesting effects.
Babar
Joseph Wisniewski , May 03, 2004; 01:52 p.m.
I agree, hot lights. The pose is basically stable, so exposures of several seconds are perfectly feasable. I've used up to 15 second exposures in my own motion blur work.
Michael Bradtke , May 03, 2004; 05:14 p.m.
HMI's flicker. You sometimes run into problems with them when shooting motion pictures.If you do not have clean power they get out of sync and the camera picks up the flicker. They do have a flicker free mode but that does not always work like it should. I would guess tungsten lights for this shot.
Bharat Mistry , May 05, 2004; 05:24 p.m.
I agree with everyone else regarding that this shot would be ideal for cont lighting.
But to replicate it on a budget - would it be possible to do a mutli- exposure/lighting shot?
This would work with a cooperative model holding a pose for a while. You would have to work in complete darkness in 2 steps. If your camera has a bulb setting - (Step 1)make your strobe exposure for the model only. After the initial strobe flash - (Step 2)go in and "paint-in" the billowing background and flowing materials with a handheld flashlight or cont light source. You would have to filter the light source, or you could choose not to and experiment.
Digital would give you quick results, but may have to experiment with diff exposure times when "painting" for film or shoot test polaroids.
Just a thought.
