Comments on: Lighting Techniques for Hollywood Glamour Photography

By: NewTo40sLighting

NewTo40sLighting — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:51:07 +0000

This is a big help for me. I’m prepping for a shoot in this style and seeing setups with the resulting shot is great. I tried to figure your lighting schemes before I read them based on the pic and once I got it exact, the other times I missed the position of one light.

Thanks!

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:04:29 +0000

I’ve dabbled a little with tungsten Fresnels and have to say I’m amazed at how much light you are getting out of 100 and 150W units. To get that fstop/speed at 400 with my set up I’m using 650 W lights. I guess you are putting your lights much closer to the subject. Admittedly, I’ve not had the lights long so maybe it just takes a lot more practice!

Great site, thank you for sharing.

By: Darkman

Darkman — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:33:09 +0000

Hi Jason, I’ve not use fresnel lenses on strobes, I use old studio fresnels and some modern fresnels. You can mix the strobe and fresnel to get some interesting effect, but the color temperatures will be way different. Depending on which way you color balance your image if shooting digital, your strobe light will be blue if you balance for the fresnel. If you balance for the strobe your image will be orange where the fresnel is hitting.

You can achieve a similar effect with a strobe and a snoot, but me being a purist feel to get that fresnel look, you have to use a fresnel. Fresnels have a hard edge, yet soft falloff that can’t be achieved with strobes, with or without snoots.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:16:29 +0000

Great photos! I can’t wait to try these out for myself! I am dying to learn more and more about lighting and the diagrams help tremendously!! Please post more!!

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:38:12 +0000

Hello,

You work is pretty amazing. I look at these photos and the lighting is so intriguing.

I am ready to buy some studio equipment but I have some questions if you have time. I want to shoot glamor and I love the look of Fresnel lights.

What do you think of strobe Fesnels vs continuous Fresnels?
Is it possible to shoot with strobes along with continuous Fresnels?
Can a Fresnel look be accurately achieved using a snoot and honeycomb grid on a strobe?

I just worry about overheating the model with too many continuous lights. I know a lot of fashion photographers strictly use strobes but it seems that all Fresnels are done continuous.

Any help will be appreciated.

By: Darkman

Darkman — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:27:43 +0000

Hey You’re welcome Sam, please keep coming back and commenting.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 03:01:35 +0000

Hey, This site is a great help to us just starting out. Thanks for sharing your info.

Sam

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thatgirlisfunny — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:09:43 +0000

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By: Darkman

Darkman — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:01:29 +0000

Thank You!!!