LPS newest toys

[ssp-lancer]

Check out our newest toys we got

now we can shoot anywhere at anytime:

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/lpstampa/IMG_6255.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/lpstampa/IMG_6254.jpg

[.:Chris:.]

Awesome. I think you'll find that the umbrellas will kill a big percentage of your shots though. Just a straight reflector has worked best for me. :bigthumb:

They look like monolights, which brand are they?

[Hoosier Daddy]

Awesomeness

[ssp-lancer]

photogenics.

if u are shooting inside a warehouse (for example of above) then u cant use a reflection. there is no lighting in that warehouse. here is another example:

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/lpstampa/team%20ssp%20models/IMG_6451.jpg


http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/lpstampa/team%20ssp%20models/IMG_6265.jpg

[.:Chris:.]

photogenics.
if u are shooting inside a warehouse (for example of above) then u cant use a reflection.

I have no idea what you just said.

In any event, my statement wasn't specific enough. When you're shooting cars, the umbrellas can cause you a lot of reflection issues.

[ssp-lancer]

Sorry if i wasnt clear. we not only shoot cars we shoot models as well. We know it would cast shadows. The lighting we have serves as many reason. when u dont have enough lighting you would use these. if we were shooting out side then we wouldnt have to use them. but shooting in a studio, warehouse, etc. you would need them.

here is another pic we took:

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/lpstampa/Renalde%20Mustang/IMG_5331.jpg

[Hoosier Daddy]

Holy shit, thats is a nice stang :-o

[DC Dave]

Wow, they look awsome! Nice buy for you guys!

[skunkdSiR]

dayum! congrats! that chic in the skirt is smokin'!!!! :thumbup:

[budakinns]

Nice lighting dude. I cant wait till this summer :roll:

[ssp-lancer]

thanks guys!!!

[CanTheWhales]

That's some nice stuff (girls/cars/gear)...rep

[ssp-lancer]

thanks guys!!

[ISLex32]

Here are a few more of the mustang.... I am not sure what reflections you are speaking about. The umbrellas help to soften the light so the shadows are not as harsh.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/lpstampa/Renalde%20Mustang/IMG_5355.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/lpstampa/Renalde%20Mustang/IMG_5323.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p148/lpstampa/Renalde%20Mustang/IMG_5358.jpg

[DareDevil]

Looking good man :thumbup:

[.:Chris:.]

Here are a few more of the mustang.... I am not sure what reflections you are speaking about. The umbrellas help to soften the light so the shadows are not as harsh.


This is going to be little in-depth when I explain. In the mean time I just want to make sure that you realize I was making a reccomendation, not pointing out any flaws with your images or setup.

[.:Chris:.]

I have no idea what you just said.

In any event, my statement wasn't specific enough. When you're shooting cars, the umbrellas can cause you a lot of reflection issues.


The issue here is twofold. I don't know how familiar you are with the inverse square law but if you know it you're more likely understand what I'm saying.

I'm guessing that you have the lights relativley far away from the car in the shots that you posted, and they're on relativley high power. This is causing the light to be very even, however, the light (whether it's reflected off the car or direct from the umbrella) is bouncing off of the rear wall and the ceiling. The rear wall is no big deal, but the ceiling of your warehouse is reflecting on the windsheild of the car which is a bit distracting.

You could counteract that by moving the lights closer to the car and dropping the power accordingly, but that brings in another issue: by moving your light (and umbrella) closer you have effectivley enlarged your light source in relation to the subject. This is going to cause a pretty big umbrella-shaped reflection on the car. It won't go away with a reflector or a bare bulb, but it will certainly be lessened and hopefully be easy to clone out.

In other words, in order to control the fall-off of your light, you will need to move your lights closer or father away from the subject (car in this case). If you wanted to light more of the car and less of the background (warehouse) you would move the light closer to the car and adjust the power accordingly. As you do this, you are effectivley enlarging the size of your light source (by moving it closer) which is almost certainly going to give you a nice umbrella-shaped reflection on the car.

Obviously this has less of an effect if you're shooting less of the car (like in your model shots).

Not sure if that makes sense to you, or if you're even open to suggestions. If it doesn't, or if you're not, feel free to disregard. Otherwise I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this.

[ISLex32]

Yeah I understand totally what you are talking about. They do make ugly reflections when they are closer to the car heince why I moved them away and adjusted the power accordingly. I will try your suggestion and use a reflector and see what happens. I have used it from time to time but always get very harsh shadows and the umbrellas of course alleviate that issue.

I also see what you are talking about in the roof reflection as well. I used the power to light the background since I am only using 2 photogenic 1250 DR powerlights. I probably need to pick up another to properly light the background and eliminate more of the reflection as well. I will try out some of the things you said and post up some more tomorrow when I get a chance. I am always up for suggestions however since all it will do is improve my work. Any others are always apprecated and hopefully others can learn from this thread as well !

[.:Chris:.]

Yeah, you will get harsh shadows but if you adjust your subject-to-background distance you'll have more fall off which you can light separately like you said. Do you read strobist?

If you're always shooting in that location, you might try just a simple speed light with optical slave. I use an SB-600 rather than a full strobe because you can adjust the beam spread ("focal length"). It's 100% useless if the sun is out though.

[ISLex32]

Yea.... we are just shooting there when we want a inside place to shoot. We do many of our shoots a features outside around the bay area and are sort of a bit new with shooting inside. I will have to try one of my 580's and see how that works with a pocket wizard for the background but I was planning on getting another 1250 as well so we will see how it works.