Recent content by smedz28

Hi all, I was going through some old images that have already been edited from a while back when I over processed everything as the inexperienced do. I started re-processing the ones I knew I had gone overboard on, I then decided that I could change the look of some of them in photoshop but i'd...

I also used a 32" softbox, I side lit, I had a grid and 3 of my walls are flat gray in colour albeit a little lighter than the gray backdrop he is using. The only consistent white surface in my livingroom is the ceiling. As far as I can see the only surface in his studio that isn't white is the...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIoWwx-elCE&index=15&list=PL821B7D720DEA39FA Watch from 3 mins 25 sec.....looking at his set up, he has a medium gray background, white walls all around and the models steps forward from the wall about 4 - 5 ft i'd say and the image produced is a black...

Thanks to all who have shared their experience.......ultimately what i'm looking at here if I want to achieve a completely black background in a small studio environment (by that I mean my living room lol) I have 2 options - get a black background and add as much distance between the subject and...

Unfortunately i only have one speedlight and a softbox, no other light modifiers to hand at this time

Yes I had a grid on the softbox as well

It was a split lighting pattern that I was attempting so the softbox was 90 degrees to me, close up and not facing in the direction of the rear wall. I actually had a grid on as well to further direct the light. I was trying to reproduce the method these videos explain, the result in terms of...

Thanks

I know this is an old thread but rather than create a new one for the same subject........ I have seen many of these videos, including Glyn Dewis, Gavin Hoey and Mark Wallace on Adorama. A lot of the time these guys manage to get the black background from only a couple of feet away from a wall...

Hi folks, Just signed up and looking forward to learning and discussing. I'm keen on landscapes but at the moment trying to focus my attention on portrait photography, learning flash and lighting patterns. Thanks