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One Light Portraits - part 3 of 1 2 3 4 5

by Dave Montizambert Published 01/11/2005

Frame Four

The addition of another panel with silver lame stretched over it creates subtle separation lighting on her dark hat. For a stronger effect (obviously not necessary on a white background) use a full-length mirror - mirrored Plexiglas is the most durable. This lame-covered 6-foot panel reflected some of the raw light spilling past Sylvianne onto the rear edge of her body and hat. The light striking Sylvianne from this source reads one stop below the camera setting. An incident meter dome placed against the back of Sylvianne then pointed towards the silver panel reads f4. Remember that the camera setting always represents middle grey and that any subsequent meter readings you take are relative to this camera setting

Frame Five

For a "Quick Change Background" variation, a piece of cardboard was carefully placed to block only the light from the background. A reflective meter reading (f2.8) off the background read two stops darker than the camera setting creating a dark grey (minus 2) background.

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