First Portraits with my new studio

[Neeper]

I setup my Alien Bees studio. I shot my wife and a friend. I really love my studio lights. I can't believe how much better the results look.

[gstark]

Johhny,

Nice work.

Especially in 2 and 3, where you've achieved great separation between the whites of the subject and background.

Care to share the details of your new setup?

[Alpha_7]

Nice shots, I tend to agree with Gary and prefer the final to shots. Have you performed much PP to these shots, or is this just the result of using your new studio setup... if you could post some shots of the setup that would be greatly appreciated

[MATT]

Good work Neeper, Shots look great.

Can you take a few steps back and give us a shot of your studio setup.


Tahnks

MATT

[greencardigan]

#2 is my pick. Good stuff.

[DStrom]

Some nice shots there Neeper,

and I agree with Garry and Alpha, the last 2 shots are better then the first.

How about some pictures / info on what you used to get the shots?

[johnd]

Johnny, I like the lack of harsh shadows you have achieved in these shots.

I think you need to be a bit careful about statements like this these days though:

I shot my wife and a friend.

Might be taken out of context.

[PiroStitch]

Very nice...can you take a pic of your setup Like the first and second pics and the natural colour of the third pic is great.

Neeper wrote:
I shot my wife and a friend.


Might be taken out of context.

It's alright....he's in Canada not in the US

[Marvin]

Number 3 for me. I like the natural face and he is pretty cute!!!

[Neeper]

Hi Guys, lets see if I can answer all the questions.

First off, I did ZERO PP. You don't need to with lights you can control! Of course the B&W got PP.

Shot #2 was a large soft box pointed down at him at about 30 degrees? I used another light to blowout the white backdrop.

Shot #3 Large soft box to the right, small umbrella for fill on the left.

For backgrounds I have white seamless paper and black velvet. I usually have the subject about 4 feet from the backdrop.

The setup I bought is this one: http://alienbees.com/busy.html

I modified my order so I have 2 x B800, 1 x B400 and a B1600.

I will take shot of my studio setup tomorrow. I am already at home.

Thanks for all the compliments. I played some more today and got some cool stuff to show later. I can't believe how much more fun it is to shoot with real lights. Results are fantastic and you control every variable. I think I am hooked on shooting portraits and I want to get into model portfolio development. Maybe shoot for a magazine one day. Maxim?? Anyone there?

[ozimax]

2nd shot is great, studio lights are wonderful, no doubt about it.

[sirhc55]

#2 is a classic studio shot. The angle and lighting are superlative

[myarhidia]

I've read a lot of good things about those alienbees, and judging by the results you've achieved, money well spent.

[Catcha]

2nd and 3rd are great shots very natural expressions

[marcotrov]

Number 2 and 3 are brilliant Johnny. Will be interested to see your photo of the studio set up
cheers
marco

[Neeper]

Here's my setup. I have it upstairs in my car shop.

[Matt. K]

Neeper
If you have a car shop then at least you'll have plenty of models.

[Alpha_7]

Johnny thanks for posting pics of your setup, its very nice. Look forward to seeing more shots from it.... (btw your lucky to have a nice open space for shooting .... (do you turn the fluro's off when shooting ?)

[MATT]

Thanks Neeper,

I was interested as to what is required to get the great shots you have.

Merry Christams

MATT

[Neeper]

(do you turn the fluro's off when shooting ?)

Yes, I shut them off. My lights have modelling lights.