Rolando Gomez. Rolando Gomez's Lighting for Glamour Photography: Techniques for Digital Photographers. 2010

photography, these lights are often fitted with 10-, 20-, 30-, or 40-degree grids and are used as a hair light or accent light a ...

commonly used size. Because this size of a beauty dish is smaller than the stan- dard, medium softbox, its quality of light fall ...

To get the most out of lighting with a beauty dish, place the dish close to the subject, but remember that the light will fall o ...

I 4. METERING AND EXPOSURE.. I ’ve taught over 450 photography workshops from 1999 to this writing, and I’ve found that the atte ...

light), not the actual light the subject is reflecting (reflective light). Obviously if I’m using a reflective flash meter, like ...

justing the power level of the flash—I would move my light back another 1.6 feet so it would be 5.6 feet from my subject. If I n ...

feet, then when the flash was moved to 8 feet from your subject (double the distance), the flash meter would measure f/4.0, or^1 ...

Now, the real importance of this principal comes into play when you meter your light source in comparison to the subject you wil ...

If there is one principal or rule to remember in glamour photography and lighting, the 90 percent rule is it. This rule applies ...

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set your shutter speed to match your ISO (film speed or digital camera set- ting), and on a bright, sunny day, normally during l ...

R 5. SUPPLEMENTARY LIGHTING.. Rim, Hair, and Accent Lighting. Rim lighting of your subject is usually accomplished in one of two ...

I proudly served active-duty in the U.S. Army for over eight years—and, like most soldiers, have kept my uniforms, in- cluding m ...

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light high and pointed down onto your subject in the direction of the camera is best. The idea behind hair and rim lighting is t ...

darker background, I will move my light closer to the subject, but because my subject is still maintaining the same distance fro ...

R 6. THE CALIFORNIA SUNBOUNCE WAY.. R eflectors are one of my favorite lighting tools—and not just any kind of reflector, but th ...

the units have sturdy cross bars that allow you to secure them to a light stand at any angle using the clamps that come with mos ...

Though I own and use the gold and silver versions too, I primarily use the zebra fabric. This decision is based on several facto ...

muted by the silver. Because I use the zebra/white fabric on my Sunbounce, I always have a white reflector on hand as well. If t ...