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sT ep by sTep Build up the flaSh
Simplify multiple-flash setups by building up the lighting one piece at a time
01 the key light
When using a few flashes it simplifies the
process if you begin by building the
lighting one flash at a time. Start by
placing the key light in front of the face
to the right of camera, then control the
power of the flash until it suits our
exposure of 1/3 sec, f/5.6 at ISO100.
02 gelleD eDge lights
Next we turn off the key light and set up
our edge lights placed on either side of
the subject and angled back towards her.
The orange-gelled flash hits the left edge
and the blue-gelled flash hits the right
edge, creating dramatic rim lighting
around her.
03 all three flashes
Finally we turn on our Speedlites to
complete our setup. By working on one
light at a time, we can take a lot of the
guesswork out of multiple-light setups.
From here, we can go on to add in our
continuous light and introduce camera
movements for our creative blur effect.
The unpredicTable part of the technique
here is the camera movement – you simply don’t
know exactly how the blur will look until you start
swinging the camera. However, you can predict
things to some degree... In the main image here all
the lights were on, while in the inset image the flash
was turned off, so you can see how the blur works
with the rest of the lighting. The direction of the
camera movement is important. Shifting the camera
downwards – as in the main shot here – will mean
the blur will streak upwards. You can see this on the
arms. By contrast, in the inset image the camera is
tilted upwards so the blur moves downwards.
motion blur is difficult to predict, so experimentation is key...
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