The picture above shows the classic Hollywood look that is created when the nose shadow touches the cheek shadow to enclose a triangle of light on the unlit side of the face. The pictures in this post are the result of my summer 2013 project. I started my quest to revitalise the classic Hollywood look 5 years ago back in 2008. I largely abandoned it until along came affordable, continuous lights that have both the all important Fresnel lenses and utilise the magic of daylight balanced LEDs. Now Im glad to say that this style is well entrenched here in the UK and the Hollywood look has finally been reborn.
This look needs lights with Fresnel lenses for authenticity. Five years ago LED Fresnel spotlights weren’t even dreamed of. Now they have largely replaced HMI units. LED lighting is the future and its here right now.
In my next post I’ll show you how I styled this look to the next stage to recreate the Film Noir genre. In the meantime you can see more of my Hollywood pictures in this for lighting tips.
Editor’s Note: Be sure to check out the gallery of these portraits. They’re stunning.
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Tres jolie photos
merci beaucoup Houssemdean
Bravo! Look, I’m a small time photographer with big dreams and little in the way of reality getting me there…I don’t know much, I haven’t experienced much, and I sure as hell am not seasoned in longevity of the craft…but as a bloke who’s a father, husband, and full time employee, I work my butt off chasing this “photography”, and articles like THIS and images like THIS are what give me hope that I will never grow tired of photography getting boring in my little pond of life…
I agree, Michael. It’s such a refreshing article, Damien is so great at educating and inspiring with his imagery!!
these informations are great. continuous light seems to win the battle with flash.
Hi Photomagic.ro, Thank you. There is not really a battle going on between flash and continuous. There are many circumstances where only one system will do and this is one of those moments. There is far less overlap between the two lighting systems than people imagine. Continuous lighting set ups are fairly confined to interiors and studio use. They typically give working aperture ranges of f/1.4 to f/4 while flash is great outside and in the studio and gives working apertures of f5.6 to f/16.
Thank you Michael. If you’ll keep appreciating, I’ll keep writing and sharing. I’ve been fortunate enough to be image making all my life and my pond is very colourful and full of parties. It is however a bit short of the essentials like food at times. That’s the nature of being freelance in an unpredictable world. Stay inspired and keep learning.
Hat dies auf Zitate, Gedichte, Geschichte rebloggt.
Hello those are all lovely pictures, from A-Z(light, composing, mood, models, sting, location). I found your page because of the Lupo lights. I just moved to 645z where sync speed is a very low 1/125s. Any chance to work with a dayled 2000 in bright daylight? I need shutters around 1/500s to get really sharp images outdoors at 5.6 or so. A light will usualy be 2-3 meters away. With flash in mixed light 1/125s is not enough on that level even with flash as the ambient light will lead to blur. How about indoors? I always see very low… Read more »
Reblogged this on Houssemdean and commented:
Tres jolie photos
merci beaucoup Houssemdean
these informations are great. continuous light seems to win the battle with flash.
Hi Photomagic.ro, Thank you. There is not really a battle going on between flash and continuous. There are many circumstances where only one system will do and this is one of those moments. There is far less overlap between the two lighting systems than people imagine. Continuous lighting set ups are fairly confined to interiors and studio use. They typically give working aperture ranges of f/1.4 to f/4 while flash is great outside and in the studio and gives working apertures of f5.6 to f/16.
Thank you Michael. If you’ll keep appreciating, I’ll keep writing and sharing. I’ve been fortunate enough to be image making all my life and my pond is very colourful and full of parties. It is however a bit short of the essentials like food at times. That’s the nature of being freelance in an unpredictable world. Stay inspired and keep learning.
Hat dies auf Zitate, Gedichte, Geschichte rebloggt.
Bravo! Look, I’m a small time photographer with big dreams and little in the way of reality getting me there…I don’t know much, I haven’t experienced much, and I sure as hell am not seasoned in longevity of the craft…but as a bloke who’s a father, husband, and full time employee, I work my butt off chasing this “photography”, and articles like THIS and images like THIS are what give me hope that I will never grow tired of photography getting boring in my little pond of life…
I agree, Michael. It’s such a refreshing article, Damien is so great at educating and inspiring with his imagery!!
Hello those are all lovely pictures, from A-Z(light, composing, mood, models, sting, location). I found your page because of the Lupo lights. I just moved to 645z where sync speed is a very low 1/125s. Any chance to work with a dayled 2000 in bright daylight? I need shutters around 1/500s to get really sharp images outdoors at 5.6 or so. A light will usualy be 2-3 meters away. With flash in mixed light 1/125s is not enough on that level even with flash as the ambient light will lead to blur. How about indoors? I always see very low… Read more »