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|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board Photo Shoot-Silhouette with lit people around it Robert Boag, Student/Intern Harrisonburg | VA | US | Posted: 3:00 PM on 07.16.10 ->> I am looking to do a photoshoot that involves having a person silhouetted with 4-5 people poking there heads around the silhouetted person. Does any one have any examples or advice as to how to light it so that the main person is silhouetted but the other people in the image are lit? Thanks Robert  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Craig Mitchelldyer, Photographer, Assistant Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 3:03 PM on 07.16.10 ->> use grids and backlighting. and some cinefoil or snoots.  This post is:  Informative (1) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Randy Abrams, Photographer Bath | NY | US | Posted: 6:32 PM on 07.16.10 ->> I'll probably be chastised for saying this, but if this editorial in nature, wouldn't it be just as easy to Photoshop your final image? Either doing two images and merging or creating the silhouette part using a mask.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor Washington | DC | US | Posted: 6:37 PM on 07.16.10 ->> Randy-->don't us mean commercial? You can push a commercial image a lonnnnnggggg way. Editorial...not so much.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Randy Abrams, Photographer Bath | NY | US | Posted: 6:59 PM on 07.16.10 ->> oops, meant to say if it ISN'T editorial in nature. Good catch Delane.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Rod Leland, Photographer Lethbridge | AB | Canada | Posted: 8:52 PM on 07.16.10 ->> If you have your silhouetted subject in front of your sources, and just light the background people, you'd be set. Using a long lens should compress it so it looks like they're right behind the dark figure, even if its 6 or 7 feet back. I was thinking something like the below link, but you could do it with a Beauty dish too. In this one- two gridded softboxes (key and fill) and two kickers, flaged to prevent spill into lens. I would do this 150-200mm cropped at least. http://img.skitch.com/20100717-ccs63aui6ces1ipqcc4iajaatw.jpg Just an idea. -Rod  This post is:  Informative (1) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Sam Morris, Photographer Henderson (Las Vegas) | NV | USA | Posted: 11:33 PM on 07.16.10 ->> Backlight, long exposure then light paint or put a snoot on a hand held flash and pop what you want to see.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Neil Turner, Photographer Bournemouth | UK | United Kingdom | Posted: 6:16 AM on 07.20.10 ->> This is a technique piece that I wrote about eight years ago... it might give you a few ideas... http://www.dg28.com/technique/shadow_sunshine_flash.htm Neil  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Add your comments... If you'd like to add your comments to this thread, use this form. You need to be an active (paying) member of SportsShooter.com in order to post messages to the system. NOTE: If you would like to report a problem you've found within the SportsShooter.com website, please let us know via the 'Contact Us' form, which alerts us immediately. It is not guaranteed that a member of the staff will see your message board post. Thread Title: Photo Shoot-Silhouette with lit people around it Thread Started By: Robert Boag Message: Member Login: Password: Return to --> Message Board Main Index

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