PORTRAIT LIGHTING - How to Practice (Tip)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ย. 2024
- Lighting practice tip for learning portraiture lighting. Practicing on real people is great, but there are some real benefits to using a simple mannequin head to learn portrait lighting setups and patterns. Things like butterfly lighting, short lighting, and rembrandt lighting take some time to learn and get used to.
But you can go at your own pace if you use a subject that never gets tired of posing for you!
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Great tips. I have been thinking about using a mannequin for a few months now. Just last night I bought a full length mannequin for £38.98 (just over $50) on eBay. I wanted full length as I want to practise with 5/6 foot strip boxes for fashion/clothing type shots as well as headshots. Glad I'm not the only one using them, kind of felt a bit weird about the idea, I think that's why I took so long to buy one.
Don't feel weird. I gave mine a name!
Ed you did fantastic. You reminded me when i was starting in photography more than
40 years ago. As I watch your video, I could recall what I've learned through the years
Thanks so much for your great tips and passion for your work!!
Ah, thanks, Julio!
Folks, keep in mind this is a quick and dirty solution for practicing the 5 basic lighting patterns. If you want to get into metering for skin tones, learning about how different intensities of hairlight affect different hair tones (blonde vs black, for instance), and practicing the subtleties of specular highlights and catchlight positions, definitely spend a few bucks on a few mannequin heads with varying skin tones, etc. Personally, I think once you've learned the basic patterns, you should go straight to using real people for the things you'd use a ridiculously realistic head for.
Ed Verosky I actually got one of those heads at Hobby Lobby. If you go into the paint section, they have a paint tone that is called skin tone.
+Tony R - good tip!
Thanks a lot for sharing this. Very helpful. The mannequin head is a great idea. Low cost and effective. I've been shooting self portraits as my main method of practicing lighting and metering. But it is difficult to focus and compose that way. Now i am going to get a mannequin head. Thanks a lot for the tip.
Cool. I've seen several available at Amazon if Hobby Lobby isn't nearby.
Even when I already know some of this stuff I always enjoy watching your videos, bud. You have a great teaching style that's extremely relatable and easy to get into. Thank you for these tutorials!
Thanks for that, Jason. I appreciate it.
What a GREAT idea....thx
Thank you, Gary!
still relevant. thank you for the effort and the sharing.thumbs up
Thanks Ed. Most useful and much appreciated. Have been thinking of getting a mannequin and your video has convinced me it is a good idea :) Cheers, Clive
Do it. The person you will NOT be testing lighting setups on will (or should) be very appreciative! :)
subscribed :) your videos are so helpful! And btw: I'm going to buy a mannequin tomorrow :D I can't wait to start practising my speedlites and learn more about light
Thanks, Jasper!
This was most helpful.
Rick Mentore - I’m glad. Thanks!
Very helpful, thanks!
Great video fast and to the point. I purchased a mannequin head from a yard sale $5.00 it was from a hair dresser so I have hair eyes lips skin tone but I also get a lot of people saying yeeeww that's creepy lol thanks I'm not alone
+Walter Gibson - thanks Walter. My first mannequin was skin-toned AFTER I spray-painted her but no reflective eyes and her hair was same surface type as the main body. Of course, she had slightly creepy features. Kind of 1950s caricature style!
good idea!
Thank very much for the tip, I have only my dog to take picture.
Dogs are good portrait subjects, too!
I would leave a permanent like if there was one for your channel ,thank you brother
"Not that my wife ever did..." Epic :)
+Anders Hjøllund - LOL. Yes
Ed Verosky love your videos :)
Does this work for filmmaking lighting?
On the butterfly lighting do you place the light in front of the subject and a foot above they say put the light behind the camera but I have no room behind the tripod or is better to have the camera off the tripod
What is with all of these Grimes’s ads on every video? i now have to turn my volume down until i can get rid of the loud sales pitch!
Very good but you did not show loop lighting which I use the most.
Loop: I consider it a variation on Rembrandt, but I'm glad you brought that one up. Thanks!
are you making any more rocky movies
you DONT use a white polystyrene head....... nope.
you use a hairdressers head .....has hair , eyes, skin tones.... $30 ebay
nope nope!
You use the best thing you can get your hands on at the time. Point is, for practicing LIGHTING PATTERNS (how the shadows fall across the features of the human head) any color will work. If you want to get into metering for skin tones, learning about how different intensities of hairlight affect different hair tones (blonde vs black, for instance), and practicing the subtleties of specular highlights and catchlight positions, definitely spend a few bucks. Personally, I think once you've learned the basic patterns, you should go straight to using real people for the things you'd use a ridiculously realistic head for.
You can always get the white head & paint it skin coloured & put a wig on it if you need to. I think if you are going to paint it just paint it as close to 18% grey, but white is good enough really. Just don't put "HOT" lights too close, your head might burst into flames lol. If it does make sure you get a couple of shots before you put it out. rofl
Preach brother ++++ 100
I painted mine gray. I also purchased round black stones the size of a pupil, and pasted very small ornate metal jewelry stars on them. I also pasted small ornate pieces of metal used for jewelry on the nose, and one in each ear. If your smart you figured out why already. If your snobby your still thinking i should just buy profesional dummy heads. This one crazy styrofoam head painted and decorated has done more for me as far as practicing with my lights, getting focus right, and even seeing how lights affect the reflections on the eye (black round stones). So. use what you got. That was the point of the video.