How to Effectively Light a Subject for a Realistic Composite Portrait
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2015
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Renowned commercial photographer Joel Grimes discusses the step-by-step process of lighting a portrait for a realistic composite shot.
Here, Joel uses a 3-lighting strobe setup in studio to light his subject. For minimal post-production editing and a better final image, photographers must do their best to match the lighting in studio to the lighting in their chosen composite background image.
By utilizing two edge lights and a larger main light, portraits are easier to match with background composite image and this results in a more realistic final photograph.
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Amazing that just such a few people watch this video, mr.Grimes explains it so great that the many could learn from this.
Due to a post-production mistake, this video had to be re-uploaded. Apologies to anyone who had left a comment on the previous version! Those responsible have been sacked.
F.J. Westcott
please dont sack people its learning curves for them and us please give them a chance
+Warren owies Sack 'em! i lost a one line comment! u do not understand how hard it is to lose something u love! i am sorry for my own loss! ;)
Cool technique, Joel. Thank you.
A beauty shot? Joel, it looks like she's "just a tad" …Mad at the world!
One of the best!
Went to your event in Atlanta this year. I'm still learning the process.
Joel, This video clearly explained how you use these modifiers. Thanks for your effort. I don't have an octabox, can I replace your zone 3 light with a 2x3 foot softbox? or a small shoot through umbrella? How would that change the lighting result?
Hi Joel, There are a lot of Portrait Photographers who say that you shouldn't use a focal length less than 85mm for portraits. This is the second video where i have seen you using a focal length of 24mm up close. You are clearly a Pro and know what you are doing. Can you tell me your reasoning please for using 24mm so close to your subject ? Thanks for your help. Darren
drpentecost I think I remember hearing him say that for his composites, for the landscapes, he shoots at 24mm maybe wider so shooting the subject and the landscape at roughly the same focal length, they won't look odd and blend better that say the look of a 200mm portrait composited to a 16mm landscape. it wouldnt match.
cdreyes81 Thanks. Yes, that thought came to me as well, but on one of his videos he photographs a model against a wall and he is only a few feet away and i don't think that it was a composite.
Great question drpentecost . Hopefully ***** can find this comment and answer it for you.
F.J. Westcott Thanks. Can you contact him please and let him know ? Thanks again.
@@drpentecost
4 years later...
I love how he always emphasizes that it’s your choice as an artist how to adjust the light.
Hi i would love to see you work on one of you photos in lightroom or photoshop or both please a specially the composite ones please
Where is part 2 for this ?
Which lens?
EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM, Shot at 75.0 mm F8.0
Deja vu
I love Mr Grimes work, including his composites.... but they've never been 'realistic'... It's well done, but always super obvious.
Or as the French would say “aren’t all these light set ups the same”
It's Jason Statham doing portraits!
Looks more like Christopher Meloni (Elliot from Law and Order SVU).
Nope, you guys obviously don't know Kevin Costner when you see him.
Hello everyone. Ok everyone claims that he or she does amazingly everything but in reality its his or her taste without relating on technical things or whatever. Never see anyone or everything just read zone system and you will build from there as a photographer and also build up your taste and style. Never be a victim of any one that tals too much and feel luke you learn everything. Actually you will end up more confused. Just do what you do experiment practice practice practice
Still looks fake. Shooting location then studio to me never makes sense (obviously i get the control aspect). Thats just extra work. He has the tools and resources, if he did that on location it would have been a more convincing end result. I still think all of his work is so heavily retouched that it removes the portrait feel, youre expecting to see some brand or ad associated with it, not even thinking of the person. Its so polished that even a regular person knows its a photoshop job. Technical sure, but so much photoshop makes it look like every other composite artist out there especially since thousands are doing this style. Its just not interesting because its so heavily reliant on the post work.
FanaticalDrummer
Fake as you call could be fantasy for others. Photography is not only to record but also a tool for expresión and creativity 😉
more like joel CRIMES, against photographers!!!
wow, a 'pro' doing a "fake" image?? does this mean he is still a pro?- why not go OUT of the studio and place the model in the scene, instead of "faking it", we call it ... on location, it's not that hard!! ( unless you have agrophobia, that is). should have fired Joel instead!!- faker