Tech Talk – Dancer Triptych by Wayne Hoecherl
This is the first in what I hope to be many contributions by our resident master of lighting, Wayne Hoecherl. Wayne recently hosted “Shooting Fashion & Editorial Lighting”.
Wayne is always looking at new ways to play with lighting and these workshops are highly recommended for those of you that are interested in how to shape light. This is one of the final images produced during this weekend workshop.
Model: Chantelle | Makeup & Hair: Robyn Ross
The “behind the scenes” photos reveal just how this image was produced.
The main light was created by diffusing the light from a large soft box on Dyna Light 2000 watt pack. The rigging and pulley system in Studio A of PhotoHaus Studios makes all of this really easy. Just set up the diffusion panel then pop a large softbox behind it. Instantly you have a 20′x20′ of the softest light!
For the final image Wayne used a Canon T3i, Lens, Exposure.
The mock-up of the final image was done quickly by Wayne in Photoshop CS5. Shooting these images on a black background makes post quite a bit easier. There is no reason to worry about subtle shifts in the background light, because its all black. So in Photoshop by using a large canvas size and dragging the 3 images into 3 layers, these layers can be easily blended. How exactly one would blend these layers together may be specific to the user. There are many ways to blend these layers, from crude paint brushes of black and the eraser tool, to using the ‘blending modes’ of the layers, to the ‘blend if’ option in the layers pallet. All of these would get you to a similar end result, some would be quicker than others, and some would produce a more high-end result. I’ve found that the more I play with Photoshop, and ask questions of other Photoshop users, that more and more ways emerge. My job is to figure out which of these options best fits my work and my workflow.
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Great work Wayne!
these are beautiful!