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Mario Testino lights Giselle Bundchen kinda naked for the Pirelli calendar August 11, 2010 — Leave a comment

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I guess I’ll stick with Gisele for another moment and guess how Mario lit this seemingly sun-soaked image for the Pirelli calendar with 3 lights. I’ll even throw in my thoughts on how he lit maid arranging the flowers.

Camera: Pentax 67 ii with 100mm lens and Kodak Portra 400vc film, on a tripod 8 feet back. Shot at 1/30, f5.6, ISO 400.

Lighting: The room is obviously getting a decent amount of sunlight from the large, open window in the back left (subsequently, that’s the only light illuminating our diligent maid), but that’s not what’s making Gisele pop so strongly from the dark background. The key light is a small, white umbrella at f5.6 four feet to camera left, waist-high to Gisele. Mario covered the bulb with a Rosco pale yellow gel to add a sunny, Rio de Janeiro glow, indoors. A normal reflector with grid at f11 is positioned behind and to camera left of the model, adding a nice glow to her hair and highlights on her outside torso and leg. Another normal reflector with grid at f11 sits behind, low and to camera right of Gisele, creating the highlight on her left leg.

Comments: This shot was originally scheduled outside on a vintage, wooden, Chris-Craft triple-cockpit speedboat. Unfortunately, Mario came down with the whooping cough and was laid up for a couple days. This is his hotel room where he rolled out of bed for the shot. Gisele isn’t intentionally covering her breast, but wiping off the remnants of a Mario sneeze.

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Annie Leibovitz’s fairy tale lighting for Disney Theme Parks August 10, 2010 — 4 Comments

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copyright, Annie Leibovitz This image featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov as Peter Pan, Gisele Bundchen as Wendy and Tina Fey as Tinkerbell is part of the “dream portrait” series for Disney theme parks. My guess is that Annie used only 2 (albeit, big-ass) lights for this shot.

Camera: Hasselblad H1 with 50mm lens and Phase One P30 digital back, on a tripod 10 feet back. Shot at 1/125, f11, ISO 100.

Lighting: The drama created with the lighting is achieved by the “less is more” philosophy. One Profoto 6 foot giant parabolic umbrella reflector at f11 is boomed over Mikhail and aimed down towards his head. Another one, also at f11, is boomed over and slightly behind Gisele and pointed down at her head. This setup allows for beautiful, soft lighting on the faces while letting most of the room drop off. The scenic skyline out the window was put in in post. As was tiny, glowy Tina Fey. Comments: This was a tough shot to pull off. For authenticity’s sake, Annie set a 3:30AM call time and required the entire crew to wear bedroom slippers. Plus, Tina kept making fart noises from behind the window just as Mikhail “landed” in the room.

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Jill Greenberg’s layered lighting for her “End Times” series August 10, 2010 — 2 Comments

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copyright, Jill Greenberg Jill’s “end times” series of crying babies is certainly polarizing. You either want to call child services or get down on your knees and bow to her genius. This particular sobbing infant had 8 lights strobing all around her.

Camera: Mamiya RZ with 140mm macro lens and Phase One P25 digital back on tripod 6 feet away. Shot at 1/125, f8, ISO 100.

Lighting: There is not exactly any key lighting, but lots of layering, instead. A white beauty dish at f8 is three feet in front of and above the converted by Web2PDFConvert.com

camera. A ring flash at f5.6 is is three feet in front of and below the camera. Two white umbrellas, both at f5.6 are to the left and right of camera. A small soft box without a baffle at f16.5 is boomed overhead of the baby. Two heads with normal reflectors and grids at f16.5 are behind and above the model from both the left and right sides, creating the hair and shoulder highlights. Another head with normal reflector and grid at f11.5 is positioned behind the baby and aimed at the background to create the glow. The lighting gives the basis for this cool effect, but Jill also uses lots of brushwork in Photoshop to accentuate the highlights and shadows and to give some extra smoothing.

Comments: Everyone on set sucked on lollipops while the girl sat in front of the camera. It was so unfair, she cried and reportedly gave Jill the finger.

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Julia Fullerton-Batten’s striking lighting for her “In Between” series August 10, 2010 — 1 Comment

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copyright, Julia Fullerton-Batten Here’s one image from Julia’s “in between” series (really provocative series of women not exactly falling). My guess is that she used 3 lights to make this image.

Camera: Hasselblad H4 with 50mm lens and Hassy digital back, on a tripod 8 feet from the falling model. Shot at 1/250, f11, ISO 100.

Lighting: The key light on the model is an Elinchrom octabank at f11, up high and to the left of the model, out of frame, pointed downward. A small softbox is boomed high and overhead of the bed at f11, creating that nice highlight in the middle of the duvet cover. Another small softbox is boomed high over the chair at the right of the image, also at f11. By using only these 3 lights in such a large room, the absence of light in the other areas helps bring emotion and focus to our falling woman.

Comments: This image was shot after lunch where Julia finished half of a tuna fish sandwich and a green tea. The model, a trained stunt woman, actually launched herself into the air and fell for each take. Just before hitting the ground, she spun around and landed on her feet just like a cat would, to much applause.

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Phil Toledano’s stunning lighting for “A New Kind of Beauty” August 9, 2010 — 1 Comment

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copyright, Philip Toledano This is a portrait of Steve from Mr. Toledano’s recent series “a new kind of beauty” (profiling people obsessed with plastic surgery). I’m guessing

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3 lights were used to capture this haunting and strangely beautiful image.

Camera: Contax 645 with 80mm lens and a Phase One P25 back. On tripod 8 feet from the subject. Shot at 1/125, f11, ISO 100.

Lighting: Key light is a Profoto, white beauty dish with a sock at f8.5 positioned 6 feet camera left. There is no fill light, but a white bounce card has been positioned to the right of the model. A small soft box is boomed directly overhead the model at f5.6 to keep the hair from going black. A head with normal reflector is about 6 feet behind the model and camera right at f8.5 to create the shoulder and neck highlights.

Comments: Phil shot this topless and let Steve keep the towel afterwards. Neko Case and Blind Melon alternated on the iPod. Share this:

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Jim Fiscus lights Dexter holding infant for new season poster August 9, 2010 — 3 Comments

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It seems only fitting to start with this image of Dexter holding an infant (like our nascent blog, blind to the possible horror and agony that possibly awaits us). That said, I believe Jim didn’t use any less than 7 heads to achieve the dramatic effect here.

Camera: Hasselblad H1 with 80mm lens and Phase One P45+ digital back, on tripod 6 feet from subject. Shot at 1/125, f11, ISO 100.

Lighting: Key light is a Profoto, white beauty dish with grid at f11 positioned about 3 feet camera left. Another white beauty dish is 4 feet camera right as fill at f5.6. An Elinchrom 6’ Octabank at f.4 is set 4 feet directly behind and above camera for overall fill. A small soft box on boom is overhead at f22 for hair lights. 2 small strip lights at f22 are behind the subject on the left and right sides for highlights. The glow behind Dexter is from a head with standard reflector at f22 on a waist-high stand behind him. 2 8’ v-flats (black side facing subject) helped to flag unwanted light.

Comments: Jim ate a bran muffin for breakfast as he wanted to be light on his toes and not sluggish in case the situation called for quick movement. Only decaf coffee was served by the caterer to keep potentially harmful jitters to a minimum. He made sure to wear his Adidas track sneaks and to never make direct eye contact.

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Let’s get this Guess the Lighting thing started August 6, 2010 — 5 Comments

Well, here it goes. Time to scour the internet for cool images and methodically and scientifically figure out the photo lighting setups. I can’t divulge my entire method, but I will say it involves an iPad, an analog calculator with paper tape, trigonometry, a large loupe, 2 interns and a light meter (of course).

Please feel free to comment. Let me know if you’re 100% convinced or if you beg to differ. If you’re the artist who created the image, give us the whole scoop. And if you have a pic you’d like me to work on, email it over.

Let the “guessing” commence [sound of gong follows].

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Armed with only a wacom tablet, less-than-mediocre drawing skills and an acute sense of smell, professional photographer Ted Sabarese guesses how individual images were lit by other photographers and then sketches corresponding lighting diagrams. He also offers, sometimes humorous, behind-the-scenes insight. It's what you always wanted to know but didn't know who to ask.

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