Digital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 67: Lighting for Black and White Photography

[Khmerv3]

its WHO LIEO!!! not JULIO

[CAJUNNSC]

You're killing Mark, just when I feel I am catching up with the gear I need, yall blow my mind and make me want more stuff. I guess that's the ticket right, nice work. Thanks One never has enough gear !

[kaouthiavideo]

Neat video, but would've been nice for you to add a rim light at the end for a bit of separation and keep the black background. :)

[strikerblade1]

"some are bent" :p

[churybury]

GREAT

[abbadi004]

what was the setting of the strobe, is it TTL or Manual ?

[LightingShowroom]

Appreciated your efforts

[LightingShowroom]

Good work

[ayandutta101]

Hi Mark,

how did the background go grey (by removing the black cloth) when you were taking the photo of the camera man? wasn't the background white? (!!?!)

cheers,

[jgvfgc]

@ayandutta101 It was grey because it the camera settings underexposed the background. That's why the white is darker, which turned out grey in this shot.

[KerenGraphics]

Thank you so much for the info.

[consultm]

Does anyone else have a problem with this fella's voice or is it just me?

[ruelect2]

@consultm just you

[Brenniman65]

Nice video tutorial. Thank goodness that the camera man, Michael, smiled at the end. I was getting a little worried there for a bit.

[robertlam18]

Not sure I like high contrast bw photos

[applepiewithtoast]

If I set my camera to B/W, the pictures will turn out B/W on the screen but when I import them to LR they are in color... weird beard.

[ether]

@applepiewithtoast It's probably b/c you're shooting in RAW only. You'll get the B/W version if you shoot in JPG (or RAW+JPG, I think).

[applepiewithtoast]

@ether hmm... maybe. but I never shoot in JPG. well, it's not hard to turn them into B/W in LR =)

[WiseGuy02]

@applepiewithtoast If you're shooting in RAW it won't keep the B&W setting.

[jgvfgc]

@applepiewithtoast You are probably shooting in RAW. RAW will not save the settings like white balance, mode (b/w, sharpness, contrast, etc). If you want it to stay in b/w, then shoot in JPEG or have the camera save both RAW and JPEG. The JPEG will have the presets such as b/w applied, but the RAW will not.

[applepiewithtoast]

@jgvfgc Yeah, that's correct. I tried shoting in JPG and it worked. But I rather change to B/W in LR than shoting in jpg.

[enzo226]

cool, thank you for the info

[DVL1507]

wow this sidelight thing helped me a lot mark!

thx :D

[salsero206]

nice =D thank you!!

[kaisar1]

why ISO level is up to 4000? i mean you have quite bright light available in your studio. 

[gilegraam]

@kaisar1 well they are only so bright, that you have to use iso 4000 with 5,6 aperture and 1/60 shutter. i don't see what's the problem?

[snapfactory]

@kaisar1 The first shot was only available light. Despite how it looks the studio is pretty dark. At 1/60 and 5.0 I had to bump up the ISO to get a decent exposure. I kept the ISO at the same level when I added a strobe just to keep things simple and consistent. The camera settings aren't really important, it's the concepts that matter most.

[funtime180]

It shows why he is normally behind the camera.

[vruychev]

Great tutorial yet again. Thank you Mark :-) There is one question I cannot find an answer for - how do I combine the images from two cameras in sequence of the event's natural progression in either Photoshop/Bridge or Lightroom. Any help is more than welcome :-)

[vikramsp]

:D you said " this white square but its a rectangle :D

by Vikram SP

[landrade78]

@vikramsp A square is a rectangle, just one whose sides are equal in lenght. Rectangle comes from the fact that it's angles are 90º angles. :)

[Turtlena315]

his head is shiny :D

[manozr]

thumbs up for micheal's eye

[RavenRof]

epic. tks!

[sjkdec18]

That pig has really long legs :-)

[Mosgaard]

Black and white looks so good :) 

[CHAOSINRAIN]

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