learning lighting pt. 4 { casi lea photography with all-star studios }

This fourth and final set... well I am just madly in love with it right now.  I asked Aaron to show me a lighting scenario for a moody look.  There is one light with the beauty dish on, just outside the frame to light Nicole's face, actually, it was in the corner of the shot in the first three images.  That gave us that beautiful directional light.  One light off to the right with an umbrella, turned down low for just a touch of fill, and that nice highlight in her hair.  Then Aaron set one light just behind Nicole and angled it up to just graze along the backdrop.  I love the look.  For the full length images we have the two lights with umbrellas on the right, and one for fill on the left.  Pretty fabulous.  :) 

Thank you so much to Aaron from All-Star Studios for this lighting session, I cannot wait to put everything I learned into practice and mix it up with my shooting style.  And thanks to Nicole Jolly for coming along and giving us something beautiful to photograph.  :)

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learning lighting pt. 3 { casi lea photography with all-star studios }

Nicole brought out an edgy look, complete with shiny black hair... so Aaron demonstrated how he lights for an edgy effect.  Turns out, it's very similar to the first setup... bare flash placed in just the right location to light her face and eyes, and give dramatic fall off and stark shadow. 

Settings were 1/125 f/8 ISO 125

1/250 f/8 ISO 125

I love how this looks in black+white, look at that beautiful curve Nicole made.

Settings were 1/250 f/8 ISO 125 again, but we moved back to the big backdrop and set up the two umbrellas to the left, and one for fill on the right.

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learning lighting pt. 2 ( casi lea photography with all-star studios }

We moved to a different spot in the studio for this set.  Nicole is standing right against white seamless.  Aaron set up two umbrellas 'stacked' for the main light on the right.  We had started with just the one light, but needed a larger source to light a deep shadow at her waist.  There is also a fill light coming in from the left.  I l-o-v-e how the shadow looks in these... and Nicole always rocks it!

I love this light, along with her look, it just works.  But black+white or color?

Settings were 1/250 f/8 ISO 160

Same settings... yet another lovely pose.

Aaron and Nicole working their magic.

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learning lighting pt. 1 { casi lea photography shooting with all-star studios }

I had the honor of being chosen to receive a 4 hour lighting session from portrait photographer Aaron Lindemann of All-Star Studios.  If that isn't awesome enough... Nicole Jolly came along to model for us!  I love my job... this is continuing education.

We went through several different lighting set-ups that he uses a lot and talked about different ways to make the lighting really work for your subject and the image as a whole.

Time flew by too fast though, I didn't want it to be over.  I am a sponge soaking up all the knowledge.  :)

Here is a series of images from our first set, I love how they look, thanks for sharing your skills with me Aaron!  You really helped me connect the dots.

Aaron started by setting up his beauty dish just out of frame, Nicole is well in front of a white seamless backdrop.  Settings:  1/125 f/9 ISO 160

Same settings... but look at that smile!

Same settings again... but Aaron set up another light, this one with an umbrella, to give us a soft hair light and a bit of fill.

This one is the same again, except we have another flash (bare) right behind Nicole, pointing at the backdrop.

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