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| Photography Guide > The Shoot > Portrait Studio Application |
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ALZO 2000 PORTRAIT STUDIO SETUP & USAGE |
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On these pages we demonstrate several lighting
configurations with
our ALZO 2000
Continuous Portrait Studio Kit and our lovely model. The
different configurations consists of 2 or 3 lights, including the
"key", "fill" and "hair" light. The
"key" light is a softbox. The fill light is either a
reflector or an ALZO 2000 with barndoors, shinning through a disk diffuser. The
camera is set to ISO 200. ISO's lower than 200 are not recommended
with these lights. This page illustrates a 2 light configuration. |
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Click any image for a closer view |
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2 Lights with Reflector Fill
Because we were shooting close face shots with this lighting setup, we used a black paper background for a contemporary image. The softbox "key" light (to the right) is about 5 feet from the model and set to just above head height. The Mini-Spot hair light (hidden by the softbox) is also about 5 feet away from the subject and raised to about 7 feet. The hair light effect is controlled by positioning the light. The ALZO 5-in-1 Reflector/Diffuser Kit is used as our fill light, reflecting light from the Key light onto the subject. We assembled the kit with the white reflector surface and positioned it on the left of our model. We moved the reflector between 3-6 feet from the model for different effects. We also adjusted the tilt angle of the reflector to control the shadow to our liking. In image 1 and 2 we created different lighting effects by moving the position of the model relative to the lights. In image 3 we removed the reflector fill creating more drama in the portrait. Image 3 was softened with JASC Paint Shop Pro 9 "Soft Lens" filter. Typical exposure settings for these shots were f 4.5 @ 1/125 second, ISO set to 200. The camera was the FUJI S7000.
We feel that the ALZO 2000 portrait
studio light kit puts flash lighting in the category of old out of
date technology. Click here for
more details |
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Our setup diagram (on the left) shows the layout of our 2 light "close face" shots. | |
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