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Originally Posted by Expo_Vids
I am using soft boxes. But I want to explore the idea of using no flash. I see that some photogs don't ever use flash and I think the look of their photos can be extremely erotic.
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i'm trying to get more & more away from flash...or at least noticeable flash
the fundamentals of photography would have you use a flash so that you have enough light to shoot with a low iso, small aperature, and fast shutter - giving you an evenly lit, well exposed, tack-sharp photo.
problem is, that look (the common porn lighting of "2 strobes in umbrellas, flat light") is pretty boring
the model DOES NOT have to be super sharp in-focus from her head to toe...you want to make your pics intimate and recreate a real world fantasy: when the eyeball notices a woman in real life, your focus is only on the part you're looking at (be it her face, her breasts, her ass, etc) and the rest of her body is "blurred" by a falloff into the peripheral vision - shoot to duplicate that
anyway back on topic, i faced a lowlight situation over this weekend during my shoot...
i tried to make it look "natural" and bring a soft, dreamy feel to the photos...i didnt want to go below f/4 and shoot slower than 1/80, so i had to provide just a TOUCH of fill from a 48" softbox
(canon 20d; canon 24-70 2.8 "L"; iso 800; f4; 1/80)
