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From the little book of beauty secrets. RC demonstrates "How to wear a little black dress" -- for maximum effectiveness: over your shoulder.Now that we're done staring at her butt... The lighting on this was a medium softbox to camera 45 degrees right, and a small softbox aimed at the backdrop. Notice how much crisper the lighting on this shot is, compared to the results that I usually get with my huge octodome!! I was shooting in Olaf's studio and decided that I'd get a little more dramatic with my lights, and went a bit too far. Remember - the size of the light doesn't effect its intensity, but affects the size of the reflection on the subject. Smaller lights like these make smaller, harder reflection-points on the model's skin as well as more-defined edges in the shadows. Also, instead of using a gridded spot to light the backdrop, since I used a softbox, you can see a bit of spill/light on her shadowed side. It's a subtle effect that a lot of photographers use to add depth to the scene by picking up a little bit of the edges of the subject. Normally, that's not how I do it.
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Oh lalalala, le Cul d'Enfer.....best compliments in my part of the world, lose in translation....
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Je parle Francais, alors j'ai compris!
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I like the background ilumination. And of course the model is just perfect, wish to see more shots from her. Great Job. Fav+
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Mesmerizing. You have a lot of Rael C pics, does she realize how great her backside is? Your image of her in a maid outfit is my favorite, any more of that set?
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She's got a pretty good idea.
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just so you know I fav'd it into my references so I could draw out that butt just right
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Butt!!??! Her legs! The Shoes rock her calves.
Black and white definitely makes this shot. I think the dress is a little short.....
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i'm not staring, just can't stop looking!
great shot! like the lighting.
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Great work and thanks for sharing your technique with us plebians! lol
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I cannot 
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Oh, and that is the BEST place for that dress next to the bedside floor.
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Oh, and that is the BEST place for that dress next to the bedside floor.
LOL! True!
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Your photograph has been featured in my journal
Existential Refinement Vol.31 [link]
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Always an honor!
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It's a beautiful photograph
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i like the image... love the comment... it is nice of you to add that info...
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Have I ever told you that you are an awesome photographer ... Because man you are.
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"the size of the light doesn't effect its intensity, but affects the size of the reflection on the subject". Do you mean, the size of the softbox? or the light inside the sofbox... I got confused at that part... I udnerstand that as much tight the light's cone is, much intense the light, more hard, less spilled, more contrasty... I have a E-TTL Flash to get some practice. It's not the same shotting with a flash set at 17mm than set to 105mm. The angle is tighter at more mm, just like the lenses and all that what means (more intense, harder contrasts, etc).
Awaiting reply!!!
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The size of the physical surface of the light.
And, no, it's not about the intensity - a very large collimated light (in terms of the frontal surface of the light) would have the same large specular highlights as I get with my big octodome. Even a very diffused point light (consider the sun) looks "sharp" where it reflects, because the angle is made tight (nearly parallel) by distance. That's why people who want the kind of look I get, use big lights close up.
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Yeah, I can see it... More surface of the light, less shinny and crispy reflections, wider surface, softer shine, less crispy... Thanks God I went into 3D for almost one year!!!
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For another example - the old "Lithium picnic" look was two umbrellas at a distance from the subject. You get these nice hard tight reflections. It's the exact opposite of my typical look. (Nowadays he's doing different stuff 'cuz he finally bought some big light boxes...)
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Lemme stare at it a bit more, too.
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Shoes look interesting too, what I can sense of them.
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Thanks for the explanation. I wish there was a side by side comparison for the different types of lighting that you described. (( and no, I am not saying this because I want two sets of butt cheeks to stare at ))
Thanks again for posting and explaining.
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I'm sorry.... I just can't help it.....
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Although the new light scheme dont create a so soft , flawless skin as your normal setup does I liked it since it created a more deeper scene with more curves and volumes than usual.
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the butt 
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