Models in Fur

[CraigVTR]

My wife makes a teddy bear when a child is born in our families and the bear is given to the parents/child as a keepsake. She has several bears that have never left home so they had a get together with the latest bear before he was depatched off to live my my nephews new child. Now that I have the d300 and some time off work I decided to break out the Golden Eagle lights and have a model shoot. The models were very easy to work with, never complained and even held a pose while I went off and had lunch.

The stars of the shoot. Click for larger images.





and the setup.


These shots are jpegs straight from the camera but I would appreciate some feedback on the lighting. I have not done any crops or adjustment, shot at 160 @f8 strobes on their lowest setting.

[sheepie]

I'm by no means an expert at lighting, but I'd suggest pulling the light on the left back a little.

Really like the poses on the individual pics.

Love the bears too - they look fantastic I'll be keeping an eye on this thread as I want to do the same with my bears when I finally get to it!

[kitchenwench]

I ADORE those teddy bears I'm no lighting expert, but to my amateur/untrained eye, it looks like the right side is a little flat in terms of lighting...perhaps bringing it forward more so it's about a 45-60 degree angle to the teddy bears?

[BullcreekBob]

I like 'em Craig.

Which lighting kit is this?

Cheers
Bob in Bull Creek

[CraigVTR]

I like 'em Craig.

Which lighting kit is this?

Cheers
Bob in Bull Creek

Bob
The lights are the Golden Eagle 3 light kit you buy through Poon. Great lights easy to use and come with a compact carry bag.

[big pix]

Craig....... overall your lighting is fine, but a tad flat........

now....... move the soft box to 45o to subject or just off your left shoulder and a tad higher, angle a bit down, could do with a bit more power output as this will become your main light.........

............... pull the other front light back a little, away from subject as it is a fill light.......

............... put the light at the back, behind subjects, and higher and lift the head so the light skims your subjects, you may have to increase the power of this one to get the rim light effect on your subjects, this is a soft effect and a balance act between the front and back light,

................ just be careful you are not shooting direct into one of your flash heads

hope this helps as it is a basic lighting set up for small products........

[CraigVTR]

Thanks Bernie. I will give that a try.

I am practising on smallish objects as a friend wants some baby photos done.

[BullcreekBob]

Bob
The lights are the Golden Eagle 3 light kit you buy through Poon. Great lights easy to use and come with a compact carry bag.

Thanks, I thought they were

I am about to spend some money for lighting so I hope you don't mind another question, Why did you choose lights rather than flashes?

TIA
Bob

[CraigVTR]

Bob
I have two sb800 which I plan to use for outdoor portraits when I learn how to use them properly, I think they may be overkill in the tech dept for me. I wanted to get the studio lights so I had an alternative to the sb800 and they were inexpensive, a three light kit cheaper than one sb800. They are still compact but come will all the accesoriess such as the stands, umbrellas, barndoors, gells, softboxes etc.

Good luck with your purchase.