One Light...Sun=Professional Glamour

I came across this article on the models web site.

Professional Photographer Andy McFarland uses ONLY sun light WITHOUT reflectors or fill. He does great work with no lighting equipment what so ever! It is amazing what can be done with only the sun ( and Photoshop ).

If you like the article there are more, just click the "OMP NEWSLETTERS" tab at the top of the page and then scroll down to the bottom for more useful articles. For example, article #7 shows studio set ups by Professional Photographer Mike Brochu.

http://onemodelplace.com/newsletter_glamour_article9.cfm
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Ken

Nice website thanks for sharing.
Jonathan.

thanks, i bookmarked it... there are interesting things on that site and they explain things step by step,... great
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I prefer to shoot without a bunch of equipment and lighting. You can focus on the model and they feel more comfortable.

Samples of my non-llights/reflector shots





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Nice photos.

Clark Hampton said:

I prefer to shoot without a bunch of equipment and lighting. You
can focus on the model and they feel more comfortable.

Samples of my non-llights/reflector shots





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Photo-Op said:

Clark Hampton said:

I prefer to shoot without a bunch of equipment and lighting. You
can focus on the model and they feel more comfortable.

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Clark,

I really like the second image, fading to black. It does make a lot of sense to keep the it simple. Relax the model and get better poses.
Was that a narrow window illuminating the models face?
Wonderful work.
Thank you for sharing.

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Ken

Those are very nice images. Take a good look at the model's eyes, though. That sure looks like the reflection from fill flash to me.

It was shot in the doorway of an apartment with black velvet hanging behind the model. The setting would have given no indication that the image would look like it did. Models sometimes give me strange looks when I set up shots like this but they like the results

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when a model is looking alkmost directly into a setting sun there will be catch lights that look a lot like fill flash. Look at the hard shadows in his images and you can see they are shot in direct afternoon sun light

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Blake Bylenga said:

Those are very nice images. Take a good look at the model's eyes,
though. That sure looks like the reflection from fill flash to me.

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No doubt, these are nice images of a very pretty girl. However, theoretically (and practically) if the sun shines directly into the models eyes, there are certain disadvantages, e.g. harsh shadows, eyes not wide open, face expression not ideally relaxed and a few more well known to most of us.

Furthermore, you cannot easily isolate the background, since the lighting is the same as on the model. You have to rely exclusively on the use of wide apertures, limiting the depth of field capabilities of a telephoto lens.

I certainly prefer back to side lighting on the face (and the body), and this is what I always use. I also check that the model is at a certain distance from the background. And, this kind of lens (80-200mm) is indeed a very good lens for portraits.

What puzzles me with Andy's pictures, is that the model is very close to the background (the rocks on the beach in this case), while he states that his favourite lens is the 70-200mm f2,8 which allows him to throw the background out of focus. I cannot sense the logic of this setup....
regards,
George

Great find!!!

George,

You're not the only one who wondered about that. I also wonder why he prefers the older camera that brings MORE in focus, then the newer one that has a more distinct field of sharpness. Why not just bump up the f-stop on your new camera then?

I wonder if then uses his f1.4 prime wide open...

The article also states that he mostly shoots just for the web.... so if the XXX bikini brand use him for their website catalog, he has to RESHOOT if they want that catalog to go to print or poster size then... right?

ahhhh well.. he's shooting beautiful women and I ain't.....

Cheers,

Allen
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good lightining.