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Advice on how to achieve this look?

Started May 4, 2021 | Questions thread
ProfHankD
ProfHankD Veteran Member • Posts: 9,146
Re: Advice on how to achieve this look?
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ainsoph wrote:

Specifically the refractions (?) So I bought a bunch of hanging crystals from amazon, probably like 20 of them. And they work pretty well in the sun. But in the studio, with a strobe firing, they get lost completely. I know they work best in shadows. But this image clearly has them in both shadows and highlight? Any idea what they're doing here? You can clearly see in the eye that there's something bright in there. They could be outside with extra light perhaps? Just wondering if anyone had any tips for balancing all of this

Strobe in a kaleidoscope? Well, not really....

I think the key is maintaining contrast -- so I think you'd want to have the crystals placed such that nearly all the strobe light gets channeled through them. I'm guessing, but I'd be thinking in terms of maybe even using a condenser lens with a layer of crystals over it.

Of course, it also wouldn't be that hard to fake in post....

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