Whatever, but the hair is always a terrible mess and a timewaster. 

Quote from: elvinstar on July 12, 2009, 04:23
I get great isolation with only 3 lights... I built my studio based on this tutorial: http://www.zarias.com/?p=71

All 3 lights are 150ws at full power.



Example:


More examples at www.capturedby.me

That's very well done. The use of gobo is often neglected. This is how you get those nice skin tone and the lovely clean separations, due to lack of light spill.
Congratulations. Love the skin tones of the model. Your strobe tubes must be well used to have gotten rid of the sickening blue tint that plague new studio lights before burning in. Well done.

Quote from: cevapcici on July 13, 2009, 03:18
Whatever, but the hair is always a terrible mess and a timewaster. 

Nice shot.

So what's the deal here? Too much light spill from the background? No gobos? Too close to the background?

Experts anyone?

Quote from: click_click on July 13, 2009, 23:06

Quote from: cevapcici on July 13, 2009, 03:18
Whatever, but the hair is always a terrible mess and a timewaster. 

Nice shot.

So what's the deal here? Too much light spill from the background? No gobos? Too close to the background?

Experts anyone?

Brylcreem
Hair gel
Hair spray

choose any one above

or if not:

give him a kojak
wear a turban

You're all right.  You're way better off getting it right in the camera as much as possible.  The more you shoot stock, the more you realize how precious your time is to maintain a consistent workflow.  You can use levels or levels layers instead, but sometimes it doesn't achieve the same result.  It depends on the image exposure.  I've done tests with layers levels, and I found it didn't yield the same results as selectively dodging.  

QuoteThat's very well done. The use of gobo is often neglected. This is how you get those nice skin tone and the lovely clean separations, due to lack of light spill.
Congratulations. Love the skin tones of the model. Your strobe tubes must be well used to have gotten rid of the sickening blue tint that plague new studio lights before burning in. Well done.

Thanks! I just set a custom white balance before the shoot and I'm all set. Plus, all 3 strobes are the same brand (el-cheapo $65 eBay), so that  helps with temperature differences, as well.