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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 315502" data-attributes="member: 1061">Agreed about the hands, I'm not overly excited about them either. I don't like the loss of right arm detail and the fingers creeping up out of nowhere on the leg. Nice find! That's one of my issues with this shot also. Colored gel...nice. Never thought of that!With regards to lighting, one of the best things you can study is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law" target="_blank">Inverse Square Law</a>, which is how lighting falls off according to the source distance to subject. It's boring to read, and difficult to understand because it's techie. Find a still subject and experiment by moving your light around the room, and it all becomes crystal clear.Another is to learn about how different modifiers affect the hard or softness of light. An umbrella is typically a softer light. The flash bounces all around in the umbrella and kind of gently washes over the whole area. A softbox is a medium light source. It's more directional than an umbrella, but is still a good quality of light. A grid is hard light because it's very directional. All 3 of these modifiers can come harder or softer based on the above Inverse Square Law and their distance to the subject.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 315502, member: 1061"] Agreed about the hands, I'm not overly excited about them either. I don't like the loss of right arm detail and the fingers creeping up out of nowhere on the leg. Nice find! That's one of my issues with this shot also. Colored gel...nice. Never thought of that! With regards to lighting, one of the best things you can study is called [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law"]Inverse Square Law[/URL], which is how lighting falls off according to the source distance to subject. It's boring to read, and difficult to understand because it's techie. Find a still subject and experiment by moving your light around the room, and it all becomes crystal clear. Another is to learn about how different modifiers affect the hard or softness of light. An umbrella is typically a softer light. The flash bounces all around in the umbrella and kind of gently washes over the whole area. A softbox is a medium light source. It's more directional than an umbrella, but is still a good quality of light. A grid is hard light because it's very directional. All 3 of these modifiers can come harder or softer based on the above Inverse Square Law and their distance to the subject. [/QUOTE]

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