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When it comes to photographing your pets, a flash unit will not be your best friend. The jarring burst of light a strobe produces will cut your portrait session short, and may bring out the beast in your pets.
In this lesson we will introduce you to a new product from Photoflex, a great addition to the line of popular Starlite Kits. The OctoDome nxt is a three-foot soft box designed to be the best portrait light on the market. When you couple the OctoDome nxt with the Starlite, you get a kit that produces soft, wrapping light that is continuous, and will bring out the beauty in your beast.
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Topics Covered:
- Using the OctoDome nxt Kit
- Over-lighting a white background
Equipment Used:
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To bring out the detail when photographing a black dog, a high-contrast lighting setup works best.
Here, we set up an OctoDome nxt Kit on the right as the main light for photographing Cosmo. |
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This shot shows the result of this one light. |
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We added another OctoDome nxt Kit to the left of Cosmo as our fill light. |
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This shot has only the fill light on showing how this light is falling on our subject. |
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We used a medium SilverDome and Starlite on a Boom and Boom Stand as an overhead light. |
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This shot shows how this light falls on Cosmo. |
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This shot shows the result of the main light, the fill light, and the overhead light. |
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A Medium HalfDome2 Kit was set to the right of the stage as a background light. |
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Another Medium HalfDome2 Kit was placed to the left as another background light. |
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When all of the lights are turned on, this is the result. |
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Click here to view a more detailed version of this lesson, complete with camera set-up information, on Web Photo School. |
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