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"Hmm, this is fascinating!"

Updated: May 30, 2020

5/24/2020

Beast looking curiously at a book in his left hand

I really enjoy taking simple portrait shots, and I wanted to try a new lighting technique with this Beast portrait. I saw a video recently from Black Symbiote (https://www.instagram.com/black_symbiote/) showing how to do light painting in a shot, and I decided to give it a try.


I am definitely happy with the results in this shot! Using the light painting technique, I was able to get consistent and equal lighting across the entire figure, and this eliminated any hot spots. I used an Energizer puck light on the dimmest setting, and shined the light on Beast for about 3 seconds first and then 3 seconds on the background.


Camera settings for this shot:

ISO - 100

fStop - 13

Shutter Speed - 10 seconds

Picture Control - Vivid

White Balance - Warm-white Fluorescent


Be sure to click the image to head over to my instagram page to see a behind the scenes image and video showing how I achieved the look of this shot.

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