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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY #101: APERTURE Part 2 of 2
GroundReport I would like to share my knowledge with you to help you capture these moments with more creativity. by Virtual Studio Photography (VSPHO) In part 2, we will start using our new knowledge of the aperture to create different visual effects with our … and more » |
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Yeah, shallow depth of field is toltlay possible with studio lighting. One problem does exist though. If you want to keep your strobes (presumably with lightboxes) close enough to your subject so that you maintain big reflections of the lights in your subject eyes (eyelights), then you must keep your strobes/lightboxes close to your subject. I find that the lowest settings on my strobes are still too powerful when placed close to the subject to allow me to shoot at a wide aperture. The work around is a fabric called bobbinet, which is basically a fabric which is similar to stalking. It comes in wide sizes and can easily be clothespinned to your lightbox. What it does is this: it cuts the intesity of your light by half. Doubling it cuts your light by two stops. This makes you open up your aperture and shallows your depth of field. Other possibilities to try are plastic materials like visqueen which would cut your light but also diffuse it too. Of course, you can also paint in your eyelights with photoshop afterwards, but that would be cheating and karma doesn’t reward cheats (doesn’t give the same wrap as having your lights close either).