I’m new to studio photography and enjoyed the details and the “Why/Why-Not to do this” covered in this session. I also “did my homework 😂” during two sessions yesterday with success. I used the “claim-shell” light setup and also attempted the silhouette. Thanks again for sharing your experience to help make us better photographers! Debra from Eastern NC.
What I miss most from the "pro" years, is "proportional modelling light" (for 10 years in the 1970s..1980s). The "proportional" was so good that we could measure light and ratios with a handheld meter set to proper ISO (called ASA/DIN at the time) and at an exposure time of (say) 1 sec read aperture for proper flash exposure. In those days, Swiss manufacturer Bron brought their broncolor studio packs & heads with consistent colour temperature and very short flash duration - two qualities that a strobe manufacturer from another country with "pro" in their name threw in significantly after 2010, for the first time. Which explains why European studios still today may offer broncolor rather than anything else. What I would have expected from the flash industry is to come up with some innovation where wireless triggers can "handshake" with strobes/speedlights about their capabilities in "modelling light" (and other qualities?). It should be possible, at least, to get proper proportionality that way, again. My pro journey started in photography school and studios and I would use heads with modifiers to get the shadows and light I want. Keeping the Any-in-1 reflector set for outdoors ambient when speedlights/strobes with modifiers get handicapped (wind, rain, etc.)
