P#42: Soft Yet Snappy: It's the Singing Man!
This shot of a singing man demonstrates the power of a one-light set up
In this photo of a singing man, David Tejada demonstrates what happens when an ideal subject meets a fantastic photographer.
Sing Your Heart Out!
David Tejada: The next one is a shot just recently created at one of my lighting workshops, the Small Strobes Big Results that we'll be mentioning later on. This is a demonstration of a lighting technique, very soft light source.
I know you've had individuals on your podcast that talk about lighting. Lighting is a very important tool. I will just say that the larger the light source and the closer it is to your subject, the softer the light.
This is a small on-camera flash, an SB800 placed into a very large softbox or octabox, an eight-sided softbox, extremely close to this individual. I was really only using about 1/32nd power, not a full power on the flash. It was only 1/32nd of the power.
I shot this almost wide open with a piece of fabric in the background. This individual actually looks like Don Cheadle the actor. That's because it's his brother, Colin Cheadle. He lives here in Denver and he's a friend of my assistant. (click the image for a larger version)
He's got a great personality and is not bashful about being in front of the camera so I rented a microphone, brought a white dinner jacket and said, "Sing your heart out." This was just a demonstration on a one-light lighting setup.
To Sum Up:
As David demonstrates, half of photography lies in knowing your subject -- as in this phenomenal shot of a singing man.
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