Senior Portraits

Vitaliy Krivoruk, Pine Tree Academy, Senior Class of 2011

This senior portrait prompted some questions about setting up lighting. Here is the following diagram and information.

Gear:
Canon 5D (yes, orginal)

Lens:
70-200 f/2.8L IS (yes, again original, not Mark II)

Settings:
White Balance: Sunlight
Focal Length: 105mm
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 1/125 s

Transmitter: MiniTT1
Receiver/Trigger: FlexTT

Lighting:

Key Light(Flash 1): 580 EX II
Modifier: Photoflex Medium Softbox
Setting: Manual, 1/8 +0.3ev


Rim Light (Flash 2): 580 EX II
Modifier: bare on stand
Setting: Manual, 1/8

Post-processing

Camera Raw 6.4.1
Settings:
Temperature: 6400º K
Tint: +4
Exposure: +1.85
Recovery: 0
Fill Light:0
Blacks: 0
Brightness: +50
Contrast: +25
Clarity: 0
Vibrance: +15

Photoshop CS5.5
Layer1: Curves, adjust black point to increase contrast, midtones to lighten
Blue Channel: increase warmth
Unsharpen Mask:
Amount: 150%
Radius: 0.2
Threshold 1

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