One Light Headshot: Behind the Scenes with Sal Cincotta
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In this video, photographers Sal Cincotta, discusses how he uses the Westcott FJ400 strobe and Eyelighter reflector for a one light portrait.
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Outstanding tutorial! Keep them coming! Sal, you've also got the best magazine in the photo know-how! Your contributors to the SHUTTER are all top-tier shooters. A million thanks for putting it out. Every time I open the SHUTTER it's like going to a seminar. I refer back to them also. Bravo!! We can all learn something. I highly recommend subscribing to SHUTTER as you'll find no better source for knowledge from the very best of the best shooters to be found on the planet. I was influenced by Don Blair, Monte Zucker, Gary Bernstein, Billy McIntosh, Pompeo Posar, Tony Corbell, Ken Marcus, Nancy Brown, Robert Farber and for the last few years Mr. Sal Cincotta. All greats that have inspired my people photography. Thankyou, Sal for being there when most aren't willing to share !
Going with the Eyelighter. Loving that FJ400 as well. Just started shooting with one and it's fantastic! Great job Sal!
Nice and simple.
Kudos on illustrating that the capture setting is set on camera and remains constant while all exposure changes done with the light.
Glad it was helpful!
I like both of it...Great tutorial...thank you...
really great, I love simple technique with the eye light, very romantic but current look.
Thanks for watching!
Great tutorial!
I prefer the eye lighter shot because I like the dual catchlights in the eyes and I would enhance those further in PS....but both are great. Thanks for the tutorial.
This was a lot of great information thank you
Thanks for watching!!
Great video, Sal!
Thanks for watching!
Love!
very nice video, Sal :-)
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I liked them both and feel that it really depends on "the look" that the model/photographer wanted to capture. This was a very straight forward lesson and not overly complicated by a bunch of tech talk. Plain and simple... I liked it. But, I did notice that camera hip holder that was being used. I do a lot of outdoor shooting and sometimes need both hands free to explain something. Does Westcott make that camera hip holder?
Could achieve clamshell lighting also with the use of a common reflector that any photographer would already have.
I prefer a reflector. I find the reflections on eye lighters too strong, unnatural and kinda cheesy looking. If you look into her eyes half the color is gone and there is just this ugly curved catch light. I don’t want a bunch of reflections I want to see the colours of the eyes.
Thanks for the Lesson. Would use this same set-up with male subjects?
How were you able to keep the background lit ? The model was at least 8 feet away from the background.
There is a lot of natural light in your studio. Are these photos a combination of natural and flash light? How you managed to get background so bright here? Thank you.
What about using a five in one reflector?
Both images are outstanding! Thanks for the tips. How are you able to get a shutter speed of 200 using a flash? I can never go above 125 with my C5D MKIV
Good question! If you're using the FJ-X2m trigger or FJ80 Speedlight, having the "Sync-X" setting turned on could cause that. Simply turning that setting to OFF on your trigger or speedlight should resolve that issue.
Love #2! Do a lot of Corporations like a grey backdrop?
It's definitely one of our more popular backdrops!
How are you shooting at 1/200 sec sync speed for the mk iii and 4 is like 1/160
What have you Camera And lens..... Thank you
eyelighter is so much more pleasing
We agree, thanks for watching!
If you're using directional slightly right sided light in the first part of the video, how are you not getting shadows on the backdrop? Is it something with the light? Or is the distance between model and backdrop long enough? And then for the second bit too, if the light is pointing at the model from the front, then how are you managing the shadows? Which factor is ensuring that clean smooth shadow-less background????
I'd guess at the distance the model is from the backdrop. But it is only a guess, I'm pretty new to this.
@@PeteDavies728 thank you mate 😁👌🏼
nice tuto. no risk to have too much light with reflector because we have very little control on it compared to an umbrella and girafe on the floor ? reflector looks big to assemble. is it so different than a 80cm disc the girl holds in this hands except the catch light in iris ?
Thanks for watching, Marc! The Eyelighter reflector was inspired by the unique curvature of the human eye. The shape gives you a different look than standard reflectors, it is specifically optimized for headshots and portraits. Comparing it to an 80cm disc, the curve of the Eyelighter fills the shadows around the face more evenly.
Is any of the ambient light affecting your shot
Thanks for watching John! The strobes were set at a high enough power that the ambient light didn't make much of a difference.
Boom! Simple...
Does the FJ400 trigger work with Sigma Cameras such as the Quattro Series and the older SD1 Merrill? I use the the SD1M and SD Quattro H.
We have not fully tested sigma cameras. Our trigger is compatible with most cameras in manual modes, but for HSS and TTL our compatibility chart will feature cameras we have fully tested: www.fjwestcott.com/fjx2m-universal-wireless-flash-trigger#compatibility
Is the background an X-Drop? And if so which canvas is being used?
It is the X-Drop, using the Vintage Gray by Glyn Dewis: www.fjwestcott.com/x-drop-backdrop-vintage-gray-by-glyn-dewis-5-x-7
Does it count as one light if you also have the light from the windows?
Great question! It does in this case because Sal overpowered the ambient window light with his FJ400 strobe. Thanks for watching!!
Eyelighter
thanks for that! maybe no eyelighter for men and with eyelighter for women?
she`s beautiful..