Clam Shell
Here's a quick post about trying the clam shell technique. I think I've seen it done with two soft boxes. I don't have one so I used the shoot-thru umbrella for the top and a silver autoshade from Wal-Mart for the bottom. It looks nice to me. You can see both speculars in his eyes. The umbrella was directly in front of and above him aiming down. I was shooting in the small gap between the umbrella and the reflector. It is a very flat, soft look with a slight shadow below the nose.
I did a little touch up in Lightroom. The clarity slider is really cool. I backed that off just a bit to smooth the face. Brought up the blacks a bit for some contrast. Finally, just a bit of overall sharpening.
Labels:
clamshell,
closeup,
eye,
family portraits,
kids,
lightroom,
one light,
reflector,
shoot thru
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