The Secret to Perfect Butterfly Lighting in Portraits

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10 жыл бұрын

Learn Mark Wallace's favorite lighting style: butterfly lighting. cr8.lv/mwulyt
Learn how to create the classic portrait lighting pattern: butterfly lighting. In this clip from the CreativeLive course, Understanding Light, Mark Wallace shares his favorite gear and settings for getting the perfect shadow underneath the subject's nose.
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@tonyseddon6132 8 жыл бұрын

Great video easy to watch and understand. Thank you

@josephchan4198 Жыл бұрын

I been following Mark for a while. A great instructor. Hope to see sample videos from him.

@PhottixHQ 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Inspiring! Keep up the good work.

@susieczellar4580 7 жыл бұрын

thank you for explaining and demonstrating this type of lighting. i love & appreciate your videos. you are a great educator. Have you done this type of video for Rembtandt Lighting, too?

@MaxRunyon 8 жыл бұрын

Great info. Thanks!

@AndyMillerPhotoUK 4 жыл бұрын

Really helps when you model is so beautiful

@laurenharrison4092 7 жыл бұрын

Put a c stand knuckle on the end of the arm and put a baby pin in the knuckle, positioning the pin vertically, then the head can sit on "top" of the pin, instead of pointing out to the side... voila! With a c stand knuckle and baby pin in your kit, you can use any brand flash head on any boom type arm, and never worry about the very annoying sag.

@kyleechols8168 8 жыл бұрын

the reason you are having trouble with that light stand is that you're using it wrong. light goes on a pigtail in the clamp on the other end of the boom, not using gripping friction of the light mount itself on boom arm. video tutorial on C-stands was useful to me. otherwise, nice tips on your lighting arrangement.

@lolomre 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for content

@daffy008 10 жыл бұрын

FABULOUS DAHLING

@lauracovx 7 жыл бұрын

is this warm light or daylight? i get really confused which is more flattering for a model. i was always under the impression fluorescent lighting was really unflattering however that seems to be the most common type of softbox/umbrella lighting.

@amanieux 8 жыл бұрын

can we get a butterfly lightingwith 2 translucent umbrellas or the light is not directional enough ? thanks

@sandeepsarraf9982 6 жыл бұрын

What lens did u use in this photoshoot...??

@AaronAubreyPhoto 9 жыл бұрын

Actually, this is called clamshell lighting because you have light above and below like an open clamshell towards the model < Butterfly lighting has only the one light above with no fill..

@agoniavr 9 жыл бұрын

That's what he said, he just filled it at the end to produce a better portrait(as he stated) but speaking of buttefrly lighting he called so the one just before he introduced the fill :)

@AaronAubreyPhoto 9 жыл бұрын

AndreCorner he said the second part of butterfly lighting is 'eliminating the shadow underneath the chin' but in doing so he also fills the shadow under her nose which is what is required for it to be 'butterfly light' he also said that you'll normally use the fill, which is in turn, clamshell lighting.

@agoniavr 9 жыл бұрын

Aaron Aubrey Oh ok I missed that part then. That being said I think it's more important to learn the concept than the common name of it but nice pointing that out :)

@lifeindenvero5p 8 жыл бұрын

+Aaron Aubrey Actually, it's called paramount lighting if you want to be technical. The name of the lighting style is driven by where the shadow of the nose falls on the face, not the configuration of the lights, though they go hand in hand. Adding a reflector for fill doesn't change where the shadow falls. This is important, because simply setting up lights in a "clamshell" configuration does not produce the desired shadow if the light is at the wrong angle or not high enough etc. Therefore, it's the shadow that you need to be looking at to gauge your light placement. "Clamshell" is not really a lighting style, because it's still paramount lighting. Without that shadow in place you aren't achieving paramount, butterfly, or clamshell lighting technically.

@carerra911 7 жыл бұрын

Aaron Aubrey, do you know of any books that would help me learn these names lighting techniques and go through each of them , problem I have is people call them so many different names, Id like a book that showed each and every one of them? any idea, many thanks

@ZeroBudget1997 Жыл бұрын

Watching this after 9 years ❤

@florintudorphotographer 9 жыл бұрын

Nice little tutorial :) But I have a question: are you using the modeling lamp only, because i can't seem to catch the flash go off ? I watch the clip twice, thinking that maybe I'm blinking too much, but is not that ;p

@ForestRoute 9 жыл бұрын

I guess it's a continuous lighting setup, not strobes.

@kaybrown5637 8 жыл бұрын

+Florin Tudor Photographer - It's continuous lighting. No strobes were used.

@kaybrown5637 8 жыл бұрын

Gehteuch Nichtsan Okay.

@SteveBrokaw 9 жыл бұрын

Nice tip

@Ex2thanext 9 жыл бұрын

@googo151 5 жыл бұрын

That's not a mini boom, that's an extension arm, for a c stand and flag. Also known as a gobo arm.

@HURPSYYEMRAY1 5 жыл бұрын

Tnx

@PhillipJ 6 жыл бұрын

So I'm assuming constant lighting is the key here, not flash?

@sanjaymathur6241 7 жыл бұрын

Geez, Mark W. gets the most gorgeous models...

@skepticallypwnd 6 жыл бұрын

Why is it always true that you can skip the first two minutes of any tutorial?!

@ClaudioDesideriFilms 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@ItsCurtisLife 7 жыл бұрын

That's not Butterfly lighting.... that's clamshell

@EdwardKilner 4 жыл бұрын

There is a butterfly shadow, and he is using just one active light source, a slightly contrasty one. The reflector is a fill, which is ok. Had he used two active diffuse soft boxes, one above and one below, that would be a clamshell setup, and there might not be the butterfly shadow.

@CReyes811 8 жыл бұрын

It's funny, he's complaining about the c stand.. But he's using the Grip Arm wrong.. He's not using the knuckle..

@mambi74 8 жыл бұрын

+CReyes811 LOL.. i cringed when i saw that.. surprised that a studio 'grip' would give him the wrong end to begin with.

@brotendo 8 жыл бұрын

Fill was a little too strong at the end there, but I suppose people get the general idea.

@OmegaMegalodon 8 жыл бұрын

Still need to correct it in post production. As in all professional photography, It is not the final product yet.

@brotendo 8 жыл бұрын

Vincent Jack There's a difference between fixing things in post and fucking it up on a shoot. I'm a full time working photographer.

@MONEYVAL9 8 жыл бұрын

Don't the light effect these beautiful models eyes?

10 жыл бұрын

OOOOOH LOOOOORD!

@the_learner12 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely clamshell lighting but still a very beautiful portrait.

@veldasphotography5116 6 жыл бұрын

Just leave a lot of new things

@agoniavr 9 жыл бұрын

I'm in the market to buy some lights to start my portrait studio work and studies and I have two questions regarding this video. First: when you shoot in studio or do portraits isn't it better to have cold lights opposed to this warm yellowish one? I really LOVE the result of the portrait at the end but it's just something I wonder. I don't know if it's something that's in my mind or if it has some reasoning behind it but when I check photoshoots with a lot of lights and work behind it most of the time it's cold ones. Not saying the one in the video is bad or wrong or anything, I'm simply asking when should you pick the cold ones and when should you pick the warmer ones like this(even though you also have the mood and personal preference factors to take into account). Second: which light would you suggest for someone starting like me to have couple of options? I don't want a 2000$ light like the pros get but I'm willing to spend a bit more than the cheap options because I want something to study with and that lasts producing great results(and when the light is not powerful you can tell it by the amateurish look of the outcome). I want to learn studio portrait techniques and thought about starting with a 3 light setup but I've seen so many great videos with just one light, including this one, that I should just get a good, strong and quality big single light to modify with the reflectors I already have to start improving my studio work. So, what's some good brands and models? I'd love something like in this video where you have the "mounts" to change making it a beauty dish or something else to have a little more control considernig you're working with a single light and reflectors.

@agoniavr 9 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks for the info! I'll check them out, meanwhile I got my first speedlite(TTL/HSS) to experiment with a portable light stand and 109cm umbrella and I'm happy with it! Still looking for studio lights though and your suggestion seems great :)

@blackclavish 5 жыл бұрын

AndreAgonia If you really want “cheap” but effective, just buy one or two flash units from the same camera brand and just learn to shoot TTL. Even with TTL, you can still have infinite lighting possibilities.

@ILaxative 2 жыл бұрын

For some reason the shadow never looks like a butterfly to me..After all these years i have looked at that shadow and created it so many times i just dont see a butterfly. I see a shadow thats shaped like a wide "V" but never see the butterfly lol..Is it a certain image of a butterfly that everyone is referring to or something?

@southerncharity7928 5 жыл бұрын

So basically he can't operate the stand correctly and fills in the butterfly he wanted to create.

@RobertDigitalArtist 9 жыл бұрын

Good, but where's the BUTTERFLY!? ;)

@nikkoXmercado 3 жыл бұрын

The lady

@Richie5480 4 жыл бұрын

The last picture is clamshell lightning, not butterfly......

@sixcycle 6 жыл бұрын

6:28 The catchlight is nice, but the eye is not in focus.

@peterblakey9339 5 жыл бұрын

Actually, none of her face was in focus. He missed it completely.

@lenavoyles526 8 ай бұрын

Isn’t this technically clamshell lighting?

@roybixby6135 5 жыл бұрын

Wrong end of the Boom and the boom is upside down...

@hippsomhapp 6 жыл бұрын

this is called

@danvonerlea 4 жыл бұрын

Its clamshell

@zudeck 10 жыл бұрын

A very silly question. You are shooting against a white backdrop. How does the picture show a grey background ? Am I missing a step? I didn't see any post processing done. It was right out of the camera.

@papilay 10 жыл бұрын

I think that is due to the shadows...

@nicolassich4516 10 жыл бұрын

i would say it likes grey in the pictures because the light is on the model and don't give much light behind her, so white becomes grey. I could be wrong.

@agoniavr 9 жыл бұрын

That's what I alwasy wonder when seeing great one light studio work on white/light grey backdrops becoming sick blacks or dark greys with amazing depth. ***** explained it well but if you think about it it's just like if you underexposed your picture a lot. Your subject's face would be lit a little but the rest would be black cause it's far :)

@MarioLopez-qm5mw 9 жыл бұрын

Faisal Barbhuiya he is lighting the face anything else the camera will pick it up as grey because light passed her face is falling off