Interview frame grab from AF-100

I like more molding or moody side light more than front hard keys. A easy way to get two tones on the face is one side with softbox and the other with a low wattage fresnel or bounce board. Add some patterns to break up the background as well. I have a couple of these and they are handy and easy to use. Just clip them on the barn doors of a 300 watt fresnel. Works great. http://www.lightbreak.com/order.php. I love lighting. I like to pull out a few 100 watt peppers and splash them on plants or walls to give more depth to the shots.
 
Great advice Erik, thank you!

I also softened up the image in post so here's version 3... I like hard lighting but I probabaly could have softened it a touch. Small space, short on time.. you know..

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Boy do I. I've been working on a series of medical vignettes and they are all shot in examination rooms the size of a walk in closet. Ugh!
 
Hey, not a DP by any stretch............but I really like version 2 from the choices you gave. More contrast and the skin tones don't feel washed out.
 
I'll try and post a shot or two from the Cooke when I can get a chance. It's tits for interviews, but it's also as big as a barn. So not a great choice when shooting in a broom closet. And speaking of broom closets, how is it with all the ballroom size places around, that we always get stuck shooting in the most confined places on the planet?:shocked:
 
I'm not knocking on these grabs whatsoever. It's just overexposed on the skin tones and that salmon-y-yellow is a result. Happens to me all the time. Your background is exposed well - decent low-noise levels. And it's well lit. The hard-ish light on his face could be very fitting for the topic discussed. And on some other cameras, this could look really great. But the key with the AF is to underexpose...especially flesh tones.
 
thanks for the tip on the light breaks. I wound up making a cookie from black wrap to break up this yellow wall. It's wild that you can clip them to barndoors. LizMediavisionStill.jpg
 
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My comment (and hopefully a constructive one) .

I feel the lighting on the face is a little to hard and un flattering...as others have said... but mostly I feel the light is a little low and it is casting a horizontal shadow from the subjects nose onto his cheek.

Classical fresnel lighting would have the shadow drop downwards below the nose (and be softer)
 
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