Lighting A Teddy Bear!

Robbie Comeau

Robbie Comeau

Como's back. back again
Shot on the DVX.

Used 1000 watt work light kit on the bear with reflector, and a 500 watt work light for the wall.

Camera was a good 6-8 feet back from the bear.

This image shows the originals. (left) and then the CC'ed (right)
For the color corrected ones on the right, I just crushed the blacks and brightened the images a tad.

They also show the image without the reflector and with!

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And here's the set up!

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Enjoy,

Robbie
 
Thanks for the post! I like the CC'd with reflector the best.

Do that again, and knock the background down by one or two stops. I think you'll find our eye much more attracted to the teddy bear. Even further, when knocking down the background, try to make the light cast upon the wall, as if it were the same light source the bear is lit from.
 
Hey,

I just got back from two days without DVXUSER, (or a computer) and the first thing I wanted to do was to look at this picture, and I immediately thought, "Hmm, the background is a bit distracting"

So thanks for the tip, darkening it woulda work tremendously!

I'm doing a documentary tonight to practice my lighting, so I'll see what I can do!

Thanks,

Robbie
 
Looks cool - agree on the bringing down the background. Whats with the reflector position in the diagram though - I'm confused. Are you shooting through the reflector like a silk?
 
well how the heck is it reflecting light at the bear if its between the light and the bear? Your light should be pointed to shine at the reflector and then that light is reflected at the subject.
 
Maybe, he's confusing the term reflector with a diffusion panel?



I like my teddy bears in push-up bras too, Robbie. :thumbsup:
 
I was about to post about the background being too light and pulling your eye away from the subject but someone has already. The Teddy Bear is the biggest object but if I were to see the shot in a movie I would think it was to establish the area not the Teddy.
 
Is that like, the bear version of Madonna?

If so, I would like to see a heavy top light on the bear, and some dark party gels on the bookcase light. Oh, and some smoke.

Then, if the bear could sing "Like a Bear" to the tune of "Like a Prayer", that would be sweet.

More seriously, I would put a serious backlight on that freaky bear and watch as it's fur glows.
 
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