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Chris Lauritzen
{K:14949} 11/1/2004
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Placing a softbox above them would help remove the shadows. For work like this I use three lights, one on each side and one above the clients.
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David Cohen
{K:1759} 6/7/2004
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Two quick lighting fixes, If you have modeling lights on your flash turn them on, this will help you see some of the shadow issues. If you shoot a group like this turn on your on camera flash to fill in the shadows.
If you pose this group in triangles then you will have less problems, also try to put heads on different levels, and putting people's bodies on an angle allows you to control the shadows a little more as you can control who leans in and who leans back.
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Randy Hergesheimer
{K:139} 4/28/2004
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The glasses are not reflecting light so that you cannot see the eyes! That is good! You can always find something good about a photograph if you look!
I think reshuffleing the people would solve your problem.
Randy
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Mike George
{K:3429} 4/28/2004
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A third light would be the best and easiest solution but you don't have that. If you did, put it above the camera as high as possible. Bear in mind I am an amateur, but here are my suggestions.
1. Bring both lights more in to the camera, perhaps at about 30 degress angle instead of 45. Also raise them as high as possible, with the lights angled down at about 45 degrees.
2. Posing changes. Put all 4 men in the back row, tallest in the middle. Put the tallest lady and the one in floral top in chairs next to the older lady who is sitting. Put the other tow ladies in front of the row of men along with the young man who is in shadow and behind those who would be sitting. Have the two youngest ones sitting on the floor (or kneeling) knees andgled toward each in front of those on chairs. Basically, you are making a triangle. The widest side of the triangle is highest and farthest from the camera. The narrowest part should also be the lowest (the kneeling kids).
Just my two cents worth. Large groups are the hardest to get lit right and posed right in my humble opinion. Had you had a third light, your group shot would have been okay as it is (with very minor moves to keep heads from blocking faces).
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Rebecca DeWitt
{K:126} 4/28/2004
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I would suggest staggering a little more with the positions of the people in the shot being your limited use of light. Maybe you could also invest in a reflector which would help with some of the shadows. I believe if you could have also sat down the lady in black and the lady in pink you would have reduced some of the shadows. Hope this helps. Regards....
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Adam E. J. Squier
{K:9803} 4/27/2004
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I'd like some help on this one. I ended up with some dark shadows on some faces. I had two lights bounced into umbrellas with an even ratio. Angled about 45 degrees to the sides and at about 8 feet (2.5 m) high.
I'm thinking it might have worked better with a more frontal angle and higher lighting, but I didn't want to introduce any glare on glasses or heads, etc.
I may be out of luck, as it is a pretty big group, and shadows are bound to happen. Should I have done something differently with this equipment?
Limited to two monolights with umbrellas.
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