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Q: Whats's your favorite beauty lens/filter/light?

We shoot a little chart off the top and fix in post. Or at least we did. Had my Speed Panchro set stolen a week before they were to be shipped of to be rehoused, along with camera, heads, wireless focus, matte box and such. Only thing worse than color correcting radioactive lenses, are thieves taking your radioactive lenses.
 
sergio arguello said:
..key to fashion in my opinion is casting..
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Agree. I think casting is 75-80% of every project.

For post filters, I like the Magic Bullet Looks "Pop" filter. This is just a standard one light beauty set up with a folding reflector below the lens. I normally don't like this much retouching, but that's exactly what I wanted for this project. I used 2 instances of the filter, one in the minus direction and one in the plus direction.

http://vimeo.com/42777039

 
Greg McDonald said:
Agree. I think casting is 75-80% of every project.

For post filters, I like the Magic Bullet Looks "Pop" filter. This is just a standard one light beauty set up with a folding reflector below the lens. I normally don't like this much retouching, but that's exactly what I wanted for this project. I used 2 instances of the filter, one in the minus direction and one in the plus direction.

http://vimeo.com/42777039

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WOW, GREG.

Beautiful work.

I like to use BeautyBox filter..have you tried it yet?

Can you please explain how you layer the 2 versions of "POP" so one doesn't cancel the other one out?

What beauty light do you like using? We like the MOLA reflector and a Broncolor HMI head.
 
Thanks Brandon. No I haven't tried BeautyBox yet as I've been happy with using the Pop filter so I haven't felt the need to buy it. I just used a 4-bank, 2-foot kino for this with 216 which worked out but next time I probably would use a Broncolor HMI with some kind of beauty dish.

For this I went extreme with the Pop filter. I had one instance of it at like -50 and it was the first filter which makes the image really mushy. Then after a few other cc filters, I added another Pop at like +60 which brings back details in the eyes, lips, etc. but keeps the skin retouched. Then the very last filter I add on top of all the other cc filters is a bit of unsharp mask to get a little more sharpness back in everything in the frame except for the skin which it doesn't really affect at that point.

When I just want a bit of skin retouching without going so extreme, I'll put one instance of Pop at like -4 and then another one at +10. Or something like that anyway. I fool around with the numbers until I get the look I want for the shot I'm working on.
 
As to entertain this thread, despite the incredible variety of situation been always a decisive factor in the chosen lens, and the fact the 85mm to 135mm are in my favorite lists, I always will favorite most a SuperTelephoto when allowed, as I particularly like in Fashion Portraits the flattering look it gives a Model's face, while adding a particular DOF and blur in her surroundings in such a way that only Telephoto lenses form 200mm and up can give, which i have used extensively, but also love the 300mm for this task.

Shot with the Canon 70-200mm f2.8L @200mm WO


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Brandon,

Nice thread. Pretty much depends on the look we want to create. I like the old Nikon AI for a softer classic look or more modern glass for a clearer look. Regarding the focal length I´m with David, it all depends on the face but I find myself using the shorter end like the 35 for 4K or the 50 for 5K often. No standard setup at all, too many ways to create a beautyful light. In the end it has to fit into the context, but I tend to use a "crisp" keylight and usually take great care of the catchlights as I find them very expressing. Not a fan of a "shroud" lighting :-) If you like the Brieses and own a broncolor head I suggest to test the Para88.

Cheers, Ulf
 
Ulf Krentz said:
Brandon,

Nice thread. Pretty much depends on the look we want to create. I like the old Nikon AI for a softer classic look or more modern glass for a clearer look. Regarding the focal length I´m with David, it all depends on the face but I find myself using the shorter end like the 35 for 4K or the 50 for 5K often. No standard setup at all, too many ways to create a beautyful light. In the end it has to fit into the context, but I tend to use a "crisp" keylight and usually take great care of the catchlights as I find them very expressing. Not a fan of a "shroud" lighting :-) If you like the Brieses and own a broncolor head I suggest to test the Para88.

Cheers, Ulf
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Thank you, Ulf!

I will have a look at the Para88!
 
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