Turn lights thataway (Patreon)

Hey Cyberjacks, Dreggheads, and Droidlovers,hope you`re doing swell.Was working with Lighting again while my back was sore af this weekend. That`s why I had to distract myself with a little bit of creativity. I'm a big fan of Sindel from Mortal Kombat. MK 11 that is. And she was going to be the test subject for some play with light.Usually I use 2-3 light sources. Three point lighting is the standard in photography and been using it for years. Even give advise to others to use it. It's a good starting point. But, oh boy, Light can be so much more. Or, in this case, less. Had set up the usual lighting setting as seen in the third image. Big Blue lighting the most space and peachy blossoms accentuating her face and side. Looks good I think. Yet as I was looking for errors, like clipping stuff or double shadows, I thought "How could this scene look when there's only one light?" and started experimenting with the right angle of the HDRI used and the intensity of it. After a few tries I discovered that putting it just slighty behind the object and pushing the intensity way up it created that nice "white to black" contrasty thing you see in images one and two. #nofilter And it filled the scene with just the right amount of light....Bottom line, I ended up creating 40 images of the otherworldly powerhungry Janus-faced darling biatch. Can't say she's tiring me out and maybe the scene can be extended further with Cassie or Skarlett. Will let you know what happens down the line.In the moment the obsession is real.And how was your weekend?regardsBakaplays

PSDecolorized my signature too