Recently a close friend of mine wanted a shot of his wife and baby son. The shot was difficult as in I had to shoot in a bed room where the baby would be most comfortable, but the bad was the bedroom would have been around 15ft X 15ft ...and off white. Which meant if I had to get a dark/black background, my light would have to really close to the subject.
Why does the light have to be closer to get a quick light fall off? Here is a very good read.
Fortunately, I dint have to deal with the usual bedroom clutter as they had a very neat setup.
Knowing the subjects before hand can be quite a relief as you don't have to waste time getting comfortable with them etc etc.Even after that they can be quite nervous when facing the camera. Lucky for me both the father and mother were not at all camera conscious.
Strobist info:
Nikon D70
1/320 sec, f 4.5, iso 400
Vivitar 285 in shoot through umbrella at 1/4 power about 5 feet from subject , left of camera on a voice activated light stand.
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