Old Hollywood Men's Portrait | Inside Fashion and Beauty Photography with Lindsay Adler
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Taking an “Old Hollywood” approach to portraiture can give your images a sense of timelessness. These elegant and powerful shots are a combination of hair, makeup, wardrobe styling, and lighting mixed together for striking results.
I’ve fixated on Old Hollywood visuals for a while now, and you can check out my dedicated lighting guide at lindsayadler.ph... or some of my other FREE videos on the top • Light Modifiers for an... , • 5 Light Old Hollywood ... .
While women tend to get a lot of our attention for Old Hollywood vibes, a men’s portrait or fashion image is perfect for these classic approaches. In this shoot, I used 3 strobes and a specialty filter to give my model Jeffrey this cinematic, Old Hollywood look. Here’s how:
Background
I used a Savage Universal Fashion Gray seamless background. This is an extremely versatile background because I can light it to be brighter, or feather/grid the light for it to become darker. It is very easy to add or take away light for ultimate control.
Styling
Always begin with the styling around your concept. Can a particular hairstyle sell the ‘vibe’? Can you find a piece of wardrobe that doesn’t feel too modern or perhaps nods to a more traditional style? Of course, you can aim for contrast and shoot much more modern clothing in this style, yet beware that it may create a contradictory visual message.
Lighting
I used 3 Profoto D2 strobes. Each one was carefully placed to reinforce this vintage vibe.
Main: Magnum Reflector + Grid
Many Old Hollywood images used a hard main light, typically a Fresnel or something called a “scoop” (large hard light dish modifier). For this image, I selected a Magnum Reflector (a slightly larger silver dish modifier) because it produces hard yet smooth light that is similar to a ‘scoop’.
Adding a grid to this modifier allowed the background to appear dark and I had a more concentrated area of light with dramatic fall-off.
Background light: No modifier, on Floor Stand
I wanted to create a dramatic gradient of light on the background, with the background appearing brighter toward the bottom of the frame and fading toward blackness at the top of the frame. To achieve this I used a strobe with no modifier on a floor stand. Pointing this strobe toward the ground gave me the dramatic gradient I sought and is seen often present in Old Hollywood setups.
Hair Light: 1x4ft Strip Softbox from above
Old Hollywood and Film Noir are nearly synonymous with bright hair lights! Often there would be many hair lights in a single shot. To keep it simple, for this image I used a single hair light from above to illuminate the top of the subject’s hair and shoulders. The modifier I selected was a 1x4ft Strip Softbox with a grid (to control the unwanted spill of light).
Filter
I used a Tiffen Black Pro-Mist (1 Stop). This filter is typically used for more cinematic shots when you want the highlights on the images to glow or have halation. For this setup, I used this filter because the digital images were ‘too perfect’ and ‘too sharp’. Adding this filter would give a soft-focus look. Furthermore, it would make any bright highlights slightly glow, a characteristic of many old lenses during the “Old Hollywood” portraiture era.
Post-Processing
To really sell a more authentic feel, I converted my image to black and white & added noise/grain. Try the program “Exposure” if you want a variety of simulated film grains and processing formulas.
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✘ PRODUCTS USED:
Canon R5
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Canon RF 24-105
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Profoto D2
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Profoto Magnum Reflector
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Profoto Magnum Reflector Grid
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Profoto 1x4ft Strip Softbox
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Profoto 1x4ft Strip Grid
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Manfrotto Floorstand
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Avenger D600
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Avenger Roller Stand
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Savage Universal Fashion Gray
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Photographer: Lindsay Adler
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Videographer: Samuel Bouret
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Makeup: Yvonne MacInnis
Hair: Linh Nguyen
Styling: Raytell Bridges
Model: Jeffrey Casciano
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THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!
One of my favorite instructors that I met and follow her work. Hope to see her on this channel soon. Thanks for the class.
Glad this pop up also. Give me more ideas. Thanks.
You do and teach lighting so well, thank-you!
The old hollywood had style had everything i think it was the best era for photography there is something that made one look deep into the picture the glamour that thing that drew your eyes to take a longer look It's something that you can't explain. Great session Lindsay i could look through old portrait mags for hours from this era.
Thanks for a detailed step-by-step walkthrough, and explanations about the use of the Magnum reflector!
Lindsay you’re the best. Thanks for your teaching videos.
I absolutely love these old Hollywood portraits and the lighting 😊, thanks a lot Lindsay 🙏👍
This would be good for add for a party or new years.
love this topic . . . Old Hollywood Portrait. . . . and have been looking into how this is achieved ... So your upload is so perfect for me .... thank you
That is one good looking subject.
Outstanding explanations, execution and idea's ! And I like the new hairdo as well !
Always very inspiring and insightful. Thank you Lindsey. Hugs from Poland
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You have HOLLYWOOD, we have STUDIO HARCOURT in FRANCE. Very interresting video which shows that it is possible to make "vintage" portrait with flash bulbs. . I guess that hollywood's photographers used continuous lights : the aspect was incredible but the photographic process was a liitle bit complicated. This video shows a great resultat and the versatility and simple of use with flash bulbs. Thanks
Thank you very much Lindsay for your tutorials.
These shots are phenomenal!! And he’s a great model. He stays as still as a mannequin.
Awesome work by you, your team, and Adorama. Thanks.
great video, thanks
So good Lindsay ❤ I was hoping you’d do old Hollywood glamour for the gents, and it was great!
That was a wonderful video presentation 😊😊
I lovvvvve this! I do not have any professional lighting since I am new to the portrait portion of my journey. I am going to attempt some diy techniques this weekend
great stuff-thanks
Ma'am always making me drool over her photos.... I'll always fall in love with your stuff.
As I continue to prepare myself for the big world of photography Lindsay will always be my first online teacher. Make I'm a bit biased because I'm fascinated by women who do the things I love to do
Always so creative and informative! I just wish you'd share your settings more often ;)
I am a fan of BW photography, no one does it better
Love it!!
Excellent video, thank you!
I love your work! Bravo!!
Amazing tutorial!
Nice work, Ms. Adler. The light on the background ... I'm led to believe there's this optical spot named after some Lindsay Adler. Well, in the 70s, "we" would use an optical spot for the background light - with headshots and a bit more. With a round GOBO (*) and defocused for a nice fall-off. And we would direct it behind the subject with the edge of the light spot diagonally in the frame behind their head. Way back, that spot would be a serious piece of theatrical lighting, much more expensive in today's money than that clever thing from Westcott. That's progress, right?
(*) GOBO - GOes Between Optics - compare the slide in a slide projector.
magnific!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good stuff girl!
Lindsay, what kind of base plate do you use for your R5 in this video? I see that you route the USB tether cable via the baseplate.
Good afternoon. How big is that front reflector you are using? I have a bautydish but I don't like the result of it.
The Profoto Magnum reflector is 13 3/4 inches in diameter. It throws a 50-degree beam. It can take a grid (not included) to constrain the beam further, as depicted in the video.
super tuto. I looked a tiffen video comparing 1/8, 1/4... and 1 is quite glowy so isn't it difficult to restore sharpness in eyes ?
If you had a flashmeter, where would you position it for each light (ie: on back, on background, on hair,...) and how would you set the relative power of three lights, typically ?
any recommendation for godox lights ? I can't afford prophoto. could a ad400 pro on front and two ad200 pro (no modeling light so perhaps ad300pro would be advised) to make the job ?
I love Lindsay Adler's work usually but this shows she's far more comfortable with female models. Her Golden Age lighting for women in other videos is spot on but this one is quite far off the mark. Take the B&W aspect off and you've got something that's nothing like male portraits from a hundred years ago. I guess we all have our strengths and weaknesses!
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Where is the jacket the model is wearing in the thumbnail from? I'm getting married in a couple months and it looks great for an alternate dinner jacket.
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