I’ve been reviewing rim lighting techniques. There are a few ways to do it but then I stumbled upon Gavin Hoey’s latest video and decided to give it a try. I didn’t want to get the fog machine out and I am changing my light gear around so I didn’t have gels but the main technique could be tried.
This is another “you should try everything you come across” post that ties in with Monday. I’ve done rim lighting a million times, but this is just a little different from my standard approach. Will I use it on all my shoots? Probably not, but it’s useful to have these techniques because that’s a big part of photography; putting together the smaller set of techniques to make the whole piece. Think of them as cogs in a big clock. Each one alone is nothing, but together they make the clock work.
Anyway, his technique involved taping two black pieces of paper together. I wasn’t about to go out and buy that, so I just did the same thing with a black sheet – I got lots of those. I am happy with the results and have a few ideas of how I might want to use this.
Check his video on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USZzCZi9ZR4