Comments on: 7 Positions of Light

By: Oscar

Oscar — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:35:33 +0000

jean. i really enjoy your tutorials, i watched tons of vid about lighting on line and yours are the best and easier to understand.
p.s i don’t mind your model!

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:03:11 +0000

Thanks Jean-Francois for the useful tutorial. Could you post the name of the lighting equipment you are using as well?
Merci Beaucoup! ~AJ

By: Shelly Van Camp

Shelly Van Camp — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:38:44 +0000

I love your lighting and it has really helped me. I was getting very harsh shadows behind my model. Is it possible to get good pictures with only one studio light? Thank you! Acadia3

By: Piotr

Piotr — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:45:51 +0000

very easy to remember

By: Piotr

Piotr — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:44:23 +0000

Great tutorial, Thank you Jean-Francois

By: pascal

pascal — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:56:45 +0000

Very good trick’s thank’s a lot for this, is help me to make great picture too

By: Jean-Francois

Jean-Francois — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:17:15 +0000

Dear Nate,
Thanks for your comments.
the clock reference is an approximation, inviting you to experiment with light and easily record your actions.
As per my model she is 26 years old since about a month.

Jean-Francois
a.k.a. The StudioCoach

By: Nate Davis

Nate Davis — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:14:05 +0000

Nice tutorial, lots of good information, but your clock reference is a little off. Also that girl looks a little young for her shirt to be open like that.

By: Jean-Francois

Jean-Francois — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:45:52 +0000

Hi Rick,

I appreciate your recalculation of time, but looking at the light from the camera point of view could send a light in front of the model and in front of you a noon, and that same light a couple of feet further become a 6 when positioned in the same angle for the model but further behind me….. But the idea here is not arguing it’s getting more creative by inviting you to move your light and explore the possibilities. You may also invent your own method for remembering your light positions.
Jean-Francois
TheStudioCoach.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:21:31 +0000

Very nice tutorial, however, my watch dial has the 12 at the top and the 6 at the bottom .

Since I judge the position of my lights from where I stand AT THE CAMERA (more or less), I would simply reverse his times: 12 becomes 6, 9 becomes 3 and so on. His initial off-camera position is therefore 7:30, not 1:30. Check your watch.