In Ben Von Wong’s UV Photoshoot it looked like he was using more lights as well as far more props (headdresses, big flowing dresses, etc). The photos are more about the patterns of paint on the model and the model’s positions under them. The Photosīecause of the way that black light moves around, the traditional portrait lighting goes straight out the window (at least as far as I could tell), because you don’t have traditional light and shadow. The rest of the shoot was done with a 20W black light from Amazon in a desk lamp moved around by the makeup artist. ![]() Needless to say, my “I know best” ego deflated and I packed up all my lights. You can see how the black light makes the paint colours pop way more and doesn’t light up anything but the skin, while the DIY filter creates less pop from the put a blue light on everything. Left: DIY filter on speed lights at 1/16th power Right: 20W Black light in a desk lamp – both straight out of camera As you can see below, the black light makes just the paint fluoresce, and doesn’t light up the skin at all. Unfortunately the look you get from a black light is very different. They do make the paint fluoresce, but they also turn the skin a blue/purple colour, which makes perfect sense as the light is coming through a blue and purple filter. This was the first shoot of this type either of us had done, so it was going to be a learning experience for everyone.įirst of all, remember how I said I spent two nights doing arts and crafts to make my own filters? First thing I figured out after I set up a couple of soft boxes in front of a black background was the filters don’t work. Getting to the shoot I set up my gear while the make up artist, Milana Bryan was finishing up the makeup. This isn’t hard to do, just a bit tedious. Then the two nights before the shoot I spent doing arts and crafts and following the DIY instructions to create a series of filters both for my flashes but also for a heavy duty work light I borrowed from my wife. I bought a shelf of clear transparent sheets ($19) and a pack of magic markers ($9.99). ![]() ![]()
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