How to Shoot Creative Beauty Images using a Star Filter | Lindsay Adler
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- I wanted to take a moment to share a tool I’ve been using a lot recently for creative effects-- a star filter. I’ve been using star filters either to achieve in-camera creative techniques or to give a nostalgic vintage feel to some of my beauty work.
As you search for star filters, you’ll also discover that there are a lot of different brands and star effects. My recommendation is that when you are looking to buy one, simply look at the sample images to see what the shape of the star looks like. For this demo, I chose the super inexpensive 4x Cross Screen Star Effect.
To make this effect show up you’ll need some sort of reflection on your subject. This could be a specular highlight on a piece of jewelry or it could be a reflection off of a piece of glitter. Here we've strategically placed star-shaped glitter on the eyes, lips, and cheeks. I decided that my inspiration would be cool midnight glam, so I will be using blue gels and tones.
When lighting for this technique, usually I choose a harder light source to help create the reflections and specular highlights required. To create reflections, I also have to consider the angles. If I have the light a bit lower to the subject or a fill light in the front, this will help to bounce more reflections. The other option is to have the subject rotate that head around in order to try to catch the angles required to get those highlights. Thankfully, as you pose your subject you can see the effect as it happens and it's easy to tell when to ask your subject to pause for the perfect effect.
Here’s a breakdown of the lighting:
Main light: Magnum reflector to create hard, specular but also flattering light.
Fill light: Zoom reflector with blue gel to fill in a blue tone to the shadows.
Background light: Bare bulb with blue gel (I started with a 20-degree grid and later removed it). This creates a very subtle separation on the background and unifies the color in the scene.
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Photographer: Lindsay Adler
Hair and Makeup: Yvonne MacInnis
Model: Nicolette King
Video: Eddie Merino of EM Multimedia
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Omg her work is incredible.... I can't with these! ✨
Haven't seen one of those in decades. Think I still got one lurking in the back of the cupboard. Great to see something that was sooo overused back in the day finding such a creative use today. Fantastic pictures as always Lindsay!!
Awesome creative approach - luv it!
Love Lindsay and her photography!)
Way back in my film days I used this filter for my glamour portraits, it softened up the face just a tad bit. Much cheaper than a Hasselblad SF filter. LOL I had one of those later on. LOL These are great inexpensive filters. Nice video Lindsey.
Lindsay is such a fantastic photographer.
lovely shots. U r super creative
Never heard about these filters but the effect is really nice and maybe I will try them out soon. Great content, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it. SOOO Much fun to create with them for fashion or beauty!
Xcellent tips Lindsay,,, I love your photos your very creative.
Thank you! :D
I used them in the late 80s, 6- and 12-star filters, but never on digital cameras. But I will try again, thanks for your inspiration and greetings from West-Germany ;-)
how timely - I did a recent model photoshoot where glitter was part of the concept request and I have to say it didnt work out too great and I since realised from doing tests nd experimenting that glitter just like sparkly jewellery needs hard light - my soft lighting was flattering to the model but the glitter had no sparkle it was dull and lifeless in fact it looked like the model had sand on her face in the shots. Thanks for sharing your tips and while that star filter looks a bit like a photoshop brush was added it could be a cheeky addition to my kit for added effect done in camera!
1:36 ~"it was also big enough that I could hold it in front of my [smaller diameter] macro lens."
Simple adapter rings exist, for sale at Adorama, that step up from a smaller diameter lens to a larger size filter. In the 77mm filter size, Adorama has 35 options from $4.69 to $39.99
Lens filter mount sizes starts at 49mm in Adorama's 77mm filter size.
Price differences are determined by brand and kind of material. I would opt for the brass (more expensive) ones over aluminum as they are easier to screw and unscrew, especially when your filters have the cheaper aluminum mount.
These adapter rings are ideal with more expensive filters like polarizers, or you could use them maybe on a very wide angle lens that allows for a filter but where you want to avoid vignetting from the filter and its mount as much as possible.
yes fabulous point!
Great video, thanks so much for the advice. 👍👏👏👏👏
I think that in general you prefer to do all this type of effects in camera rather than later in PS. Is any particular reason for that preference?
So you touched on this a bit but when I use my star filter I do tend to get that super hazy look. But looking at your images I don’t see nearly as much in your finals. Is there something you’re doing in post to mitigate some of that haziness?
You'll get that haze effect much more if there is any backlight in your images. It also depends on the number off point Star filter you use (more stars = more haze). I also pump up clarity as well. :D
Reminds me of the cover for 'Catch You' by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
sorry for asking so it works even with flashes/strobes? dont I need continuous light for this? thank you 🙏
I tried to use this filter with a 120 cm umbrella and a godox flash, plus a constant light reflecting in the sparkling material but my stars are very very small and blurry. I have the same filter from Hoya so I don’t understand my mistake.
so you recommend one should look at the thing one is about to buy. interesting! very novel perspective, did you come with that..?
Hello from Spain. Do you think is better choice the pro version of this filter? Hoya Star 4 Pro1. For a Canon R6. Thanks.
Glam galaxy
Is it possible to add these stars in PS in order to not add more glass elements so that quality is maintained?
I mean, yes you could get some effects but I find its really hard to make it have that organic glow around the highlights. But yes, many things are doable in post-- its a matter of preference and I almost always prefer in camera.
very impressive but wouldn't it be possible to do this in post?
I mean, yes you could get some effects but I find its really hard to make it have that organic glow around the highlights. But yes, many things are doable in post-- its a matter of preference and I almost always prefer in camera.
@@lindsayadlerphoto ahh I see the difference, thanks for explaining