Pig Noir
I'm a huge fan of hard light - give me a film noir styled movie, and I'll watch it, even if the acting and/or plot are terrible, just because I find the lighting techniques so visually appealing.
That in mind, I set out to emulate that style in the studio. I'll let you judge whether or not I accomplished it.
First off, the pig needed a fedora. I believe it's a law that hard light + fedora = film noir. As I'm also a fan of hats, finding a fedora in my box o' hats wasn't difficult.
Now, the light.
At camera left, above the pig, angled down, is a 580EX II with a Strobies Barndoor attachment. It's slitted horizontally to throw a light across the eyes.
At camera right, above the pig, angled down, is a 160 watt-second Cowboy Studio strobe, set to about 1/8 power. This is just for a little fill.
Behind the pig is a 430EZ, aimed at the backdrop somewhere in the vicinity of where the fedora is going be positioned in the picture. It's set to about 1/32, and should provide some background separation.
If all that's too many words, perhaps this will help:
This was a fun shoot, and I will most likely be revisiting Pig Noir in the future. I'd like to try to work some blinds in there.
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