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Ok, so I took brandonj74 's advice and emailed Mr. Winters about how he did it. To my surprise and delight, he replied back. I simply asked him if he would mind discussing how he lit his portrait of Tom Hanks and this is what he had to say. I found it pretty darned enlightening and I thought some of you might too. Below is his exact reply to my email. I asked permission to post this in the thread...



"John, 

 

To be honest with you don't remember what I used to light that picture. Probably a profoto head with a grid, a chimera for fill, some flags and a head on background. The picture was shot on a set that we built at at smashbox studios in Culver city. When I started on this particular photograph I had already gone into overtime and Tom's publicist was giving me the evil eye. I was messing around with the lighting while he was in position and he noticed her snarling at me. Under his breath he said to me, "take your time". A gesture like this can really diffuse stress while working under pressure. Tom is a total pro and is well versed at the difficulties in achieving subtle lighting. The same lighting could be achieved using many different types of equipment. Truthfully, with patience and care, it could be achieved using clip lights from Home Depot with 100 watt bulbs, some neutral density filters, some flags and stands. I usually think about the kind of lighting that I want and then think about the best way to approach it on that day. My lighting approach is pretty intuitive. After 25 years as a professional the mystery has abated somewhat but the wonderment is still very much there. One of my great pleasures in life is lighting portraits. I recently went to Hawaii to do a shoot of Eminem and Dre for packaging. When we landed ,

I drove to Home Depot and bought some clip lights, bulbs and some flat white spray paint. I sprayed the inside of the reflectors white, bought some extension cords and went to the recording studio. I had my assistant had hold the lights and I lit the whole shoot in this manner. The real trick to lighting is understanding the physical properties of light. When you really understand them, your only obstacle is your voice, which is infinitely more difficult to master than any lighting set up. thanks for sharing your work. some of it is really beautiful.

Best of luck,

Dan"



What a class act! I was thrilled that he replied ...and so quickly. I also really enjoyed what he had to share about lighting in general. Hope everyone finds this useful.



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