2 construction flood lights and D70

let me know what do you think.

setup:

• two flood lights. one 150w behind the chair and one on the right sitting on the floor pointing to the right.

-D70 on tripod in A mode
-no flash

original saved for web in PS:



edited in PS and saved for web:



the edited image above converted to duetone and little more editing:



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Excellent photos!!!.

I have 1 question, if you had 1 light behind the chair and 1 light on the right of the face pointing right, how did you get the light harshness on the model's lips, forehead, and front of the face????

Either way, the PS editing I think was spot on.

Good work mate.

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Franco

One the first photo(s), try raising the light so the nose shadow drops down a little.

On the second photo, it's always good on the side of the face away from the camera to see a thin sliver of skin between the eye and the background. In other words, get your model to turn her face a little more towards you, but not all the way.

And though you might not believe it now, it's better to get everything right in the camera than to post-process it so it looks right. Sure, curves and/or levels may need a slight tweek-- but you'd be amazed at what attention to detail can produce (keeping the skin from getting too sweaty, etc while shooting) and how much less work you'll have on the computer.

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Pete Springer
http://www.dogwooddigital.net

You also cloned the catchlights out of the eyes. Now they look lifeless - like a dolls eyes.

Also your black and whites look like they could use some "pop". Try a curves adjustment layer and make a slight S with the slope.

Try a faster shutter speed or raise your ISO. They seem a bit soft to me.

With those halogen work lamps, either 1. Try a custom WB shooting a white/grey card in the light it produces. 2. Set your white balance to Tungsten and +3 WB comp to cool it down or. 3. Shoot in raw and adjust your balance in post.

If your really interesting in shooting people, invest in a AF Nikkor 50mm 1.8 or 1.4. For a 1.8, its a meager investment and the lens is tack sharp and lends a bit of contrast.
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Nikon D70
18-70mm Dx
28mm 2.8
50mm 1.4

that one and few other i moved the light to the left of me.

thx

i used 85mm 1.8D but i did made mistake and should have hade the A set above f7
i shot most of them f1.8, f2, f5

thx

Ah, the 85 is also an awesome lens for portraits, although on a D70 I find its too close to my tastes. Whenever I do portraits of people I really try not to go under f5.6 if I dont have to. f8 is what I shoot at mostly.
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Nikon D70
18-70mm Dx
28mm 2.8
50mm 1.4