my first model

Butch10x · Mar 13, 2007

i metered correctly at f/8. but i bumped up the exp in lightroom to get the bg white...i came out abit grey in the original.....ill need to kick up the bg lights a bit more next time to maintain the pure white bg. so ur cc is 100% correct...thNX

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MarkPhotographer · Mar 13, 2007

I find that to get white correct I usually meter it about 2/3 stop above the subject.

Attached is an example.

Mark

jfinite · Mar 13, 2007

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Butch10x · Mar 13, 2007

awesome...thanx for the nice visual......i have a shoot tomorrow and will definately meter it higher than key......and ofcourse at 2/3 higher...lol...
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cspringer · Mar 14, 2007

Nice. I would tone down the whites of the teeth and eyes. It's not that they are so white but are glowing. Changing the layer mode to color vs. normal usually works for me when using a Hue/Sat. adjustment layer.

butch10x said:
i had the opp. to shoot my first model this week. this is the very
first shot i took.....
5d+85 1.2
sb cam left

she ws a pleasure to work with.....i will post more as i retouch
them....
as fas as cc:
let me have it...im a newbie that can take harsh stuff......i know
i need to work on posing......ull see soon
enough....anywayz...here's the first

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Butch10x · Mar 14, 2007

thanks for the pp advice....and u were right, i used the normal layer.....so color layer it will be for the hus/sat adj.......thnx!
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cspringer · Mar 14, 2007

Normal mode effects Color and Luminosity and usually isn't the best for many edits. I did some extreme settings to make a point but you can see how the wrong mode can add jpeg artifacts or too much luminosity.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=18831452

butch10x said:
thanks for the pp advice....and u were right, i used the normal
layer.....so color layer it will be for the hus/sat adj.......thnx!
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MarkPhotographer · Mar 14, 2007

As Chuck G. mentioned recently in another thread I think. You really only need to worry about lighting correctly the area surrounding the subject. It is fairly easy to add white to the "gray area" in photoshop through layers, masks, paint tools, etc.

Mark

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