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Alida 2008 - TFP



Alida 2008 (highkey)- TFP



Olivia 2008 - TFP



Elina 2007 - Image taken for her makeup artist



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Nice photos but I especially like #3. In the first photo, I think that her hair is a bit to lit...over blown a little, and she should have been facing the other way because her shirt is gapping open (not that this is a bad thing), but the attention is being drawn there for us men! We can't help it. But great job on all!!!
 
I have just about the same camera equipment as you do. I have been wanting to get into some studio work and I am trying to decide between a few FL-50Rs or something like the AlienBees. What type of lighting did you use for these shots?
Eddie
 
They're good. Love the highkey. Might want to bring a bit of delineation to the left shoulder to barely separate it as it merges now. Third has very nice mood. The thing I like about the last one is the pose. The curves provide a lot of movement for the eye across the image which is a pleasing effect for me.
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jspinnell said:
Alida 2008 - TFP

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Not in love with the chunk of hair sticking out. The pupils are far too wide (you will find mixed opinions on this but I find over-wide pupils to be an alien-ish look). The bokeh is startlingly ugly (sorry!). If I were you, I would never use this lens for anything out of focus, due to those patterns in the out-of-focus highlights. The shirt gapping open is a problem. if it's deliberate, it needs to look deliberate. as it is, it just looks like an error. I kind of like her expression, but it has a bit of an "i'm tired of you telling me i'm not doing it right" look about it. The shoulder looks a little large; were you using a short lens? There's not much space in front of her body; makes her crowd the frame a little.
jspinnell said:
Alida 2008 (highkey)- TFP

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Very nice. Slightly deer-in-headlights expression. Not sure about the blending to white; i think it's a little strong (we lose her hair too fast).
jspinnell said:
Olivia 2008 - TFP

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Very nice. great processing, nice creamy tones. Could be too smooth and creamy but the jury's out on that. I'd like to see an unedited version. The size of the hood is a bit distracting; makes me wish for a wider crop., especially with her face so close to the edge of the frame.
jspinnell said:
Elina 2007 - Image taken for her makeup artist

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eek! She looks like she's smelling something bad. The light looks a bit harsh, and the make-up artist wasn't able to fix the model's flaws well enough to allow harsh lighting. The hair is a bit of a dark mess; I could really use some more detail there, instead of just banded highlights. I feel like I cans ee too much white in her eye, and her pose suggests that she's recoiling from something unpleasant. A stronger pose would give her more confidence (unless you were going for the "i've got to get away from this bad smell" look. ;)

All in all, competent stuff, but I wouldn't put the middle two in my book without slight tweaks, and I wouldn't put the first or the last in any book. Sorry if I seem harsh.

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seriously? is nobody else seeing the gross black rings in the blur?

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jugglervr said:
seriously? is nobody else seeing the gross black rings in the blur?
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I see them, I just dont feel that theyre that gross. Im not saying that id use that lens for every shot, but in this setup, i think its kinda cool.

Maybe if the foreground/model was absolutely perfect, (the hair fixed, pupils smaller) the rings would work better?
 
Great shots! I love the 2nd (high key) and 3rd one the best. Like a previous commenter I also thought that the hoody on the 3rd one was too large.

Can you share your lightening equipment and what exactly is it that is causing the unusual bokeh highlights in the first picture?
 
jugglervr said:
jspinnell said:
Alida 2008 - TFP

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Not in love with the chunk of hair sticking out. The pupils are far
too wide (you will find mixed opinions on this but I find over-wide
pupils to be an alien-ish look).
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This happens a lot in dark settings with people with light colored eyes. A bright focus light shined towards the eyes could help this greatly. As far as the hair... easily handled in post produciton.

The bokeh is startlingly ugly
jugglervr said:
(sorry!). If I were you, I would never use this lens for anything out
of focus, due to those patterns in the out-of-focus highlights. The
shirt gapping open is a problem. if it's deliberate, it needs to look
deliberate. as it is, it just looks like an error. I kind of like her
expression, but it has a bit of an "i'm tired of you telling me i'm
not doing it right" look about it. The shoulder looks a little large;
were you using a short lens? There's not much space in front of her
body; makes her crowd the frame a little.
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From the Exif on this, the lens is at the 50mm end of the 50-200mm at f/8.0. I think he could have opened up the lens more and that would have smoothed out the background lights a lot more. Of course he'd also have to drop the power on his flash(s) a bit more to compensate.
jugglervr said:
jugglervr said:
Alida 2008 (highkey)- TFP

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Very nice. Slightly deer-in-headlights expression. Not sure about the
blending to white; i think it's a little strong (we lose her hair too
fast).
jugglervr said:
Olivia 2008 - TFP

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Very nice. great processing, nice creamy tones. Could be too smooth
and creamy but the jury's out on that. I'd like to see an unedited
version. The size of the hood is a bit distracting; makes me wish for
a wider crop., especially with her face so close to the edge of the
frame.
jugglervr said:
Elina 2007 - Image taken for her makeup artist

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eek! She looks like she's smelling something bad. The light looks a
bit harsh, and the make-up artist wasn't able to fix the model's
flaws well enough to allow harsh lighting. The hair is a bit of a
dark mess; I could really use some more detail there, instead of just
banded highlights. I feel like I cans ee too much white in her eye,
and her pose suggests that she's recoiling from something unpleasant.
A stronger pose would give her more confidence (unless you were going
for the "i've got to get away from this bad smell" look. ;)

All in all, competent stuff, but I wouldn't put the middle two in my
book without slight tweaks, and I wouldn't put the first or the
last in any book. Sorry if I seem harsh.

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'I put the camera in 'P' for 'professional' and wrote what I wanted
the camera to do on a sticky note under the batteries... Used the
headlights from my car on the model and that did the trick...'



You can have it done (pick two): () good () cheap () fast. -Anonymous
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