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1. Nikon D200 with 85mm/f/1.4 set at f/11. Lighting consists of a 36x36" softbox to camera left, a 14x56" stripdome for a hairlight, and a 42" silver reflector to the camera right for fill. B+W conversion via the Greg Gorman action. Soft focus via AutoFX DreamSuite.



2. Nikon D200 with 85mm/f1.4 set at f/11. Lighting same as above, with the exception of 2 bare strobes directed toward white seamless paper.



3. Canon 5D with 70-200mm lens at 150mm and set at f/8, 1/160th sec. Lighting consists of a single 36x36" softbox to camera right and natural sunlight for separation. I probably should have changed the order of the girls so that the girl on the right was actually on the left. You learn from your mistakes!



-proudfather
 
all three are great...i imagine they will be very happy with them...also really like the fact u had them all wearing the same tone of clothing....BW one especially nice
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You tell them to dress a certain way, and they come dressed another way. I shot 3 families yesterday...one came all dressed in short sleeve t's. I was so peed that I shot 20 frames and called it a day. That was more than I shoud've taken. I always emphasize the importance of attire to people. But sometimes you just can't win.

-proudfather
Phil Hunton said:
Phil Hunton wrote:
To be honest I like all three, I think the young lady with the
short sleeved shirt would have benefited from wearing something
long sleeve so the eye is not immediately drawn to the flesh but
none the less ver nice images.

Great work.

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I love all 3 ......in the second shot I would take out the small section of hand you can see on his right shoulder.

In the last shot it looks as if the group are in 3D (nice effect) have you done anything special here or is it just my eyes!!!!
Thanks for sharing - always follow your work with interest and amazement.
Dave
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...lighting, posing, and processing are all spot on... BUT...

...when you posed them did you ask them to put their hands on everyone elses shoulders? Because that is the first thing I saw with #1 and #2. Hands, hands, everywhere. Were you trying to establish relationships, because I just find it distracting, and I think your posing is good enough that you don't need it.

Regardless, very nice photos. Keepers, all of them.
 
Wow...these are awesome!

I am curious about one thing...in general when folks like yourself have a home studio setup and produce such detailed photos like these, where would you go to have prints made? Particularly if you wanted to sell them? Do you-all make your own prints in your home?

r/Mike
 
I told them to come in long sleeves, matching colors. All but one did pretty well.

-proudfather
 
Not to seem argumentative, but if #2 has too much white, then you could say that #1 has too much black. But I planned it that way for both shots, which is often my style for familes...when possible. I'm glad you like them.

-proudfather
digitalphotoguy said:
digitalphotoguy wrote:
  1. 1 and #3, #2 has too much white in it
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As much as I love hands in portraits, they do complicate things significantly. It's real hard to get them just right...especially when people don't really know how to make them look glamorous/masculine.

-proudfather
Gerrard said:
Gerrard wrote:
Hi P/Father. Love all 3, especially like the lighting on the
outdoor shot. Now if I were to Nit-Pick it would be about the
position of his hand on the shoulder in Pic 2+3 (-:
Cheers
Ray
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See the response to Ray regarding hands. That 3D effect I believe is inherent in the FF 5D, which is in part why I used it over the D200 for the outdoor shots. It really blurs the BG well, even at f/8.

-proudfather
camerashy said:
camerashy wrote:
I love all 3 ......in the second shot I would take out the small
section of hand you can see on his right shoulder.
In the last shot it looks as if the group are in 3D (nice effect)
have you done anything special here or is it just my eyes!!!!
Thanks for sharing - always follow your work with interest and
amazement.
Dave
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pbase supporter at http://www.pbase.com/dav4184
for equipment see profile
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It worked pretty well in color, too. But I think the B+W conversion works better. The high key image works well in B+W, but better in color I think. The last one did not work in B+W, and I didn't even make them a sample for them to see it as such.

-proudfather
jollyox said:
jollyox wrote:
  1. 1 IS MY FAV
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Very nice pictues indeed. Like other people have said, to nit pick, only a couple of hands bother me, but when you're shooting, its impossible to be aware of everyone's hand, so its really silly when you think about it, and there are so many other things that are more important which you got bang on!

My question is concernening your softbox and how much on an angle it was away from the... (ie. you say it was camera left, so from the subjet's perspective, was it at the 1 o'clock position, or 2 o'clock). Also.. how far away? The reason I ask it because you have very good even lighting across the group, and given that the softbox was camera left, the difference in exposure from left to right in the group I figure would be at least one stop if the softbox was as close as I usually put it.

Kiran
 
These are fantastic! Great expressions. Love the B&W.

I have to hand it to you.... did I say hand(s). LOL
I know... I know... I've been brain washed by CG!

Rememeber, I'm still trying to get it right with 2 lights and a Jedi Rockstar!

Ron

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