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do NOT get frisky with her!
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Nice shots…. Very nice model.
If there was some criticism that I had it would be that I think the right hand side of her face is too dark in the last two images.
Very good eyes in the first one though.Brian
Third one for me-
Nice to see some harder lights being used-Small changes in the position of the lights can make large differences to the shadows-
Good stuff-
lovely looking boxer too-j
I tried a different setup with only hard light, pretty much to have the mood of the lights suit the subject matter. I also gelled them blue to give a colder harsher feel to the shot. I was sorry I did’nt include the gloves / tape in this shot.
I like the third photo the best. The lighting, angle and framing are great.
I agree with the other comment that the light isn’t balance on the face in the second one.
The first image has an unusual combination of lighting on her face too. It looks half ‘night-time moody blue street lighting’ and half ‘natural bright light’. (Yes I’m a newbie and don’t know the technical terms! I just try my best to describe things how I see and feel them… sorry!).
I don’t think this contrast in lighting works very well for the first one as not only is the bright red of the gloves competing for attention with her eyes but both her eyes are competing with each other (Dear god I need to work on describing things better…)The fourth picture you posted is very stark. It’s nice but the shine/moisture on her chest looks a little strange to me.
That’s my two cents!
Pihjin.Thanks for the comments!
And your 100% correct on the lighting in #1, a softbox to the right, and a blue gel hard light to the left. I was trying to have a bit of cold hard light for atmosphere. I think I needed more of it to make it more stark perhaps.
And the description of the competing is very good! I see exactly what you mean. Thanks!
Oh, and the shine on her chest was meant to be sweat from after the fight, but did’nt really work out.
Merv.
pihjin wrote:
I like the third photo the best. The lighting, angle and framing are great.
I agree with the other comment that the light isn’t balance on the face in the second one.
The first image has an unusual combination of lighting on her face too. It looks half ‘night-time moody blue street lighting’ and half ‘natural bright light’. (Yes I’m a newbie and don’t know the technical terms! I just try my best to describe things how I see and feel them… sorry!).
I don’t think this contrast in lighting works very well for the first one as not only is the bright red of the gloves competing for attention with her eyes but both her eyes are competing with each other (Dear god I need to work on describing things better…)The fourth picture you posted is very stark. It’s nice but the shine/moisture on her chest looks a little strange to me.
That’s my two cents!
Pihjin.Here’s a little tip on how to get natural looking sweat (though it’ll depend on the amount you want).
Rub a tiny bit of vaseline on the skin and dab off with a tissue. You don’t want to make the area shiny you just want to make sure the water won’t absorb straight into the skin.
Using a hypodermic needle (ask any diabetic friends you may have to get you some from their chemist… they’re really handy) carefully add drops of water to the pre-vaselined skin area. The tiny needle will give you nice small droplets that look quite natural.
If you want to the skin to look a little flushed also rub a tiny amount of creme blush on first. Don’t over do it. (If you don’t have creme blush mix a bit of blush power into the vaseline you use).The most important thing is to apply the “sweat” to areas in natural patterns of where sweat naturally occurs.
There you go!
Thanks! Good tip!
I was thinking of loads of oil (or vasaline) and then have a go with a water spray thing (like you would water indoor plants with). It was not the time to try that as it was bloody cold where we were shooting, very late, and one of the models was very touchy about gettng her hair wet. So we gave up quick.
Merv.
pihjin wrote:
Here’s a little tip on how to get natural looking sweat (though it’ll depend on the amount you want).
Rub a tiny bit of vaseline on the skin and dab off with a tissue. You don’t want to make the area shiny you just want to make sure the water won’t absorb straight into the skin.
Using a hypodermic needle (ask any diabetic friends you may have to get you some from their chemist… they’re really handy) carefully add drops of water to the pre-vaselined skin area. The tiny needle will give you nice small droplets that look quite natural.
If you want to the skin to look a little flushed also rub a tiny amount of creme blush on first. Don’t over do it. (If you don’t have creme blush mix a bit of blush power into the vaseline you use).The most important thing is to apply the “sweat” to areas in natural patterns of where sweat naturally occurs.
There you go!
Some really nice shots there. Lynette is always a pleasure to work with. Haven’t worked with Suzanne(??) yet though.
Great images. Real power with the gloves and the light/dark sides in the images. I really like them.
Merv, really like the first and third ones specizlly no1 just enough of the gloves showing and even though she is very pretty she still looks like she means business if that makes sense. I never boxed anyone like that when I was younger and fitter, it would have been worth the beating :lol: :lol:
Sodahave you anymore?
cool shots Merv .for me no. 3 is the best shot .
the lighting in no 1 is too confusing if that makes sense
and no 2 I think the contrast from one side of the face to the
other is too great
FranNice set Merv. Number three for me; the shadows look
terrific and brilliant detail in the hair…Rob.
Thanks Folks!
We had a lot of fun doing this (There were 3 photogs, 1 of whom is not on here, and another that is, we may or may not see their stuff).
Light wise, it was all portable flash units – mixture of canon and nikon, softboxes and bare flash units with gels. And lots of experimentation!
I like #3 myself, but I also felt it was just done to a formula if you know what I mean. Given the topic, I’m going to try again and list it different, I’m not giving up on the hard lighting yet! :-)
Merv.
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