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Barbarella – the ‘almost’ perfect model.
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Barbie does not give any backchat, she is always on time and very reasonable rates. Always willing to do TFP. Doesn’t take ages with her make up etc. The only drawback is her lack of variation in expression, but in my experience she is not alone in that regard….. :P Permanent additon to BPIC camera club equipment.
Noticed this on folio… really nicely lit. But the skin processing is awful :wink:
Seriously though, very well captured. Work on the rapport and it would be just about perfect.
ciaran wrote:
….Work on the rapport and it would be just about perfect.
She seemed to hate my one-liners. And I got into positions with this particular model, that I have never been in before with anyone, never mind a model…… :lol: :lol: She was not easy to piece together!?
As a lighting exercise I think things like this are perfect. I spent time with Si Young in Gloucester a good while back doing a tutorial with him. So there I was.. expecting a beautiful model with signature nipple popping out, to walk into the room. Instead I was greeted by his garden gnome :? Ok, it wasn’t as much fun shooting him, but it does allow you really refine your lighting technique. Nice work again.
Very cool Ross. Good idea to use this for practice.
Out of interest. What’s the lighting setup for a shot like that ?
I took this at the club a couple of weeks ago, when giving a demonstration on studio lighting. From memory I think this was a very simple set up – one softbox aimed from behind the mannequin (ie further round than 90 degrees) and then a silver reflector close in to fill the shadows on the right hand side of the face. I was encouraging people to take pictures without, and then with, the reflector, to see the difference it makes. Actually on the camera lcd screen, the difference looked reasonably ‘subtle’ but when viewed on the computer it was a fairly dramatic difference, as you might expect. So it taught me a lesson too – the lcd screen should not be relied on as much as we tend to, when shooting digital. The histogram is much more accurate when you know how to read it properly.
Here is another mannequin shot – this time with another light at the right hand side. In this one the lights are both ‘behind’ the mannequin, coming in very much from the side. All that is lighting the front of the face is reflected light. I’m not sure if I would like the lack of light in the eyes on a real subject, but I do like this in any event.
This is a great way of practising lighting a face. In terms of angles and relative tones. Gnorman the Gnome, sadly, is no longer with us Ciaran. Zac and an air-pellet were involved in his demise.
I now use a polystyrene head from a wig shop with makeup on. :)
All best
Si
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