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Anna Halloween Fairy
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Some shots taken at Halloween of Anna, who I’ve posted shots of in the past. She is the easiest person, child or adult, I’ve ever photographed, just loves the camera. Future model methinks :wink:
Anyway..simple home studio set up consisting of 1 x SB800, 1 x White reflector and 1 x cheap backdrop material and a couple of cushions… :D
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Fantastic.
Usually I’ll have a look around an image to see if I can spot
something that could be improved upon. Not out of any sort of badness
you understand, merely as a way of training my eye as part of the
ongoing process of improving my own work. Then sometimes you come
across an image that just works straight away, whether it has faults or
not. Or sometimes, though rarely, you come across three in a row
that work. I’m well impressed Robbie.Rob.
Thanks Guys…. 8)
Rob… I’m truly chuffed…I always expect the 100% honest critique from you…and sometimes it’s frustrating when I think I’ve nailed it..and you go and find something that I missed…hehe!!
So It means a lot. Although there are one or two things I’d like to change….but I’m damned if I’m gonna mention them now… :wink:
Have to get me a proper home studio lighting set-up when I suddenly come into extra money… 8)
They look good to me too Robbie-
difficult high key setup too-Those one or two things-
they wouldn’t include the central eye reflections?I stopped using the CLS for portraits because of that-
though Si gave me a tip that I haven’t tried yet-Tape a piece of unexposed developed slide film over the camera flash-
Presumably it cuts out the visible light-
but allows triggering via the infra red part of the spectrum-Been meaning to test it for a while now…
j
Well ya already know what I think,
But let me state my unqualified amazement here too~~just because it is a testimony to how one does improve as he studies with determination (and obsession)
It was a year ago that you you bought your first camera. I have a lot of those pics!
This is your best work in my opinion so far (that you’ve shared)
Charming, well composed, perfectly lit, and well processed.
If I were the jealous type, it would be the end of you and me :lol:
Sharon
As rob said,brilliant,and she is definitly a natural,just goes to show,you dont need expensive studio lighting to capture great portraits.
Sean.
Robbie just seen these a great set, particularly the first one.
Watch out for Shaz I sense a small hint of jealousy, your wife doesn’t read these does she :lol: :lol:
all joking a side brilliant set.Soda
Joseph…I’m pretty sure I set the onboard flash to –, which is presumably meant to stop it having any effect on the finished shot and just trigger the SB800. But I guess the evidence suggests otherwise. That sounds like an interesting tip, I’ll test it over the weekend and see does it work.
The other thing that I tried to change with limited success was the slight blue cast on the background. I used the new Black and white colour mixer in CS3 Raw and did manage to tone it down from the original shot, but I couldn’t manage to get a true white background. In the end it isn’t that big a deal in this case, but depending on the subject it could be.
Seem to remember seeing Guy Gowan run through a process for the same kind of thing on one of his DVD’S, but the damn things have gone missing on me…one of the joys of having children… :wink:
Carl…the wife probably doesn’t…but she’s used to me and my legion of female admirers by now anyway..hahaha!!! :lol: :lol:
I would imagine the the Nikon uses a variation of the Off the Film (OTF) metering pioneered by Olympus with the OM2 in the late seventies-
The onboard flash acts as controller-
and exposure is limited by flash duration.The remote flash will fire for the same duration as the onboard flash,
during the exposure.While this may have negligible effect for distant subjects,
it does seem to be registered on reflective objects-
such as the eyes, at portrait distance-The onboard flash wont make much difference to the overall exposure,
since the remote flash will supply more light;
presumably that’s what Nikon imply when they refer to the — setting,
but those central catchlights are definitely annoying-j
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