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Vanessa
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Hi
Comments and feedback welcome,shot straight from the can with only border added.
Ben
dont know much about studio work or models/fashion
the stool spoils it for me
other than that it looks finethomas wrote:
the stool spoils it for me
I can’t see a stool.
Looks like a lovely photo. Her skin appears tanned in a most unIrish way, but apart from that, gorgeous.
Gorgeous model Ben, and gorgeous pose. Not enough light in front of the model for my liking though
and she seems to fall away into the shadows a little too much. It just seems to be lacking that bit of zing
that some extra light might help achieve, something to lift her away from the backdrop a bit more.Rob.
Thanks for commenting guys,was under the watchful eye of a master(Allinthemind). First time really to play with shadows as have being only doing flat lighting so far. Must say Simon is a true gent and a enjoyable person to be around..so much energy. Anyways here’s another one of Vanessa(First time really in front of a camera and what a natural)
Ben
Lovely model you got yourself there. The second image is by far the better of the two. Whilst the first image is pleasing to look at it’s not what I would call exciting. Echoing Rob’s comments, it lacks zing and that’s just down to the lighting and the fact that it appears to be underexposed. If you pull the image into Photoshop and then select just her face using the elliptical marquee tool then open the levels tool (Ctrl-L) the histogram will probably biased to the left hand side. The pose looks quite elegant though, so positive marks for that!
The second image is great and has good eye contact. Two minor gripes however. If you had introduced a hairlight coming from the top left to give her hair more defined separation from the background I think it would have helped a lot. The other thing is to talk to the model more. I know this was probably not easy given the fact that you busy taking in what Simon was saying to you but Vanessa looks less than engaged with the photographer/viewer in this image. It’s more of a “I hope this ends soon” type of look. That’s not uncommon with models that have little or no experience but it’s not the models fault – it’s our job as photographers to get them out of that and “bring them to life” so to speak. Do another shoot with her with the new knowledge you have and I’m sure you’ll see a difference!
Second one’s a cracker ben. Thorstens suggestion re. a hair light would make quite a difference, but that doesn’t
take away from what’s a really well shot image. Nice work, and as before, stunning model.Rob.
Thorsten wrote:
The second image is great and has good eye contact. Two minor gripes however. If you had introduced a hairlight coming from the top left to give her hair more defined separation from the background I think it would have helped a lot. The other thing is to talk to the model more. I know this was probably not easy given the fact that you busy taking in what Simon was saying to you but Vanessa looks less than engaged with the photographer/viewer in this image. It’s more of a “I hope this ends soon” type of look. That’s not uncommon with models that have little or no experience but it’s not the models fault – it’s our job as photographers to get them out of that and “bring them to life” so to speak. Do another shoot with her with the new knowledge you have and I’m sure you’ll see a difference!
Thanks for advise Thorsten,maybe this relects more of what your talking about,last one dont think the falsh popped!!
Ben
Hey Ben, Love the feel to the first shot. I agree with some of the other comments though, i’m not entirely sure here about the lighting but i appreciate you only used one light. The pose and angles are great, but i am left wondering what exactly we are supposed to be looking at: the model, the dress, the shoes, the complete package.? The portraits are very much conventional portraits, nothing wrong with that at all but i’d love to see you get into more into the lines of editorial.
Hi Ben,
First shot; You got the mood you were after, the angles/framing isn’t quite on although the arm to leg curve is fab. I agree about being a touch dark, good shadow placements though.
Second shot; Good shadow placement, just a bit “dull”, for me.
Third shot; Hairlight a little low perhaps? A touch higher so as to “skim” her hair would have worked better for me. The shadow placement, head angle and expression are spot-on! This was an exercise in symmetry and rapport and full-marks to you. Compositionally, you have a great lead-out, there was another like this, cropped tighter to the left hand side which worked better, if I remember correctly. I’m sure you’ll post a few more. :)
All best
Si
Each image is better than the previous one. Keep this up and you’ll be posting real crackers! Agree with Simon about the hairlight being a bit low. How do you fix that when you can’t keep moving the light whenever the model moves? One way would be to use a baffled softbox or even a large honeycombed reflector fitted to the flash. This will give you a broader area of light to work in; the baffles or honeycomb will keep the light travelling straight and prevent it from spilling on to other parts of your subject.
Proverbial nail on the head there thorsten,very true as my honeycomb was given to a friend that day,really find the snoot very harsh sometimes and can be really hit and miss as you said about moving models even with minor adjustments. Ali: Still pretty much learning to walk :wink: as regards playin with shadow so really just got her to go through the classic poses just for demonstration,although have another session coming up soon so maybe i might push the boat out that time now that my hunger has being re-awakened. :wink:
Ben
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