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K
{K:221} 6/19/2005
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NOT BAD FOR YOU FIRST ATTEMP.. ALSO IVE FOUND JUST THROWING A PIECE OF PAPER OVER THE SPEEDLIGHT HELPS, AND PUT A REFLECTOR ON THE OPOSITE SIDE OF HER FACE... nice image
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Paul Lara
{K:81445} 6/19/2005
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thanks, Daniel!
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AAT SA
{K:4565} 6/19/2005
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nice use of light
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Margaret Sturgess
{K:49403} 6/19/2005
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It's a lovely portrait
Margaret
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Don Loseke
{K:32503} 6/19/2005
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A very good idea bouncing the light. She might be looking up just a bit too much. To achieve the looking up have her look about straight out and then you tip your camera to achieve the tilted back look. Nice skin tones. Don.
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Jeff Fiore
{K:12298} 6/20/2005
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Actually Paul, you did a nice job. When starting to learn lighting, you should start with one light and a reflector and learn all the different ways of using them.
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Mark Julian
{K:35624} 6/20/2005
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Dear Paul, This turned out really good considering that you're just using the speedlight. I feel a bit bad about all that info I went into last time cause i thought you were working with some kinda pro lighting set up (so disregard some of that babble, last thing I want to do is sound like a know - it - all) to be honest, I personally couldn't even pull off something like this with just a speedlight. The main thing is with pro studio flash you get a modeling light so you know EXACTLY how your shadows are gonna fall when your flash goes off (of course with Tungsten you can also do that). I spend a lot of time moving the light (or softbox) around to see how the lights falling on the girl's / model's face (and beyond). So without turning this into a short book. Very good job with just a speedlight and bounce. I do agree with both Jeff and Don above. Also, something my first Fashion Photography teacher at UCLA burned into my brain (so I ALWAYS notice now) is to PS out with the cloning feature all those stray little blonde hairs that are really showing up because of the black backround. In those days there was no PS so it was the hair persons job to keep them down with a bit of water or hair spray (even though I still miss doing that on some of my own stuff when I put it up) He was good. Use to do a lot of the fashion shots for Nordstroms cataloges and ads. One more thing that I do now is use that little PS blur feature for area's like under her right eye to get rid of the shine and the little skin bumps. If you look at that recent shot of mine "Save Me" I did that on that one. With all that said I really would, in the near future (if you want to get into this deeper and can get a few more models for variety) just get a simple tungsten light and silver / gold reflector so you have total control of how you want the light to fall on her face and hair. As I said last time this is REALLY GOOD for your first attempt. I was using a pro set up at my local Jr. College on my first attempt and you should see what a train wreck that was with light going everywhere AND anywhere (my photo teacher on that one was a full time drunk that slept in his car and had serious gum problems-bleeding and such. Not too good on instruction type help.) Anyway, I know how much trial and error goes into lighting so I'm just trying to tell what I know somewhat (hope I'm not banned from those Paul Lara Bar-be-que's that look so good in the shots - I'm hungry, can you tell? One day me and the girlfriend are gonna hop on the 10 and just show up - you never know -LOL) Had a bit of coffee - damn, this is LONG. A 7 / 7 on the Arwa rating scale....I'm gonna go find those BBQ shots, Mark
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Tom Ross
{K:6483} 6/22/2005
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Paul, I think this is very good. Keep working with the light. Develop your own style and expand, and don't listen too much to the "experts" and mindless critics. You have a real camera now, use it to the full potential, but the camera is only a small part of it. Keep it up.
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Paul Lara
{K:81445} 6/22/2005
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Thanks Tom.
I've always felt the camera to be 'just' a tool, but the real work happens in the viewfinder. Heck, I won a major contest with a modest 4MP Kodak!
I hope to continue to learn and grow, but I don't want to be hemmed in by 'my style'.
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alberto baez duarte
{K:8022} 6/26/2005
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Beautiful picture and model...!!!
well done...
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