Larry Colen wrote:
I'm afraid that my model is nowhere near as attractive as the recently
posted Tina or Casey.
I did a photoshoot today in my backyard studio. Garry saw my post on a
website that I was looking for people to practice portraiture on.
It was my first real shoot using my backyard studio. I.e. with the
clear plastic canopy over my dancefloor.
The first three shots are ambient light, just using the clear plastic
as a diffuser, the last two are with strobes.
We were having problem with glare, so I sent Zab out to get some
makeup while we reviewed some of the pictures. Looking at the final
shots, I have a lot to learn about makeup.
We started out the set using Home Depot Canvas tarps as backdrops,
then I turned 90 degrees to use the redwoods as a background. They
worked a lot better.
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622663186590/
Feedback is appreciated.
I think these all look very good, Larry. I prefer the first and the
third, with the 1st getting the nod for a very natural expression. I
must say you get really nice even light from your canopy. And you are
so lucky to be able to do outside portraits with a redwood background!
(Any outside portraits I do right now would involve raincoats and bare
trees.)
My problem with the flash shots is just that I think the lighting is
*too* even. I think you want to reveal more character, especially with
male subjects, so you could use overall even light to illuminate the
scene and some hard light from a smaller source angled to give his face
more definition.
Just my 2 cents, discounted for my own noob level. :-)
-bmw
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