Good posing and a good capture of expression. Obviously a good rapport with the model, lack of which can be a real killer of a portrait session.
The main light looks a little too low, giving an "uppishness" to the light and shadow effects. The catchlights in Jess's eyes show that most of the softbox was below her head, whereas most of it should be above her head, with only enough below to moderate the shadows which should naturally fall downward. So you see too much highlight under the tip and bridge of her nose and her top lip has a shadow line above it. I also think it was too far away, a soft box's diffusion is diminished by too much distance, which is why the light isn't wrapping as smoothly into the shadows as it should, why dimples and small defects are visible, and why people are commenting about dark shadows. Still, it's a good shot worth looking at. Regards, Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > David Savage > Sent: Tuesday, 31 March 2009 2:31 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO - Jess (one for the lads) > > G'day All, > > Last one for now & this one is on topic because I actually used a > Pentax camera & lens: > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/3399052492/> > > Direct link (~135kb) > > <http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3570/3399052492_fffd1462ec_o.jpg> > > K20D, FA77mm f1.8, f8 @ 1/100, ISO 100. > > 3 light set-up. 2 flagged lights firing onto the white background > metered @ f11. Large(ish) softbox camera left. > > Enjoy. > > Cheers, > > Dave > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
