On Mar 27, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > P N Stenquist wrote: >> I rarely post photos from jobs, but I kind of like the way this one worked >> out. It's for the website of an engineering consulting firm. I wanted a shot >> with the CEO in the foregorund and his assistants behind him. I couldn't use >> the ceiling as a reflector, because it was black, but I wanted the orange >> wall in this lobby location. I used one light firing into an umbrella about >> three feet to right of camera and about 8 feet high. A second light is >> tucked into a hallway just to the right of the third person in frame. It's >> firing into an umbrella and getting lots of bounce from the hall's white >> walls and ceiling. A third light set at very low power is behind the trio >> and firing against the wall. >> K7, DA* 16-50. f11 @ 1/125th, ISO 200, 50mm focal length >> It's here, temporarily: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10852379&size=lghttp://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10852379&size=lg >> > > I really like how you arranged and lit that, Paul. You managed to get > everyone close together without being "chummy". > > One minor niggle: the bright orange wall behind the dark brown hair of the > 2nd assistant is giving her a kind of odd burnt orange halo. I think some > Photoshopping of the loose hairs around her head would fix that. > > -bmw > Thanks Bruce. I'll take a look at that and patch it up a bit. The third person is just a tiny bit soft here, but that may be a plus since she's the fussiest about her appearance. I shot some at f13, but the guy in front didn't give me a good look. I may do a head transplant for the final version:-). Paul > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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