Pretty fun. One thing I think you should look at is that the full-body-length shots tend to all be at eye-level and looking down. I think they'd have more impact if you went to a lower, flatter angle with them.
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:23 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > Photographing the dance portraits last Saturday was an interesting > experience. I think that I did eleven photo sessions over a span of about > four hours, which would have been fairly strenuous even if I wasn't > desperately trying to convince myself that I didn't have a cold. > > My lighting setup this time was to use the big white lighting with a > reflector umbrella off camera to the right. With a big mirror along the left > wall, I got more than enough fill. If anything I think that the light was a > bit flat. Though with most of my subjects being middle aged, that may not > have been entirely a bad thing. > > Artistically, I'm not entirely thrilled with the photos, but that wasn't the > goal of the production line environment. The goal was to get at least a few > that each paying customer would like, and I didn't have time for any sort of > equipment tweaking as I went along. > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626009196594/ > > Comments, feedback and helpful suggestions welcome. > > I don't want to burn out the marketplace, but I do want to build a market. I > was thinking of passing up next month, but the theme is mardi gras, so I may > see if I can do something with more dramatic lighting and a black (unlit) > background. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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.
