I missed this the first time around. On Feb 23, 2011, at 2:14 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote:
> Thanks Boris. Valid point :-) > The idea was to use the chair as a prop. It's a nice old chair, with > nice texture. > I think i forgot about it during the process. There is a lot to think > about when you are the one making the light and aren't used to it. > > For now, I might tone the chair down a bit in PP. > > -- > MaritimTim > > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ > > > > 2011/2/23 Boris Liberman <[email protected]>: >> Tim, I am not studio shooter, so take my opinion with proper weight. Both >> pictures are competent with the first being really good in my eyes. The >> second one has a chair back growing out of model's right ear. But that, as >> you can see, has nothing to do with studio per se, more with common >> photography. >> >> Please keep them coming. I am thinking that you would have lots of fun and >> many good pictures would come out of your work. >> >> Boris >> >> >> On 2/23/2011 1:27 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: >>> >>> http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/02/first-steps-in-studio.html >>> >>> Far from perfect, and not very artistic, but IMO a nice start. Very nice start. >>> What I'm really happy with is that I made my SO relax in front of the >>> camera. That's quite an achievement :-) >>> >>> What I've already learned is to take ambient light into consideration. >>> It out powered the flashes in the shadows and made some ugly colour >>> casts. >>> Next time I'll turn most of the ambient light off. This will also give >>> me deeper shadows to play with. What are you using for flashes? Manual studio flashes or p-ttl? For studio work I generally prefer manual. The rule of thumb is that with a strobe aperture controls the light from the strobe and shutter speed controls the ambient light. I like the lighting on both, and the fact that she is relaxed. The second one doesn't seem to have the focus right on the eye. I've found that if you can control where the light from the strobe goes, you don't even need a black background because nothing that isn't lit by the strobe will be visible. I'm also writing something for people I photograph on how to do a portrait session. I've got the drafts up on facebook, and was going to run my slightly more polished notes by the list for feedback. The main point that the most critical thing, in my mind, is getting the subject to relax. The lighting is fairly simple to learn and can often be corrected in post processing. >>> >>> -- >>> MaritimTim >>> >>> http://maritimtim.blogspot.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. >> > > -- > 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. -- 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.
