Thank you kindly, Christine. On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > What a fun portrait, lots of personality and very flattering. > No wonder she's pleased! > > :) > -c > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Meet Marzenia, aka Marzi, an out of work graphic designer and my > > wife's new gardening assistant. For the last few months she has > > completely rejected the notion of sitting for a portrait despite a > > number of queries. I thought she had a unique, interesting look and > > told her so, but she insisted that she always looked terrible in > > photos and she hated getting her picture taken. > > > > But I kept after her. Finally, after we explained that I just needed > > somebody to help me practice some lighting ideas and I promised that > > all she'd need to do was "sit there", she agreed to a shoot last > > Thursday. > > > > And here's the standout shot from that session: http://goo.gl/hrPwz > > > > K20D, DA* 55/1.4, f/11, 125th, ISO 200. > > AF160 macro ring flash, AF540 in an umbrella camera-right. > > > > Post-processing was Lightroom 3.6 for some basic tweaks, and Photoshop > > CS5 for some minor retouching. I ran Portraiture on almost the lowest > > settings for skin cleanup. The ring flash did a remarkable job of > > hiding complexion problems. Used like this it's a tremendous glamour > > light, as I was hoping it would be. > > > > I also got the chance to use my poor-man's tethering setup: a disused > > PowerBook running an Automator script I cooked up displayed the shots > > real-time as they came off the Eye-Fi card in the K20D. It was > > terrific seeing the actual lighting changes as I reconfigured the > > setup. > > > > So now, amazingly, Marzi is enquiring when the next shoot will be and > > hoping it's soon. :) > > > > > > Comments are gratefully received.
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