Might be a trick of the light or shadows about the lazy eye look, but I'll check other shots for that possibility.
She probably was a bit tense. I'm still working on the photog/subject communication thing. I always seem to be working with a new (usually technical) challenge so working on keeping the subject relaxed takes the backseat. She's used to appearing as a host on TV, but not one-on-one as a model. She's also used to be being the one in the driver's seat, from her years as a producer. I can imagine she was thinking about how she'd have done it much of the time! :-) But she wants to try more shoot ideas, so I get another chance at losing the tension. Thanks, Paul! On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great job on the light. But your model seems to be tense. Her brow appears > to be slightly furrowed and her jaw is set. I always tell models to let > every muscle in their face unwind completely. Total relaxation. Otherwise, > most tense up. She also appears to have a lazy eye. Her right eye is locked > on the lens, but her left eye appears to be checking out your footwear. > Still, very good work by you. > Paul > > On May 24, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > > Was introduced to a lovely lady who wanted to do a creative shoot. I > > suggested Hollywood glamour ala George Hurrell and she said yeah ... > > > > http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7262010996/lightbox/ > > > > This is the first of a few I'll be retouching. The goal was B&W, but I > > couldn't resist keeping this one colour. > > > > The shoot took place yesterday in The Gallery Studio Cafe in New > > Toronto. There's a piano, which of course we made use of, and a nicely > > decorated bar with a big ol' espresso machine, which also made it into > > some shots. We basically had the run of the place. Dorothy enlisted > > two of her ex-colleagues (she was an on-air personality with a talk > > show on Rogers cable TV) for makeup and hair and they did a superb > > job. I have BTS shots of the two of them working on Dorothy > > simultaneously. > > > > I wanted to get the "focussed-light with rapid fall-off" look typical > > of George Hurrell's work, so I used the ring-light-in-a-softbox that I > > created especially for the shoot and tested on my wife last week. > > George used multiple big hotlights with fresnel lenses to get his > > look, so we clearly would only be able to approximate it but I think > > we didn't do too badly. He also spent hours dodging and burning to get > > his deep shadows and body contouring, so at least that part I'll be > > able to emulate accurately! :-) > > > > K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 39mm/f:8.0, 100 ISO, 125th sec. > > AF160 ringlight in 18" Westcott Apollo softbox on monopod, held above > > and in front of subject's face. > > AF540 in 42" silvered umbrella for fill, camera-left. > > AF540 with snoot for hair, well back camera-right. > > Cowboy Studios radio triggers. > > Lr and Ps for post and retouching. > > > > Comments welcome! > > > > -- > > -bmw > > > > -- > > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
