I'm sure you've seen Hurrell's work, if you've seen any b&w shots of Hollywood stars.
https://www.google.com/search?q=george+hurrell&tbm=isch I agree her hair needs to be revealed more, and I need to brighten her eye as well, per Paul's suggestion, so I'm off to do some dodge'n'burn. :-) Thanks, Bob! On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bruce, > I don't know George Hurrell's style at all, but I enjoyed the photo. > For such a glamorous shot, I miss her luxurious hair...needs light! > Regards, Bob S. > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> > 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.
