On a 2nd look, I believe I see that a gold reflector was employed camera-right in the brick-wall-parallel-sun shots, so shadows are in fact filled.
I almost never use a pure gold reflector anymore, especially in the sun, as its effect is *way* too strong and makes the subject look like they applied a few bottles of instant tan. A silver/gold weave reflector is a better choice. The first image is the most problematic for me, and I understand you had nothing to with that since the director setup the shot. I'd have taken care to angle the model so her body faced the sun more, at 45 degrees or so. This would have avoided that odd effect where her right breast is casting a deep shadow across her left. Then I'd have used a white or silver reflector to avoid the bright orange fill thing. You can easily warm the image with a WB adjustment later. On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Don Guthrie <[email protected]> wrote: > The model you like was the hardest for me to get the look I liked and I > finally got her in an off moment. > > Yes the harsh light was part of this exercise which was fine with me as I > don't shoot in a studio and a lot of my impromptu on the street portraits > are in the sun. I do have some more to post that were taken in shade and > indoors. > > The indoor ones were taken in various types of light to work on our > perception of white balance. > > Thanks for looking, I know you have experience in this field and I'm glad to > have your views. > > > > > [email protected] wrote: >> >> Message: 12 Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 09:09:13 -0400 From: Bruce Walker >> <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: Re: Model Shoot Message-ID: >> <cajuu0cdda9468mh0vt0esx-062aektrdrpzr9joqnocxben...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Looks like a fun shoot, Don. My >> >> fave shot is the 1st in the 2nd row: turquoise necklace and earrings. It >> looks like the sun must have gone past the corner of the wall by then so >> you had open shade. I'm surprised the "director" didn't get somebody to >> hold a reflector to open up the shadows a bit and soften the light. The >> strong, contrasty light in many of the images is quite unflattering, I >> think. On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Don Guthrie >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >I took a photo class in MPLS MN this weekend. Digital Days. The class >>> >featured young models for indoor & outdoor shots. I hadn't brought any >>> >fast glass and used my 55-300 which worked ok on the outdoor shots. >>> > >>> >If you like any of these, all credit goes to models and makeup people >>> >and the posing director. My contribution was to to focus and snap. >>> >Comments welcomed. >>> > >>> >>> > >https://www.icloud.com/journal/#3;CAEQARoQn8XTh-uXMpc7xwghEswdJg;B44CAA69-E2F6-4E2E-A27B-2CDFF575AA8E >>> > >>> >I hope this link works for all of you this time. >>> > >>> >-- >>> >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.
