On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 04:08:48PM -0400, Kenneth Waller wrote: > > It is so obviously a portrait, I don't understand why it was shot in > landscape mode. The blank space on the RHSide is distracting.
Actually it was shot to check the exposure, primarily of the background. I cropped it that way because I happen to like portraits with a lot of negative space, and to cut out the backdrop stands and other detritus that was in the original shot. But, I was willing to try a more conventional crop, do you like this one better? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9430436915/in/set-72157634890993590/ > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est. > >Subject: PESO, while setting up the lights > > > >One of my favorite photos from the shoot a few nights ago came while I > >was just setting up the lights and setting the exposure. Sophia was > >just sitting on her stool, biding her time while I futzed with the > >camera and took test shots to set the exposure. > >The backdrop was white seamless paper, with red gelled strobes > >flashing at the back of it. There was a key light camera right, > >and a fill camera left. > > > >There is something about this shot that I really like even though > >there was no thought as to posing or anything beyond "is the lighting > >correct" when I took it. > > > >It took a fair bit of processing to bring the color out of the background > >in lightroom. If I brought the exposure up properly for Sophia, then > >the red totally washed out. > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9427045630/in/set-72157634890993590 > > > >Comments, as always are welcome. Particularly for things I could do to > >improve the processing. > > > >ISO 80, f/8, 1/80 second > > > >Exposure +1.65, highlights -51, shadows +40, blacks -11 > >adjustment brush exposure -2.49 saturation 60 with fading in > >around her and at the edges. > > > >-- > >Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > -- > 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] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
