Nice example of butterfly lighting. Love the big catch-lights in her eyes. Nits to pick? Although there isn't really a "low" shoulder, this strikes me as a masculine head tilt. (At least I would say it is not a feminine one).
Hands are difficult. Normally if you "break" the wrist the hands/fingers will assume a more "feminine" look. To achieve that, for naturalness sake, that would probably mean that her top hand would be on her bicep, not her forearm. Couple of links for "hands": http://www.joeedelman.com/blog/modeling/how-to-handle-hands/ http://www.joeedelman.com/blog/modeling/how-to-handle-hands-part-2/1668/ On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, thanks Derby! Intimate is what I'm going for. I wasn't setup for > the full high-key Hurley look though; next time. I do love Hurley's > work. > > I agree with complaints about the fingers. The pose was dictating the > framing but I was set on tight, so I compromised. When I retry that I > will re-pose or re-frame rather than crop fingers. I have some other, > looser, shots I will work on but none with that expression I so liked. > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Derby Chang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Just saw this. I like the current style of cropping the top of the head. >> Peter Hurley-esque. It makes the portrait intimate, I think. Not too sure >> about the crop on the fingers though >> >> Gorgeous lighting, nonetheless >> >> >> >> >> On 21/08/2013 2:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >>> Background wrinkles rankle, as do blue nails. Both gone! Have another look >>> ... >>> >>> http://flic.kr/p/fy42fh >>> >>> A straight-forward "studio" portrait of my niece, Sophie. Shot on >>> location in my sister's living room (she's a champ to put up with me >>> rearranging the whole thing). >>> >>> I was also testing my latest money-saving invention: $10 IKEA >>> background support system. Ingredients: One Hugad black curtain rod, >>> 210-385 cm; 2x Betydlig curtain rod brackets, top-slot filed out to >>> fit 1/4" stud on top of light stand; use with two cheap 8' light >>> stands. >>> >>> K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 90mm/f:5, 1/160th, ISO 100; >>> Lr + Ps + Nik + Portraiture >>> >>> Paramount short lighting with reflector fill. AF540FGZ in Westcott >>> Medium Apollo above-left, key; AF540FGZ in 30" umbrella softbox, >>> boomed above behind-right, hair; 42" silver reflector, right. >>> >>> Comments welcome! >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
