I didn't mention that I was short one reflector so some fill lighting was provided by my sister holding a shiny foil baking tray below and in front of Sophie. :-)
So that was one reason for the tight framing: had to keep Megan out of the shot. And then there was the way-too-close and improperly wrinkled backdrop. Sigh. :-/ Thanks! On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Especially nice lighting, Bruce. She fills the frame nicely if somewhat > tightly. > > Jack > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:14 AM > Subject: Re: PESO b&w portrait of Sophie > > Thanks, Larry. > > On the skin: I'm a sucker for using the red filter in b&w conversions > of portraits, like film shooters did back in the day. Smooths out skin > tones and gives a luminous quality, not unlike IR. > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 09:44:32PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> She went back to being a kid again for this one. >>> >>> http://flic.kr/p/fDr2Sh >> >> lovely expresion. Nice separation from the background. >> >> her skin is so clear and white, it almost looks like she was >> photographed in infrared. >> >>> >>> K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8; 3 flashes, 2 reflectors; Lr, Ps, Nik Silver Efex Pro >>> >>> Comments enjoyed. >>> >>> -- >>> -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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -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.
