Quite nice Larry. But speaking as one who tends to frame too tight, these are framed too tight for my taste. :-)
I like the light quality on her skin in the softbox shot, but she would have benefited from fill from just below to reduce lines and shadow under her eyes. If you have a sock for the 7' brolly you should use it because the specular highlights just make skin issues glaring in such tight closeups as these. I'm really close to springing for a 7' umbrella, and it's going to be the one of the Paul C Buff silver ones with the diffuser sock. I'd use with the sock for close in and without it for outside on a group portrait. On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend's girlfriend wanted to do a photo shoot so they came over tonight. > Before the photoshoot she was very nervous about whether she'd look good > in any of the photos. She ended up being one of my most photogenic models. > > We started the evening using my 24x32 softbox, high and on axis. > I wasn't completely happy with the photos, so I figured out a way to use > my new 7' umbrella, despite the lack of space, and that seemed to help. > > My apologies to Frank, everybody kept their clothes on so I didn't get > any naked photos of her boyfriend. > > K-5, 80-200/2.8, 7' parabolic umbrella as sole light > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11335927694/ > > For contrast (heh!) here's one shot with the soft box: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11335807545/in/set-72157638601804583/ > > For giggles, here's one from when we were setting up: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11335895754/ > > And for Frank, one of Rafi > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11335800744/ > > C&C, as always, welcome. > > -- > 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.
