On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 06:47:00PM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: > Looks like a fun time was had by all, Larry. > > Assuming you were after bright with little shadow, the lighting looks > reasonable to me. > > The most convincing Pin-up shots for me are LRC17144 (the best pinup > pose and expression), LRC16878 and LRC16904.
Scarlet (in the polka dot dress) seemed to have quite the flair for it. > > Next time you collab on pin-ups you should suggest some homework for > everybody. Convincing pin-ups need the right poses, wardrobe and > vintage hair styles. Look up pin-curls and finger-waves in Youtube for > tutorials. Pincurls in particular would have made your model with the > red polka dots look fabulous. For poses and wardrobe ideas search for > paintings by Gil Elvgren and his contemporaries. Thanks for the pointers. > > Some more props would be good too. The umbrella is a good choice. The > cupcake too. There was someone who brought props. The cupcakes were out there as snacks, but they seemed to go well with the dress. > > And omit most or all of the men next time. Pin-up is all about the > women, and teasing the viewer. There is that. Though some of the most fun for everyone was when people were interacting and playing for the camera. I guess we're into reform rather than orthodox pinup. > > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > A friend thought that would be fun to set up a pinup photo shoot at > > her house, with people to do hair, makeup etc. and asked me to be one of > > the photographers. Sorry Frank, all of the primary models were women, > > though we had a couple guys on hand as extras. > > > > I tried shooting with a high key background, used white board from > > home depot for the floor and white seamless for the back. I didn't have > > enough light on the back, so I had issues to deal with in post. Also > > the seams between the floor panels needed to be dealt with in post. > > I did discover that I could drag the spot remover in lightroom to > > remove a line, so that made things easier. > > > > I was never really happy with my lighting, but it wasn't a total failure. > > > > Lighting was a 7' umbrella on the model (no fill light and just > > the room as fill reflector) and a smaller softbox on the background. > > Since the stage was in a corner, I only had one side, and the front > > for setting up lights. > > > > I shot about 1300 frames, and narrowed it down a bit for this set: > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157641128305303/ > > > > Comments and suggestions on improving the lighting appreciated. > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
