Hey, Larry, thanks! I agree with you re distracting hard edged shadows. As always with my shoots I experiment and push my boundaries. In this shoot I wanted to purposely mix soft and hard light and the risk is that I'd end up with some fishy shadows. It depends on the angle of the light, the pose, and what surface is opposite the subject from the light source. In some shots it was all perfect, but in many I was not so lucky. I tried to arrange the spill from the key hard light to land out of the scene, but not always possible in a small set like we had.
But as it happens, this style of lighting is favoured by the fans of this vintage genre, so they won't notice so much. And the better shots were submitted to the mag. Most of them worked out better than these ones did. I learned much from this shoot and I'll be refining my technique for the next, you can be sure. :) On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Tiny, full-figured pin-up model Holly Harlott wears vintage bullet >> bras, girdles, real nylons, and other dainties in this fun shoot I did >> last Monday. Most of the shots have been submitted to a vintage fans >> publication, but these extra ones are public. >> >> One shot is a little NSFW as it's sheer black fabric over boobies. >> >> >> http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/post/139392504892/from-a-shoot-with-model-holly-harlot-stylist >> >> 645Z, both 55mm and 90mm macro, 100 ISO, mostly f:11, 1/125th sec. >> >> Three lights in the most complex glamour style setup I've done to >> date. Sheers used to create a giant 6 foot by 9 foot softbox, a 5 foot >> stripbox for accenting, and a 7" gridded reflector for highlighting >> model's face. >> >> Styling by Julia of Gigi's House of Frills. >> Makeup and hair by Judi Willrich. >> Set design, lighting, photos and retouch by me. >> >> Comments welcome, of course. >> > Lovely model, great concept. > > I'm afraid to say that I think that the shadows might have one this round. A > lot of the shadows are a bit too hard edged for my taste. The one on the > wall behind her when she's standing, in particular. > http://41.media.tumblr.com/d0fe27a5a86a32e02be579ea4a80ea77/tumblr_o2m9gs90O01rdwvm9o2_1280.jpg > > In a couple others, the ones on her neck and/or shoulder. Mind you, I'm not > saying that I could do better, but I find as a theme those shadows distract > my attention from other, more pleasing aspects of the photos. In general, > they are the shadows from the light on camera left, fairly high > > I nearly really like the one with her back to the camera: > http://41.media.tumblr.com/318fa3967584e9f2dbf8e7f3021e77e3/tumblr_o2m9gs90O01rdwvm9o3_1280.jpg > but the light seems to flatten out her figure rather than define her lovely > curves. The right leg and arm are nice, but I think there is too much fill > on her hips and butt. > > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) 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.
