Jodokast96
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Re: First model shoot... pics inside!
For me, not really. The other two expressions are too similar and make it seem out of place. First shot with a similar look or one of the other ones with a totally different look would do better. Just my opinion of course. |
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Exit
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The speedo grid is great. That's what I have on my dish |
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TigerLord
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Does this work? |
Please comment! |
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TigerLord
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Cool, will await the examples!
Edit: found out by calling Paul C Buff that Speedotron makes a grid so does a forum user. Sent him a PM! |
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Exit
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I use this program
»www.imagenomic.com/pt.aspx
As far as skin goes you have to be aware of who you're shooting for. If you're doing happy slappy beauty stuff then plastic skin is fine, but in general for fashion you don't make them look like plastic. Pimples and scars should be removed, but small hairs and pores should stay.
Skip the softboxes and other stuff and get yourself a grid set and grid for your beauty dish. The light falloff with the grid is what makes the beauty dish so special. Putting a sock on the beauty dish just turns it into a round softbox or umbrella.
Always set the lights as close as you can without actually being in the frame. I'm doing a shoot right now (just waiting for MUA to finish changing looks) so I'll take a picture and show you what I mean |
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jaykaykay
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I am no real critique but do know what I like. You absolutely should be proud of these images and the rest of the shoot. She's a lovely model, but that doesn't mean anything without a good lens handler with good instincts as well as lighting and a myriad of other things. Well done! |
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TigerLord
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10 in? Wow!
Mine was about 40inc.... and either socked or not, but no grid.
I appreciate the critics, especially about the softer skin. I've always appreciated sharp shots a lot, I don't oversharpen my shots imho but the 77mm is so fantastic I'd sell a tiny part of my soul if I had to to keep it!
Anyone can suggest a good plugin or plugin suite for PS? I used the demo of Alienskin Exposure 2 for sepia and B&W (I know you can do it manually with curves but I'm not that good yet). OnOne also has a suite that looks good with a bunch of goodies.
Anyone? |
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Exit
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Put it 10 inches from her face. That's how a gridded beauty dish is meant to be used. In fact your lights should always be as close as possible to the subject. |
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TigerLord
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I wonder how I could make catch lights bigger using a beauty dish? Most shots on the white seamless had it at CR high looking down... |
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Pretorious
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Very well done! The angles of the compositions, lighting and shadowing are all very effective to each individual image and as you already mentioned the model is quite photogenic.
If I were to offer some advice, from many of my past shoots both the models and their agencies prefer a softer skin appearance. I've found that selective sharpening often helps reduce showing too much detail in the skin, particularly closer images of the face where it's easy to make the model look older than they really are. Several methods to smooth the facial areas depend on each individual model and image as to how light or heavy to apply them.
Slightly blurring selective areas of the face usually is a good technique in taking so much detail out of the skin but it's always good to leave things like the eyes, nose, mouth and such features sharp.
I guess it would depend on the individual being photographed, the agency and the photographer as to when and how much of this type of editing should be applied, some even insist that any and all imperfections be completely removed and smoothed out.
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Wayne GphFX
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Your shoot went well and the second post/image is fantastic!
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HFB1217
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She is lovely and your photos do the both of you justice. I agree with Kringle the second shot in muted tones is a really great photo.
I also like the hair flip one. Looking forward to seeing more of your shoot.
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pog
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Great job! I think that last shot is especially nice.
The 50-135mm should be a good fit for you... a little room to either side of the 77mm. 
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Kringle
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My God, I think I'm in love! 
That second shot REALLY does it for me - it's just superb.
Comme on disais dans le bon vieux temps "le Québec sais faire"!!! |
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Jodokast96
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Erial, NJ | reply to TigerLord
You've got a lot to be proud of. |
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I had already asked my best friend Karine, with whom I've been very close since high school, if she would agree to model for me when it would be ready. She is pretty good looking and LOVES to have her picture taken, and on top of it all she is very photogenic. I think she was as excited as I was for today's shoot. And we did! And it was FANTASTIC! I think I will never forget that first day.
You read and see so much, and hope that one day, you will perhaps even approach the smallest fraction of the quality of some photos you are looking at. And today, I did! I still have so much to learn, but I am VERY happy with how this 4 hours shoot turned out. It was nothing very fancy nor extreme, but we had many laughs. She was nervous as hell at first, and I have a few very good "candid bloopers" where she just loses her serious looking model look and explodes in laughter.
I have attached a few of my favorites, and am still going through the 846 exposures I made (though to be honest, I probably won't have more than 30 keepers!)
This is the beginning of a very exciting 10 months. Today I only had 3 lights, one 48" Umbrella and one 22" Beauty Dish to work with. No grid, no snoot, no gels, no softboxes... they will be added to my arsenal eventually as I can afford it. That 77mm FA Limited is absolutely WONDERFUL and I CANNOT wait to get the 50-135mm. My full body shots were made using a 12-24mm (not enough depth for my 77mm) and I'm only half satisfied with the result!
As always I very much always appreciate your comments and criticism! Full shoot is at »www.fcphotog.com/photos/ under portraits->Karine. |
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