Originally Posted by onzedge ^^^ Questionable subject matter, but very nice photographic work. +1 sir (blank rep from droid)
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02-23-2012, 06:41 PM | #526 (permalink) |
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Just another shot of my work at the salon:
Please feel free to offer feedback! I would actually appreciate it because I am trying to improve the quality of my images. Is it pretty good or does it suck? What needs to be improved or changed? How's the post-production? Too much? Not enough? Should I HDR it? (kidding) What's good about it so I can keep doing those things? Thanks!
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I'd say it looks pretty good LunaZ
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Lighting is a little tricky for me. I'm not working with strobes and my hours never coincide with natural light, so I'm rocking Home Depot shop lights, a reflector and a camera mounted speedlite with a Gary Fong diffuser.
I got really creative this weekend and balanced a reflector on top of my backdrop frame to create the effect of a hair light. It actually worked quite well. I think the different temperatures of the all the lights I'm using is throwing things off. I've turned my white balance down to a cooler temperature to try to compensate. I'd like to add strobes with softboxes to my kit, but I want to make sure I understand what I'm doing with them before I write that check. You just reminded me I need to check that this new monitor is calibrated correctly!
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Yea, my only advice for you would be to look into lighting setups. a proper lighting setup is also beyond my knowledge as well. But it's clear from seeing the work that many do with their setups it really does take this type of work to the next level. I'm curious do you check out any photography forums? I would check out photography-on-the.net
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I've taken school I.D. And portraits before and our general set up was three strobes with soft boxes. We would place one behind our back drop to illuminate it, and 2 in front at 45 degree angles to the subject. For the 2 in front, One was higher than the other to illuminate their hair and sometimes have to adjust the height according to glare from glasses and such.
We used a light meter to ensure they were the same levels of output but you can just judge that on your computer/LCD and take a few test shots then adjust if you don't have a light meter. Using 2 lights from the front you will probably want them positioned between four and six feet from the subject at 45 angles. For limited budgets, if you are only using one strobe you will want the largest soft box you can get to spread light across the entire subjects face and not cast a harsh shadow on your background and get it as close to the subject as you can also aiding to smooth the light.
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A side effect of too much light on the image is that besides blowing it out, it takes aways depth. The overall composition is good but the lighting isn't lending the artistic merit any proper due! In a controlled interior such as a studio (or wherever), strobes offer the most control over light. Especially strobes with variable power settings complete with softening the light through softboxes. |
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Thanks for all the great feedback, guys. I really appreciate it!
Guess it's time to invest in some proper lighting if I want to get what I'm expecting from my shots!
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