#1 i find the shadow of her hair on the right side of her face a bit distracting. same thing with the stray hair in front of her left eye. pretty good lighting though.
#2 could probably use a bit more fill light.
#3 i don't find the light set up very flattering on this one. generally speaking, light coming from the bottom produces a ghost type of image kinda like when you shine a flash light from the bottom of your face. watch the shadow of her nose.
#4 my fave and i think it's the best one, although i don't like the background much because of the line you see above her head.
Hey everyone - thanks for the comments, appreciate it.
I think I agree with all the critcism thus far and I will work on correcting my mistakes at the next shoot. I must say though, that as I go through these shots I am quite impressed with the results - imagine if I had one of those fancy 20D's.
Thanks again, and keep the comments coming.
Here are some more.
Edited by Beernuts on Sep 15, 2005 at 02:07 AM GMT
As for the lighting setup, all shots except for 1 and 2 were done with a single Alien Bee B800 w/ a large softbox. Shots one and two had background light (Alein Bee B400) off to the right. Scott can correct me if I'm wrong on this.
For your first these are very good. On the first group of pictures, I'd say on #1 try cleaning up that stray hair in her face and on the last one in the first clump of pictures a tighter crop on the top would seem to be a little better IMO...maybe even clone the line that is sticking out of her head out.
It was delightful to work with you on Tuesday. Thanks for coordinating the shoot with the models. Katharine, Ashley, and Summer were fun! Here are a few quick shots of mine
Oh and I gotta add, maybe it's not perfect *ahem* "technique", but I like the fact that her face has some shadow cast by her nose/features - eliminating those features makes shots look boring and flat in my opinion. It gives people that fake look and pushes them one step closer to all looking like the same person. Shadows usually = drama!
