There was a thread this week about shooting when someone is wearing a hat.
I have always admired Jim Rickards and his wonderful knowledge and so I felt the need to give it a try.
This was taken in the same narrow hallway as the image I did earlier this week.
It is an attempt to capture an image without an inappropriate shadow under a hat.
The umbrella is positioned for what I feel is a realistic distribution of the light.
First I had to find a hat, and this made the evening that much more enjoyable for me.
Since his death, I have kept a hat that my grandfather wore.
I always remember him looking so dapper when he wore the hat.
I apologize for the age and the look of the hat, but it works so well for these shots.
In honor of him, I had to shoot a black and white, all my pictures are him are that way.
So the first is "tip of the hat" to Jim if you will To show that a little planning makes an everything a lot easier.
- ( of coarse I would be remiss not to thank Chuck for all the things he has taught me ).
MadelineLC wrote:
I like the first one, my god u have gorgeous eyes!
I bet he has heard that before!
Good in the first image...eyes look good, expression good,
The second image is missing most of the hat....and the expression is not as "friendly" and the light is higher value (so more on face and brighter image) and that...
I prefer 1.
Keep up the SP work. It is always a challenge....but at least you don't have to coerce the subject.
I also prefer the 1st image, and I think it would look good in B&W as well. I have to agree with the critique about cutting off the top of that hat too....did you crop it, or is that how the shot was taken?
I appreciate the words, Steve, but keep in mind that a lot of what I've learned was right here on this forum, from Chuck Gardner mainly (lots of good stuff on his site) and from others that post here. The rest is just being a keen observer.
You colour shot is nice. You've produced a border around the face - hat on top, shouders down below and the vertical line on the side. It works to accentuate the subject.
Keeping the umbrella at eye level like that has solved the "shadow under the hat" problem. The danger, I suppose is getting the "up the nose" lighting, which you didn't do (at least to my eye).
I like the amount of hat you show in #1. It keeps the eyes high in the frame (not centered). Showing all of the hat might shift the attention there.
Good job in the 2nd shot too. Not as much smile, but you're mixing it up, right?
Really nice job, Steve. Keep those shots coming - more SP's or co-workers, whatever.
Hey guys - thanks for all the comments,
remember the hat is a prop and was not the focus of the shot. ( though maybe I will do that soon ). I was working on not having a shadow underneath the hat. The hat was a trigger point which made for a fun evening.
I have some more to post later, just wanted to toss these out.
I like the first shot the most, but your experiment with the lighting was a success. It appears that fb 1 learned from you. He did an excellent job on lighting his hat too.
farley wrote:
I like the first shot the most, but your experiment with the lighting was a success. It appears that fb 1 learned from you. He did an excellent job on lighting his hat too.
Not only is he better at lighting, he makes his models look better too
