So twice a year I get to work with a local hair salon/school. Some of the creations that the students bring forward a pretty cool and it gives me a chance to break the mould of shooting weddings. C&C always welcomed.
You're clearly a pro. The studio work, in particular, is top. I'll bet the school is thrilled. I sure wish I knew how to achieve these white-background results. Excellent.
Great work - Overall score is absolutely fabulous; but I do have a couple of nits to pick...
#1 - The left hand raised over her head has the appearance of a poorly trimmed cutout. It could be easily fixed in post
#2 - The white dress gets lost in the white background.
#11 - The white dress being lost against a white background is worse in this one than in #2. Also the way she is perched on the rather small post leaves me wondering where her other leg is. It looks like it should be visible to the left and hanging down to the floor as the main supporting leg.
#12 - The edge of the bench has a distracting white spot under her extended leg. That could also be easily fixed in post.
John - White background is pretty straight forward. I this case I had a strobe dedicated to the background and no modifier on it. That's it
Yogi - #1 I'm not sure what you mean here
#2/#11 I agree that the white BG isn't idea here, but we had to use the same background for all shots so some concessions had to be made. She is balancing both feet on the log that was levelled with a flip-flop lol.
#12 noted.
If you look closely you will see a white area that is much lighter than the light grey BG. It runs alongside the forearm on the lower edge from elbow to wrist and also along the lower edges of a couple of the fingers. It reminds me of the effect you got on copies in the old days when cut & paste meant scissors and glue. It caused an outlining that would have to be fixed with some whiteout to eliminate the slight shadowing of the edges of the cutout.
BTW, I think I just gave my age away with that "scissors & glue" comment. -
