dmacmillan wrote:
Very nice! Both capture and post is well done. My only nit is the foliage to her left in #2. It is competing with her.
Thanks. I think you mean to her right, since the foliage on that side is pretty bright. At least I hope that's what you mean. The whole scene was relatively contrasty. Maybe I should've moved her over a bit to cover the bright spot.
I guess the fly away hairs never bothered me much, nor blown highlights where appropriate, like backlit hair. But I have removed stray hairs before, particularly in the studio. Maybe there's less of a reason on location depending on the conditions.
Wonderful! Love all of them, and the bonus is she's really got the look.
In my neck of the woods, the gals don't like this type of images for the school photos.
jasonp1 wrote:
Beautiful set...I'd be curious what light setup was used (learning)
Thank you. All of these are natural light, the majority of which also entailed the use of a silver reflector (subtly, with no direct sunlight bounced back).
I'm not always a fan of the super shallow depth of field, but I think shots #1 and #3 totally nail it. All of them are great.
Would you mind explaining a bit more about the lighting in #5? You said natural light and a reflector for all. But where was the reflector in that shot, and what was it reflecting? I've been finding that I seem to not get quite enough light to my subject compared to the background in a context like this one. I really like the way you pulled the subject up.
