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Archive 2018 · My girl, the Reader

  
 
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p.1 #1 · My girl, the Reader


My mother -in-law gave Mia this green chair when Mia was just 2 or 3 years old, and to this day, as a 13-year-old, she sits in the chair in her bedroom every day, usually reading a book. Over the past year, I've been brewing on a concept that illustrated her love of books and the special place it takes her. This is a direction I'm wanting to take my portrait photography. so this is what we came up with. We brought her into the studio along with her book and the chair, and photographed her against green screen, then placed her in this scene I got from istock.

Comments welcome.

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/822/25956473307_d6a3eee60a_b.jpg



Mar 15, 2018 at 01:30 PM
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p.1 #2 · My girl, the Reader


Nice "vision" and well put together Ron!
Douglas



Mar 15, 2018 at 03:11 PM
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p.1 #3 · My girl, the Reader


Good concept, a couple random thoughts:

The lighting on her is good, but it doesn't really match the scene which is backlit. I'd also consider matching the fantasy world to the cover of the book, in this case pull some of the blue/green tones and maybe use a dragon (I think that is a dragon).

It might be easier to match things up if you pick the background first to match the lighting style. In this case maybe back light with some softer fill that would be warm from the lanterns?



Mar 15, 2018 at 03:30 PM
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p.1 #4 · My girl, the Reader


Cool, Ron. Nice concept and execution. Extracting hair can be tricky...


Mar 15, 2018 at 04:00 PM
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p.1 #5 · My girl, the Reader


Very nice fantasy work! My only suggestion would be to change the color of the chair. Darker. Maybe black or red. In order to frame her within the frame. An idea worth its cost.


Mar 15, 2018 at 06:45 PM
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p.1 #6 · My girl, the Reader


Agree with most..Excellant Ron! Very creative and well processed!
Dan



Mar 16, 2018 at 07:20 AM
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p.1 #7 · My girl, the Reader



Thanks, guys!

Brev00, can't change the color of the chair, that would take away from the point of image. Mia always reading in that chair.



Mar 16, 2018 at 08:52 AM
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p.1 #8 · My girl, the Reader


Nice shot, Ron. Thanks for explaining why the chair was so small!


Mar 19, 2018 at 07:58 PM
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p.1 #9 · My girl, the Reader


Jim Rickards wrote:
Nice shot, Ron. Thanks for explaining why the chair was so small!


Thanks, Jim. Indeed. She refuses to give up that chair for obvious sentimental reasons.



Mar 20, 2018 at 09:29 AM





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