In the photos #2 and 3# with her head turned, you can see different focus on each eye. Shooting at a smaller aperture would help (unless you deliberately wanted that) - the backgrounds so dark I don't think bringing it a little more in focus would hurt.
They are all nice, but the last is my favorite! I would have liked to see just a hint of a rim light to separate the shadow side of the face from the background. Knowing internet compression, I'm betting that the original image has more detail and separation than we are seeing.
Thank you. Yes, I wanted to focus only on one eye - In fact, I was missing my 1.4 lens and had to shoot with 2.8!
Hanginon wrote:
In the photos #2 and 3# with her head turned, you can see different focus on each eye. Shooting at a smaller aperture would help (unless you deliberately wanted that) - the backgrounds so dark I don't think bringing it a little more in focus would hurt.
i see what you are attempting. i would have used a set of barn doors or a customized snoot to highlight the eyes. often i will make a snoot out off black foil and shape it very thin with strims to achieve an eye highlighter. just saying.....
Can you show a before and after image? Just curious how this works
InnomnateViem wrote:
i see what you are attempting. i would have used a set of barn doors or a customized snoot to highlight the eyes. often i will make a snoot out off black foil and shape it very thin with strims to achieve an eye highlighter. just saying.....
no, i won't show a before or after shot. however, you can research the topic of light modifiers, barn doors and snoots in particular. oh, don't forget to look at grids as well. after you have educated one's self in the use of of light modification applicable to studio portraiture and invoke your imagination, the statement should become obvious in your mind's eye.
