Really nice set! I love the location for this, other than the yellow/white brightness at the edge of the floor and wall. I'm not even sure what that is, but it pulls my attention away from your subject. I presume the light on her is natural/ambient, and I think I would have used it differently myself, but I always try to respect the choices photographers make with lighting. I think on some of the shots where she is sideways to the camera, I would have added a light opposite from the natural light just to add some edgy rim lighting.
You may want to number your posts to make it easier for us to comment on specific images. On No. 3, her chest is glistening as if it is sweaty, but it's the only shot in the set that has that look. Not sure I would have gone with that.
Unless something really outstanding shows up, I'll probably be voting for this as FTOW. Great job!
friscoron wrote:
Really nice set! I love the location for this, other than the yellow/white brightness at the edge of the floor and wall. I'm not even sure what that is, but it pulls my attention away from your subject. I presume the light on her is natural/ambient, and I think I would have used it differently myself, but I always try to respect the choices photographers make with lighting. I think on some of the shots where she is sideways to the camera, I would have added a light opposite from the natural light just to add some edgy rim lighting.
You may want to number your posts to make it easier for us to comment on specific images. On No. 3, her chest is glistening as if it is sweaty, but it's the only shot in the set that has that look. Not sure I would have gone with that.
Unless something really outstanding shows up, I'll probably be voting for this as FTOW. Great job!...Show more →
Many thanks for the great feedback !
Location is great, the fairly neutral grey from the cement gives a very simple "canvas" to work with in terms of a background. On the yellow trim lighting - indeed, on some of the images it adds a nice dimension, but on others can be a distraction - I actually tried to figure out how to tun it off for some of the images but there were so man switches I couldn't find it (as studio is owned by a friend, but who wasn't there)
I shot all of these with available light - I had my Elinchrom Ranger and a softbox with me - which I had planned to use on some images - by the new Skyport HS I bought 2 days before wasn't synching - so I stayed natural light the whole time. And for the glistening, the makeup artist kept insisting on spraying her chest with water to give the "sweaty" look - at one point as we actually had very little time to shoot I politely asked him to refrain from using the spray bottle
Once again thanks for the great C&C and thumbs up, most appreciated
