I can see your lights in the first shot, but that can be cropped out.
-Matthhew
Thank you very much, Flash645! A shooting buddy was doing video and that was actually one of his 2 lights. The one is to the right at approximately the same height at the edge of the window panel to the right. My soft box was actually barely visible as such in the center and right window panels. I used mixed lighting for that image; ambient light, including those two light sources for the video, and from the window plus my flash unit inside the soft box. Yes, I could have cloned out those two more readily visible light sources.
bobbytan wrote:
Congrats on another well-deserved win, Joshua!
Thank you very much, Bobby!
kdacharya wrote:
congrats,Joshua. amazing shots as usual
My appreciation to you, KD!
MedicineMan404 wrote:
Joshua I loved them all!
Though not skilled in this genre to comment one way or the other except to
say shoot more of them!
Robert, thank you very much! But new images won’t be captured during these unusual shelter-in-place times. I can’t wait for some normalcy in our life to be back soon...
You can see the lighting reflected in the windows in #1. Agree about the black and blue skin. Also I don't really find her reclining pose that elegant. To me it looks rather awkward. Her head and shoulders look cramped and squashed into the sofa. I think it would be improved if she sat up a bit, or there were some cushions so she could lie in a curve rather than with a sharp angle. Don't find her "seductive" open lips a problem.
Robin Smith wrote:
You can see the lighting reflected in the windows in #1. Agree about the black and blue skin. Also I don't really find her reclining pose that elegant. To me it looks rather awkward. Her head and shoulders look cramped and squashed into the sofa. I think it would be improved if she sat up a bit, or there were some cushions so she could lie in a curve rather than with a sharp angle. Don't find her "seductive" open lips a problem.
Thank you for your feedback, Robin!
Yes, you can see some lighting but that’s not mine. There was another person that was taking video and that was one of his two continuous lighting setups. Actually, the other one is also visible but more distorted at the other side of the window frame. My lighting is inside a fairly large softbox. As far as the skin coloration at her knees/knuckles, well, it is what it is since I went for a more natural skin tone and that I mostly put emphasis on other parts of her body. I took plenty of her images during the session; some showing her in less reclined position. But for whatever reasons, both the model and I liked this one the best. But I understand, preferences do vary. Thank you again!
