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A young intern that worked with me for about six months, and her moods.

Brooke - "Mysterious"
http://www.photomatter.com/2021/Brooke_Mysterious.jpg

Brooke - "Angst"
http://www.photomatter.com/2021/Brooke_Angst.jpg

Jul 26, 2021 at 11:23 AM

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I like it a lot... well-done, nice processing too. If there was one tiny nick it would be the small 'pin' catch lights, but even then they're not tiny. Well-done... nice tones too! And they eyes are super sharp.

Jul 26, 2021 at 01:04 PM

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Thanks Terry. The "pin" catch lights are a 5 foot octobox that I had moved so far away to put Brooke near the edge of the light fall off. Since it is a huge main - I try to not let it dominate the eyes with oversized catch lights.

terryeaton wrote:
I like it a lot... well-done, nice processing too. If there was one tiny nick it would be the small 'pin' catch lights, but even then they're not tiny. Well-done... nice tones too! And they eyes are super sharp.

Jul 26, 2021 at 09:58 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Brooke

James Markus wrote:
Thanks Terry. The "pin" catch lights are a 5 foot octobox that I had moved so far away to put Brooke near the edge of the light fall off. Since it is a huge main - I try to not let it dominate the eyes with oversized catch lights.

Large catchlights are considered a "plus" not a negative... They give life to the eyes. If we take the opposite extreme, a doll's eyes often look black, with no life; like a shark's eyes. Another example is on-camera flash; typically very tiny catchlights.

We want nice large catchlights in the eyes, it's a desirable goal of portraiture.

I took this a long time ago, if I can remember right it was using my 4x6 softbox. This created a nigt big cathlight in her eyes, giving life to photo:

Jul 27, 2021 at 07:28 AM

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I think some folks like rectangular catch lights. I've been told by those they like them because they resemble window light catch lights. Others prefer round. It is subjective.

In many cases, I prefer working with very large modifiers in very close and feathered because I like that really soft quality of light when that is what I am trying to create. Quality of light is what usually drives my choices on modifiers and how close my key light is to subject..Thats me. This is all subjective. There are as many ways to do all of this as there are photographers and things like quality of light can help a portrait photographer create a style.

I would say look at the work of Marc Hauser. Usually one key light, large modifier in very close and reflector for fill. His work looks like his work and the light he uses is just one element in his style. So things like catch lights are subjective. Thank God there is more than one way to do any of this.

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Jul 27, 2021 at 08:53 AM

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James, #1 is wonderful!! Yes mystery!!!! Beautiful eyes. I am not close to being a portrait type photographer when lighting is needed outside of natural lighting.
The lights in her eyes is a tad distracting for my view. I know your photography and it works very well for me. Your reasoning for certain lighting situations is solid. Just a small personal nit!
Again well done!
Dan

Jul 27, 2021 at 09:38 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Brooke

Well, All I can say is I got exactly what I was going for. I wanted to capture that golden brown iris which I matched to the diaphanous material that I draped her in, and it matched her hair color. The image is lit with the already mentioned main far left, and a snoot hitting seamless charcoal paper behind her head. YMMV

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The 2nd image is lit by the hair light on a boom, and a reflector to throw light onto her face. Goal was to get the eye lashes, and to let the hands convey the angst.

Jul 27, 2021 at 09:46 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Brooke

James Markus wrote:
Well, All I can say is I got exactly what I was going for. I wanted to capture that golden brown iris which I matched to the diaphanous material that I draped her in, and it matched her hair color. The image is lit with the already mentioned main far left, and a snoot hitting seamless charcoal paper behind her head. YMMV

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The 2nd image is lit by the hair light on a boom, and a reflector to throw light onto her face. Goal was to get the eye lashes, and to let the hands convey the angst.

That is fine James! Now that I know what your objective was, I can modify my remarks. As I said I know some about how you formulate your compositions so you enlightened me further and I learned something!

Well done!
Dan

Jul 27, 2021 at 09:59 AM


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