You did a great job taking advantage of the light and the location. In image #3 she appears to have unnaturally long and ultra skinny fingers on her left hand.
When it comes to yoga and fitness I think body form and shape are important factors if you're going to photograph someone doing yoga or fitness themed photos, but to me I feel a lot of that form and shape is lost in how these are cropped. Arms and other body parts seem to be cut off at awkward or unflattering points. I would recommend backing up a little bit for future yoga shoots, that way the images aren't cutting limbs off and show more of the form and shape that is so important when it comes to yoga and fitness.
Peter Figen wrote:
You did a great job taking advantage of the light and the location. In image #3 she appears to have unnaturally long and ultra skinny fingers on her left hand.
You know I’m not sure what that is with the hand. Nice find. Not sure if that’s lens distortion or what but Lightroom should correct that and I certainly didn’t mess with anything. I’ll have to take another look in Lightroom.
DanielScott wrote:
Nice use of available lighting.
When it comes to yoga and fitness I think body form and shape are important factors if you're going to photograph someone doing yoga or fitness themed photos, but to me I feel a lot of that form and shape is lost in how these are cropped. Arms and other body parts seem to be cut off at awkward or unflattering points. I would recommend backing up a little bit for future yoga shoots, that way the images aren't cutting limbs off and show more of the form and shape that is so important when it comes to yoga and fitness. ...Show more →
Thanks. I actually have some of those kinds of shots too but I didn’t like them as much. I’ll share them below. There was something going on with her that, as I looked through the shots, the ones closer conveyed something for me. There was a gracefulness and strength she was exuding that came through in her face that I liked. And I gravitated toward those. Now don’t get me wrong, I like these too, but I felt something in the first set that compelled me to sort off toss the rule on limbs and such. But she can do handstands like none other as you can see and you don’t want to miss that which goes back to your point.
Rel75 wrote:
You know I’m not sure what that is with the hand. Nice find. Not sure if that’s lens distortion or what but Lightroom should correct that and I certainly didn’t mess with anything. I’ll have to take another look in Lightroom.
I like both sets, I can see why you liked the first set, but it makes you wonder what's a little bit outside the frame. Overall they look good to me.
I was thinking it was lens distortion. If I understand how lightroom and others correct distortion they make things look rectilinear and flat (straight lines are straight and walls are flat), but wide lenses have additional distortion especially in the corners where things tend to stretch in the corners. What focal length did you use?
tschopp wrote:
I like both sets, I can see why you liked the first set, but it makes you wonder what's a little bit outside the frame. Overall they look good to me.
I was thinking it was lens distortion. If I understand how lightroom and others correct distortion they make things look rectilinear and flat (straight lines are straight and walls are flat), but wide lenses have additional distortion especially in the corners where things tend to stretch in the corners. What focal length did you use?
This shows the effect.
Thanks for this video, it's super helpful.
This shoot was done with an 85 and 50 prime which now leaves me me more confounded. This was with the Nikon Z glass as well. No adapted lenses were used. It does look totally like lens distortion but surely Lightroom has proper profiles for the Z glass. I have some Viltrox primes but I didn't use those on this occasion. I'm now tempted to do some tests at home to see if I cam somehow reproduce this.
Rel75 wrote:
This shoot was done with an 85 and 50 prime which now leaves me me more confounded. This was with the Nikon Z glass as well. No adapted lenses were used. It does look totally like lens distortion but surely Lightroom has proper profiles for the Z glass. I have some Viltrox primes but I didn't use those on this occasion. I'm now tempted to do some tests at home to see if I cam somehow reproduce this.
I was going to guess you shot with 24mm. I'm guessing it's just an optical illusion, that has to do with the location of her hand relative to the rest of her.
tschopp wrote: I was going to guess you shot with 24mm. I'm guessing it's just an optical illusion, that has to do with the location of her hand relative to the rest of her.
No I wanted to stay away from 24 because of the distortion. lol. That worked out well. I guess I can chalk this up to gremlins in the Nikon Z system or Lightroom. Good catch though. I am going to be looking out for this next time I use these primes.
charley5 wrote:
The second set is absolutely spectacular! Dramatic, gritty, yet graceful and elegant. Love the lighting and atmosphere.
Congratulations!
-Charles
Thanks, so much! That is what I was going for. I think she is able to capture both gritty and elegant which is no easy task and it's why I gravitated toward her. It was an interesting combo and when I found the studio, I was excited to get the shoot done. I have another studio I found that will play to her strengths for another shoot I want to do with her.
Rel75 wrote:
Thanks, so much! That is what I was going for. I think she is able to capture both gritty and elegant which is no easy task and it's why I gravitated toward her. It was an interesting combo and when I found the studio, I was excited to get the shoot done. I have another studio I found that will play to her strengths for another shoot I want to do with her.
Please forgive my naivete since I take exclusively street rather than studio shots, but this is a studio backdrop? It looks like an actual abandoned building.
