My wife and I were over at a friend's garage a few weeks ago and I decided to get some shots of my wife working on her Jeep. The lighting was mediocre at best, so I did what I could with my SB600 flash.
I decided to process these to look more like "vintage" garage style shots, so let me know what you think. I am always looking for feedback.
Interesting shots. I like the feel from the processing. On #2, kind of feel the light is just a little too harsh on her face and kind of looks like it could be from a horror movie with the source of the light and the shadows it casts.
Otherwise, great job on captuing all the shadow details.
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Gotta love a gal that wrenches on her own Jeep.
Interesting shots. I like the feel from the processing. On #2, kind of feel the light is just a little too harsh on her face and kind of looks like it could be from a horror movie with the source of the light and the shadows it casts.
Otherwise, great job on captuing all the shadow details.
Thanks. I definitely agree with the lighting on #2. It's too bad, because it was one of my favorites from the ones we took that night. I may see if I can tone it back some in processing.
And her Jeep was a gift from one of our friends for Christmas. He custom built it, so she was more than happy to help with the fine tuning.
Did you notice the cigarette butts when you were shooting ?
I know the lighting is awkward but I think that a bigge light source such as a reflector or diffuser would have given a softer and more even illumination that would improve the photos. Otherwise a second flash could have helped.
I didn't notice the butts when I was shooting, but I saw them in processing and decided to leave them in. It was a garage, so the more it looked like one, the more I liked it.
As for the lighting, I had a couple of shots that had more "even" light in them, but after processing them, they didn't give off the grungy garage feel that I wanted. But I may revisit them and see if I can come up with something.
Thanks for the feedback. I will try to grab a reflector next time we are over there doing some work and see how it comes out.
1st - missing face and too busy at back - there is not clear subject.
2nd - head sticking over picture and heavy shadows at back are distracting. Her eyes looking elsewhere do not work well.
3rd - is best - there is just enough stuff and it is clear that she is the subject. I would have closed the door behind. The darkness of her and car is competing with the lightness behind. I would darken the background in photoshop. You might crop a bit off the bottom and try to remove the vignetting a bit.
