Mickayla
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Hi all- I just had to share some of these pictures of little miss Mickayla.
Her mom and I work together sometimes, so I did these as a favor.
Let me know how I did. These are mostly SOOC, so forgive any blemishes.
Guess how old she is. I had no idea until the very end of the shoot, and was quite surprised.
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2. We are in the throes of a rainy fall up here, thus the umbrella.
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5. And I'll be the first to say that I am not so good in the studio, so any pointers on this one would be very helpful. (And in this one her purple hair really shows up) My issue in the studio, just might be my jurry rigged setup though.
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C & C always welcomed, folks.
Her mom and I work together sometimes, so I did these as a favor.
Let me know how I did. These are mostly SOOC, so forgive any blemishes.
Guess how old she is. I had no idea until the very end of the shoot, and was quite surprised.
1.
2. We are in the throes of a rainy fall up here, thus the umbrella.
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4.
5.
5. And I'll be the first to say that I am not so good in the studio, so any pointers on this one would be very helpful. (And in this one her purple hair really shows up) My issue in the studio, just might be my jurry rigged setup though.
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C & C always welcomed, folks.
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In #4, I want to see her chin a little lifted and her right (our left) eye brought out a little more, but I like the pose.
You've got 2 #5s, so on the second #5, it's the pose and desaturated treatment that distract me. And on a second look, the fact that the lower half of her face has light but the upper half is shadowed. Perhaps having the main light in the upper right and the fill lower left might work? No idea what your jury-rigged set-up was, though.
And #7 is my fave of the bunch!
Overall, this is a really cute set!
For age, I'll guess (a really grown-up looking) 13.
I would guess that she is older than she looks. She looks to be between 12 and 14...but because I see a ring on her left ring finger...I might guess she is marrying age? 18-20?
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I bet she is late teen!!!
I like this series! Not sure about #3 and how she is totally walking away though.
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to Llewellen- yeah, her tuchas was wet in #3, she had just been sitting on my wet lawn. How in the world do I keep numbering things wrong!?!
My studio setup is as follows: white seamless paper (duh) 580exII with 36in shoot through brolly at 45 on the camera left about 6 feet high, 480ex with silver/black brolly at 45 at camera right prob about shoulder hight and here is the part that kills me... a construction halogen lamp hung above the seamless paper shining down on the background about 3 feet behind subject. (It kills my color, let me tell ya.) I need to get something else for that for sure. Working on it. I don't do enough studio work yet to justify spending big buckeroos, but I suppose once I got it figured out I would do more, eh. Circular reasoning, I suppose.
to JAG- We could def get together and fix our studio handicap with some strobist exercises... And spending a bit more moolah might help. Not that I ever have problems with that, eh? To say that I have a lot to learn would be true, but that is why I am practicing!
To Qarik- I had to do a search to figure out who Katie Holmes was, but yeah, I suppose she has that sort of look.
To cj99si- Glad it struck a chord with you! Thanks for the comment
Agnieszka, you goose. Nothing fancy, I swear. Just convert in ACR and crank the contrast as far as I dare. Add a little vignette and color boost and there you have it! Of course it all depends on the photo.
To Sweet Caroline- what an honor of getting your very first post as a comment on my thread. I appreciate that compliment very much. (and you are nearly right!)
To MooglePepper- Thanks!
To DavidS- And thanks to you for your comment! Glad to see you on the boards again!
I especially like 1 and 3! The wet butt goes well with the umbrella.
My only nit really would be #5....er....the second #5. I'm not crazy about the processing here. It definately looks lifeless as compared to the rest of the set. The lighting...to me....looks fine, but the coloring doesn't do her justice.
Ill take a stab and say 13.
BTW....I'd bet you can find a fairly cheap third party flash unit that has some manual adjustment that will fire when it senses your Canon flashes firing that would light that BG just fine. Hopefully someone will reccomend a good one for you...or you couls ask in accessories or technique to get some guidance there.
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Thanks Jeff- she is 14, so you were close!
I was just looking at my local craigslist and found a cheap 580EX (not II) and thought I might pick it up since it is going so cheap. And then I have to figure out how to diffuse. Gosh, I need to take classes on this.
And as to the desat on the second #5... yeah, it was sucking bad color in there. I even did the grey card and custom wb, but that yellow from the halogen was just too overpowering.
Hi Steve! Thanks for stopping on by and commenting! I guess the partial desat is a universal dislike with all. I'll have to figure something else out with these.
No problem! I love to share with all you wonderful DG folks.
None of us have arrived, so we all just keep working at it and getting even better.
Awesome! I recently bought a used 580EX here in the forum REeeeaaaal cheap IMO. One neat thing they have that is amiss on the EXII is a three way switch to allow you to switch between "off"(normal operation),"master",and "slave" without having to navigate through menus. I wish they had kept that on later models. I have noticed it is noisier...with the whine I am used to with my old Pentax units, but it is not bothersome. I am no studio lighting guru, but it would seem that a really short light stand and bare flash would do the trick. It automatically zooms to its widest setting when in slave mode I think....and you could pop the built in diffuser down. I'd be more worried about the line of sight needs.....but....you can get an optical trigger and run that flash on manual....it will fire when it "sees" the other flashes firing.
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