Few with Vanessa

Nikolai

Finally get some time to process of the last weekend shoots. This is Vanessa.

1. Black and tourqoise:



2. Traditional and gold:



3. Those eyes:



4. That attitude:



5. Those legs:



Enjoy! C&C welcome!

jeffreaux2

I like the second one best Nik. Shes sassy, and the swept hair gives it energy.

It appears in #3 as though (?) there is possibly a reflection off the outside edge of a contact lens on her left eye. A sliver of reflection just outside the iris. An easy enough fix....and something that definately says something about the high detail and overall image quality of today's cameras....if that is indeed what it is. Impressive. Was this the 50D?

Thanks for sharing.

Nikolai

jeffreaux2 wrote:

I like the second one best Nik. Shes sassy, and the swept hair gives it energy.

It appears in #3 as though (?) there is possibly a reflection off the outside edge of a contact lens on her left eye. A sliver of reflection just outside the iris. An easy enough fix....and something that definately says something about the high detail and overall image quality of today's cameras....if that is indeed what it is. Impressive. Was this the 50D?

Thanks for sharing.

Jeff, thank you, good catch, I missed it:-) Reuploaded, press Ctrl+F5 to refresh.

Yes, it was 50D, mix of 100mm macro and 17-55/2.8

jeffreaux2

Nikolai wrote:

Jeff, thank you, good catch, I missed it:-) Reuploaded, press Ctrl+F5 to refresh.

Yes, it was 50D, mix of 100mm macro and 17-55/2.8

The fix looks good.


I have been debating on a new camera body....5dmkII or 50D. I am leaning toward the 50D in a large part because of it's ability to accept the 17-55/2.8 lens. Have you been satisfied with your 50D so far?

angevin1

Nikolai,

These are fantastic shots! I especially love the way the light just lightly presents her right leg thru the wrap in photo 1.

Here I sit with my 32 inch monitor and cannot figure out how Jeff saw that little lens! I looked at the image before you fixed it and ...

Overall~Sweet shots~

cheers, tom

Nikolai

jeffreaux2 wrote:

The fix looks good.
I have been debating on a new camera body....5dmkII or 50D. I am leaning toward the 50D in a large part because of it's ability to accept the 17-55/2.8 lens. Have you been satisfied with your 50D so far?

Jeff, I'm planning to have both. Saving for 5D2. Once I get it 5D2 will be my primary portrait/landscape body, and 50D (or whatever APC lineup will be current) will be backup/event/sports body. 17-55 is sweet lens indeed, I wonder if Canon is planning an EF L version. And most likely I will get 50/1.4 and it will become my de-facto portrait lens on 5D2.

Nikolai

angevin1 wrote:

Nikolai,

These are fantastic shots! I especially love the way the light just lightly presents her right leg thru the wrap in photo 1.

Here I sit with my 32 inch monitor and cannot figure out how Jeff saw that little lens! I looked at the image before you fixed it and ...

Overall~Sweet shots~

cheers, tom

Thanks Tom!
I guess you and me are just two very typical males who never look a woman in the eyes:-)

dogwood

Nice pose and lighting on that first image, Nik.

Love the second image too but perhaps your rim light is pointed a little low? But still a nice image.

Number 3 -- I'd move your light slightly higher to get that nose shadow a little more natural looking. You have some room to raise the light and still get catchlights.

The look on number 4 is great but her eye makeup looks a little bit choppy on her upper left lid.

I love number 5 but her feet look a bit large compared to the rest of her. Heels may have helped or maybe angle yourself a bit differently so her feet aren't farther from the camera?

Nice series, Nik!

Nikolai

dogwood wrote:

Nice pose and lighting on that first image, Nik.

Love the second image too but perhaps your rim light is pointed a little low? But still a nice image.

Number 3 -- I'd move your light slightly higher to get that nose shadow a little more natural looking. You have some room to raise the light and still get catchlights.

The look on number 4 is great but her eye makeup looks a little bit choppy on her upper left lid.

I love number 5 but her feet look a bit large compared to the rest of her. Heel may have helped or maybe angle yourself a bit differently so her feet aren't farther from the camera?

Nice series, Nik!

Pete,

thank you for detailed C&C, appreciate it!

To a large degree, this shoot was a bit on experimental side - I'm still trying to get a hold of my new AB softboxes and how they work. I love them so far, but more fine tuning is most likely required.

As to the #5 - she specifically wanted it that way, so I went with the flow:-). I personnaly prefer this one ;-)



Mahalo!

dogwood

Nikolai wrote:

As to the #5 - she specifically wanted it that way, so I went with the flow:-). I personnaly prefer this one ;-)

Yeah-- that shot definitely helps keep her feet more natural looking!

Agnieszka

Nik, those shots are great, I'm especially a big fan of 2 & 4 (pose + lighting) ... very nice .... still not sure about the tiger print ... I think it's "too much" fabric ... I don't know ... maybe it's the fact that the couch is covered with fabric?

I like the last shot that you posted as well, but maybe I would try it with a plain background, or a more bedroomy-feeling ....

Those are just my 2 cents, you obviously know what you're doing

Nikolai

dogwood wrote:

Yeah-- that shot definitely helps keep her feet more natural looking!

Well, you know, quite often we and the client can disagree. So I produce both :-)

Nikolai

Agnieszka wrote:

Nik, those shots are great, I'm especially a big fan of 2 & 4 (pose + lighting) ... very nice .... still not sure about the tiger print ... I think it's "too much" fabric ... I don't know ... maybe it's the fact that the couch is covered with fabric?

I like the last shot that you posted as well, but maybe I would try it with a plain background, or a more bedroomy-feeling ....

Those are just my 2 cents, you obviously know what you're doing

Thank you Angie!
Yeah, "tiger" pattern is bold and active. But some girls like it, so did she

Agnieszka

Nikolai wrote:

Thank you Angie!
Yeah, "tiger" pattern is bold and active. But some girls like it, so did she

zoomer

Very pretty model.
I love number one. The pose and the lighting are excellent!!

Nikolai

zoomer wrote:

Very pretty model.
I love number one. The pose and the lighting are excellent!!

Thank you!

Dave Clee

Like the series Nik, overall #1 and #4 stand out for me.

Again very pretty model...which I am sure really helps

Cheers

Dave

Nikolai

Dave Clee wrote:

Like the series Nik, overall #1 and #4 stand out for me.

Again very pretty model...which I am sure really helps

Cheers

Dave

Thanks, Dave!

Shima

2 and 4 are my favorites, but they're all great!

eL eSs Vee

Two and four for me, too. Those two are the best of those here. You obviously had a fantastic shoot.

You never disappoint, Nikolai!

Nikolai

Shima wrote:

2 and 4 are my favorites, but they're all great!

Thank you, appreciate your time!

Nikolai

eL eSs Vee wrote:

Two and four for me, too. Those two are the best of those here. You obviously had a fantastic shoot.

You never disappoint, Nikolai!

Lee,
thank you! I'm still learning, but at least it looks like I'm getting somewhere :-)

eL eSs Vee

Nikolai wrote:

Lee,
thank you! I'm still learning, but at least it looks like I'm getting somewhere :-)

And fast, too, Nokolai! Every time I think you've reach a pinnacle in your studio work, you just come back with your newest shoot and go even higher; get even better.

I truly enjoy seeing your work. You're inspiring me to find some space to shoot peopel in the studio, again.

Keep up the good work!

Nikolai

eL eSs Vee wrote:

And fast, too, Nokolai! Every time I think you've reach a pinnacle in your studio work, you just come back with your newest shoot and go even higher; get even better.

I truly enjoy seeing your work. You're inspiring me to find some space to shoot peopel in the studio, again.

Keep up the good work!

Yeah, I agree: space and lights make a HUGE (if not all the) difference. And, unfortunately, neither come cheap or easy :-(

BradfordBenn

i am just admiring and seeing the contact lens. I am curious if you can blur them so they don't look so geometric and perhaps more organic and rounded.

Also I was thinking that the cloth gathers at her feet in #1 could be softened, but not sure if that would look better.

I do think I am going to have to go out back and bury my camera now....

Nikolai

BradfordBenn wrote:

i am just admiring and seeing the contact lens. I am curious if you can blur them so they don't look so geometric and perhaps more organic and rounded.

Also I was thinking that the cloth gathers at her feet in #1 could be softened, but not sure if that would look better.

I do think I am going to have to go out back and bury my camera now....

I didn't even realize there was the contacts until it was showed in my face:-) And after that I was to lazy to reprocess them all:-) I I'm paying more attention to those little buggers now that I know how they look like.

Cloth...Tough call... I's love to have a hard floor and a paper, but it's not gonna happen any time soon. I'm straightening it from time to time, though:-)

Thanks for commenting!