Anya: low key (18+)
After we were done with the high key stuf we decided to give a try some old good side lighting, kinda along the lines of one of my latest WA classes. You'll be the judges how we did.
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Enjoy! C&C welcome!
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Enjoy! C&C welcome!
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Love this set, beautiful lighting choices, these feel like figure studies much more than the high key set.
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HK wasn't figure studies.. They were just great fun... and nowhere else to pose them
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1 and 6 will make you good money and shows strong lighting and posing from you the photographer. Everything about those 2 are showing excellent execution in where the lights were placed, how you posed the subject based on the light and are flattering poses that can grace a wall of most peoples home.
The thing I notice most when judging photography for PPA and other photography schools is that when most people shoot nude work especially low key style they forget to be graceful and as such the images turn out to be lewd and much to provocative to be placed up as art, but tend to be more smut than anything else.
I congratulate you on making art here and not porn as I find more of the later on forums which is why I never comment on it unless it's so in the wrong direction I have to.
Here are critiques to help you on future shoots that aren't always noticed when the person has no clothes to hide the bodies slight imperfections.
#2: She is looking so forward she has a double chin... also there is a sharp point at the shoulder blade from the difficult pose here and for this style it's typically safer to stick with curves as it's more pleasing.
#3: You've missed the lighting opportunity and lit her legs much brighter than the rest of her giving it a staged look. Also the pose has one flaw and that is showing the bones in the shoulder blades... You did an excellent job trying to keep her legs/feet intact in the scene and also good hand work in an artistic way. It's not a complete miss, but would be hit hard by people looking deeper into the photo.
#4: The only nitpick is a combination of posing and lighting issues... the barren chest region all spun in complete darkness hurts the image more than you may think. It makes her seem soulless and void of any heart. A reflector to fill in the chest slightly would have helped greatly in the composition as I love the daring pose.
#5: The belly being so bright just seems odd to me and take it down from being another great photo in this series.
#7: The pose is much stronger than #6, but she had to put her leg behind the table to fashion it and when we talk modeling and missing limbs it looks as if she has been amputated at the thigh which is less than flattering. I still believe it's an excellent pose and better lighting and character than #6, but has that one fault.
That is about all I'll say in terms of faults, but you have a perfect model for this style of photography in Anya and I hope you two can work together more often and grow. I find it difficult to find the right person to shoot in this style as the body tends to play tricks on us when try and pose people in different ways and it's either a win or a loss in terms of excellence. You've done an amazing job here no doubt and I applaud the effort in the more difficult poses. I truly feel these are much stronger than your high key work as the math in those tends to be a bit off and the skin tones seems to fall apart, but here you've shown near perfect lighting with the style. I would say if you want to make the background completely disappear than move your subject farther from the backdrop so the light falls off more making the black background completely void without any need for post processing later on.
I am finally going to do a personal series on art nude and it's starting with low-key so hopefully next month I will show some of it here as my other work in this field is all private work. Thank you again for sharing and I'm awaiting your net series.
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thank you very much for your time, deep attention and thorough critique!
Looking forward for your series! :-)
Hey Nicolai, I find the light in #3 interesting. It appears as if the light source is "under" the model (this is what I wanted to do for the challenge and the Chiaroscuro thing a while back.) How did you "throw" that light? A snoot?
It's just a stobe lying on the floor. I used a couple of little pillows to secure it. And since it's behind the bench, it's pefertly hidden..:-)
After seeing your high key, I dont think I will be impressed easily anymore, but the low key sets are even stunned me more ...
My fave is #7, great pose, great lighting, you nailed it Nikolai ...
Anya is a great model, very easy to work with! Follows directions to a "t" and offers her own. Plus she's studing to be a MUA, so no issues in that department.
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