Engagement sessions in the mountains

timk519

heatherfeather wrote:

When I met with her yesterday, I thought it was pretty funny what she said about #4... she said it was so beautiful it looked fake. I think they have never seen a photo where both the subject and the background were properly exposed...

Looking at the picture, there's a shadow in the foreground - which would indicate a light source behind them, but they're properly and clearly lit - which would indicate another light source that should eliminate the shade on the snow-bank. This results in an visual inconsistency, and I'm guessing that's what your client is reacting to.

Love the pics overall!

Shima

These are all great sets, and I'm really excited to see your top hat set later

I love how they seem to pop off the white background in your photos. Love it! Wish we had mountains in Indiana

heatherfeather

Matt S wrote:

Hi Heather I really like the second set. The overcast worked in your favor. The first set is bordering on too hot for me, then again I am on my laptop so all bets are off. Maybe I should adjust the tilt and look again! Regardless it looks great. -Matt

BTW as to all the color temp stuff. Who cares, let's face it, it was mixed light. You are going to have color temps that don't balance going from sun to shade and snow accents that. You could try to gel to match the blue in the shadowed snow (or reflected sky) but then your sunlit areas are off. Personally I like the cool background, warm subject, mix. Yellow and blue go very well together!

You could be right....
They might be a little hot... I tend to prefer the subjects in my photos just on the edge of overexposure. So much is preference and subject to opinions and tastes- they hired me to shoot photos like I like them and have done in the past. So I am not worried.

Thanks for the comps Matt!

heatherfeather

timk519 wrote:

Looking at the picture, there's a shadow in the foreground - which would indicate a light source behind them, but they're properly and clearly lit - which would indicate another light source that should eliminate the shade on the snow-bank. This results in an visual inconsistency, and I'm guessing that's what your client is reacting to.

Love the pics overall!

Ah, that would be because of the "L" shaped snowbank that they are standing on... The other leg of the snowbank jutted out to camera right and behind me. The light was coming from the right and I was standing in the shadow behind the snow bank. Make sense? So yeah, that could be it.

Oh and did anyone realize how simple it is to stand up a light stand into a moderately soft snowbank? You just poke a leg in where you want it and it stays there. Pretty handy.

heatherfeather

Shima wrote:

These are all great sets, and I'm really excited to see your top hat set later

I love how they seem to pop off the white background in your photos. Love it! Wish we had mountains in Indiana

I SO hear you! I just love the mountains... We once lived in a place that had none and oh! how I pined for them. We would hop in the car and drive several hours just to spend an afternoon in the mountains and cool off. (And pretend we were back home in Alaska, )

I am AAAALMOST done with the top hat series... And they are sooo fun. I think they are my favorite e-session that I have ever done! Here is a taste what is to come: (I just couldn't resist... it is so fun!)

coldclimb

heatherfeather wrote:

Oh and did anyone realize how simple it is to stand up a light stand into a moderately soft snowbank? You just poke a leg in where you want it and it stays there. Pretty handy.

My only tripod has long been missing the tensioner knob that keeps the camera at the angle you want, so snowbanks are my favorite places for tripod placement. I can just shove the whole thing in and then push one or two legs deeper to get my camera decently level.