Tell them, verbally or in your contract, to not wear white. Movie studios (my car and I have been in a couple small movies) insist . . . nay, DEMAND that no extra wears black, white or red.
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I like the lighting in the first one, though she looks a little impatient (or something) in the picture. The second one, I like her look and the processing. The only down-side on the second one, is that it looks like some sunlight poked through and you got some really bright spots on her face. I love her eyes and the use of the b/w w/ just the color in her eyes.
Thanks for the feedback Andrew. I think we were trying for that "serious look" in #1. Sun was HORRIBLE yesterday here. Bad timing on my part. Will being doing a reshoot on her next week and praying for clouds.
One other question in the second one. What is that solid black thing to the right? The rest of the bg is all plants.... I'm guessing it is something structural like a support for a pergola.
Had her sitting on some steps that came off the deck. That's the black thing. Mom loves the second photo and actually asked to do something like this. I'm torn. Kinda cool but not in love with it. Thanks all.
URGGGGGGGG! Damn, there goes the white again. Only resolution is to snoot the flash and expose for the dress using the shutter. Aperture controls the flash contribution so GN of 90 (SB 600) in white dome diffuser snooted just to illuminate her face might work. Or you can try open shade with no fill flash. Or expose for the white, and 'brighten' the subject in post. I've seen it done really well, but it's extra time on the computer.
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I love the background you chose for #1, You either had the light far away, or not softend because of the hard light shadow on her left side. She also has a few hot spots that could quickly be remidied with the healing brush.
On #2, I'm half way liking the blue eyes selective coloring an half way not. When doing portraits like that in open shade, where the sun loves to peek in through leaves, I use my 5 in 1 reflector to cast a shadow over the subject's face. This will almost garantee no blowns due to that sneaky sun.
I shoot white all the time.... don't be afraid of it! when done right they make for some classic pictures. find open shade, use available light and a reflector on the faces if you need it. Shoot Raw, leave on F4 and adjust the shutter until you are just getting "blinkies" you can pull them back in pp if you need to.. The white will always have some blinkies but are correctable. My take on your first picture it is might be a little underexposed and oversaturated, she seems to be glowing a little amber and her hair highlights are too bright yellow on my calibrated Mac. Embrace the white
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Btw, what is wrong with white?
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I aim to get shots right in camera when possible. 100 shots at 30 minutes each, is 3000 minutes. You'll never turn a project in on time.
I love the background you chose for #1, You either had the light far away, or not softend because of the hard light shadow on her left side. She also has a few hot spots that could quickly be remidied with the healing brush.
On #2, I'm half way liking the blue eyes selective coloring an half way not. When doing portraits like that in open shade, where the sun loves to peek in through leaves, I use my 5 in 1 reflector to cast a shadow over the subject's face. This will almost garantee no blowns due to that sneaky sun.
Nice shots, keep up the good work.
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