Cassie-The Senior Shoot

SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
edited August 5, 2009 in People
Thought to share some recent work :D

#1

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#2

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#3

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#4

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#5

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#6

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#7

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#8

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#9 Many high key shots individually.....this for a creative collage:

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Thanks for looking :lust
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  • PhotosbychuckPhotosbychuck Registered Users Posts: 1,239 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    1) Nice Photo
    2) Clone out the white sign
    3) Clone out the stem of the fake flower below the hand
    4) Great Photo
    5) Great Photo but wish her feet where not cut off
    6) Great Photo
    7) Clone out the tall weed
    8) Tighter crop
    9) Cool Photo
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  • lilmommalilmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,060 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    amazing, as usual! Are they that crisp because of the camera, lens, or PP? I imagine that it's all of the above but what is it that gives it such a clean look? I would give anything to have mine look that great!
  • Memories by MelindaMemories by Melinda Registered Users Posts: 140 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    The photos are great!clap.gif

    @ Photosbychuck - I have a feeling that the sign is there intentionally because it's her name on it.
    Cute idea but maybe too subtle.

    Best part of all of them is that she looks like she's having fun.
  • du8diedu8die Registered Users Posts: 358 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    The thing that caught my eye about the sign is the name looks out of perspective. It appears to be straight on to the camera, while the sign has a vanishing point...

    I like #8, #3 and the collage.

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  • bobcoolbobcool Registered Users Posts: 271 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    This is a really nice senior set - great work!
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Yippie, somebody's came out hiding... mwink.gif
    Great series man!
    #6 and #8 are a bit overlit to my personal taste (she has a very fair skin) but that's a nit.
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  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Nice set. I love the collage as well as the lighting.

    Consider changing the poses slightly (#1, 3, 6,& 8) so that the eyes are not so decentered with her extreme gaze. Perhaps she does not need to look at the camera or can tilt her head toward the camera a little. All the shots have her looking right at the lens.
  • Ed911Ed911 Registered Users Posts: 1,306 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Dave...nice to see you here again...and especially nice to see your work.

    Great images and post processing. I really like your colors. Very nice. Favorites...3, 4, and 7...and the collage.

    Thanks for sharing.
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  • BilsenBilsen Registered Users Posts: 2,143 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    A really great set of a really pretty kid. You did a good job relaxing her and letting that gorgeous smile come through.

    BTW, # 3 is particularly terrific.
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  • bakerphotographybakerphotography Registered Users Posts: 22 Big grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Love them all - thanks for sharing. I may have an opportunity this year do some senior shots and this is inspiring. Can I ask, what body/lens did you use?
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    bakerphotography wrote:
    Love them all - thanks for sharing. I may have an opportunity this year do some senior shots and this is inspiring. Can I ask, what body/lens did you use?

    Thanks. I use a 5D MK I and this lens is the 24-105 IS. I typically use that lens for most of my work but will pull out the 70-200 as well. All images of course are shot in RAW. It will make your color balance issues as well as other things much easier. Thanks for the nice comment. Make sure to have lots of fun! :D
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  • jeffreaux2jeffreaux2 Registered Users Posts: 4,762 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Hey stranger!!!


    Nice work!!

    I especially like #3....the pose, expression and quality of light all do it for me!thumb.gif
    Thanks,
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  • AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    I would say this set is eyecandy! I love your lighting, very impressive! iloveyou.gif
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  • kini62kini62 Registered Users Posts: 441 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    I like them all. My only nits would be "I" like a shallower DOF in the environmental shots. Not enough seperation for me. Also in photo 1 the "blacks" are crushed. It appears she's wearing the same "blue" jeans as the other photos. In the first photo it almost looks like you purposely blacked out her legs. Makes it look like she's floating there with no legs :D

    Just my $.02.

    Gene
  • WingsOfLovePhotoWingsOfLovePhoto Registered Users Posts: 797 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    The are all great but LOVING #3 Swartzy! My kind of picture. Welcome back and thanks for sharing.... now...if I could only get you, Zoomer, Jeff, Heather and Angie to come to NY and share all of your tips and pp with me I would be rolling in the Poughkeepsie dough! Waddya think? You guys all want to make a trip to the beautiful Hudson Valley NY and teach me?? Pretty please??iloveyou.gif
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  • leebaseleebase Registered Users Posts: 630 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    That's a very nice set you have. I think the face is a bit overdone -- but that's a matter of taste. You certainly have a look to you work that I think is very commercial.

    Lee
  • eL eSs VeeeL eSs Vee Registered Users Posts: 1,243 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Beautiful work, Swartzy! thumb.gifthumb.gif

    One nit, though: Numbers one, two and five seem a tad cool. Add 10 to 15 points of red and a touch of yellow to number one and about five points of yellow to the other two to really bring her to life in those three.

    Everything else about these and the rest is spot-on, my friend! Very impressive work!
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Photosbychuck wrote:
    1) Nice Photo
    2) Clone out the white sign
    3) Clone out the stem of the fake flower below the hand
    4) Great Photo
    5) Great Photo but wish her feet where not cut off
    6) Great Photo
    7) Clone out the tall weed
    8) Tighter crop
    9) Cool Photo

    Thanks for the comments Chuck.
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    lilmomma wrote:
    amazing, as usual! Are they that crisp because of the camera, lens, or PP? I imagine that it's all of the above but what is it that gives it such a clean look? I would give anything to have mine look that great!

    Heheh...actually, all of the above. Processing is very important but lighting, focus, aperture, etc. equally falls into the equation. Keep shooting! I've always leaned toward the elegant, classy type images although its fun messing around with those split tones and such. I do quite a bit of model work so this style fits my vision. Thanks.
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    Yippie, somebody's came out hiding... mwink.gif
    Great series man!
    #6 and #8 are a bit overlit to my personal taste (she has a very fair skin) but that's a nit.
    thumb.gif

    Thanks Nik. Yea, what generally happens in print is they are darker than on screen. I purposely lightened her up (and realize at the time of shoot I could have changed the ratios)....but...as they say, hind sight..Laughing.gif
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    jeffreaux2 wrote:
    Hey stranger!!!


    Nice work!!

    I especially like #3....the pose, expression and quality of light all do it for me!thumb.gif

    Hey Jeff! Thanks man! I try not to be a stranger but have an amazing capacity of getting stranger by the day rolleyes1.gifroflrolleyes1.gif

    When the season changes into Minnesota yuk, I'm sure to be here more often to kick around! Thanks again.
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Agnieszka wrote:
    I would say this set is eyecandy! I love your lighting, very impressive! iloveyou.gif

    Thank you Angie :D I love light!
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  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    Great lighting. Do you use a shoot-through umbrella? Softbox? And what do you use for remote triggering, the Canon IR thing or pocket wizard, or what?
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited August 5, 2009
    jmphotocraft wrote:
    Great lighting. Do you use a shoot-through umbrella? Softbox? And what do you use for remote triggering, the Canon IR thing or pocket wizard, or what?

    In studio, large and medium softboxes, beauty dish, gridded strip light and bare bulb 7" reflector (AB 400). The outdoor shots: beauty dish (no grid, no diffuser) on heavy duty stand using Vagabond power source. Anymore, for out door shooting, I drag studio lights with me if at all possible. Better light, bigger light and much more control with the envelope (wrap around). I use Pocket Wizards for triggers.

    Thanks! :D
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