I think I over did the eyes.
I believe that this was just lit with a gold reflector. I was using the Canon 15mm f/2.8 fish. Suuuuuuuuuuper sharp lens and who says distortion is bad for portraiture?
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Cool shot.
Nope, but I cooled it down a lot. The gold reflector gave it a really, really warm tone that was just too "sunny" for a prison. I love the color of her skin though.
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Not really. I was just playing around. I was thinking that dropping the opacity on them would help out a lot. What would be a good color? Her eyes are a very light blue which makes it easy to color.
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Children's Illustrator
You're not kidding. Other than that, great portrait!
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As for distortion, this is a great example of how you can get away with using a fisheye or other wide angle lens for a portrait. The fisheye distortion overall is very obvious but her face itself doesn't appear to be distorted much at all. By putting her head in the middle of the frame and keeping an appropriate distance (although I'm sure you were still very close) you successfully minimized the distortion and kept her from looking like a funhouse mirror reflection. Great job!
Oh, about the reflector... what was it reflecting? Did you bounce a flash off it, or was there another light source that we can't see in the frame?
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There were skylights that provided light streaming down the center of the cell corridors. The reflector was probably about 2'-3' from her face.