Beauty Portraits: Zia @ Rama 8 Bridge (Made In Thailand Boot Camp Session 1)

ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
edited October 18, 2009 in People
This is the first set of many more to come from my Made In Thailand Boot Camp held in September 2009.

I have chosen one of my friends to be our photo model for this session. The basic idea of this set is to allow participants practise night portraits with multiple strobes lighting. I have chosen this location because not only it is one of the major monuments in Bangkok, it is also beautiful at night with its splendid illuminated suspension steel tensiles. Although all seems to be great that night, we did not get much shots done cos it started raining just when we were warmed up for some serious posing and shots. In the end, we all had to pack up and run for cover...

Have to apologize to the participants for not getting good shots that night... :(

Here are just 5 images to share.
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  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    Pic 01:

    20090904-Zia-800x531-01.jpg


    Pic 02:

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    Pic 03:

    20090904-Zia-800x531-03.jpg


    Pic 04:

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    Pic 05:

    20090904-Zia-800x531-09.jpg
    Speaking of ART is USELESS if one cannot FEEL anything.
    I am not a photographer.
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  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    Thank you for viewing my images. Comments are welcomed. We could have done more if not for the rain... What a waste... :(
    Speaking of ART is USELESS if one cannot FEEL anything.
    I am not a photographer.
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  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2009
    beautiful shots! the sparkly gold dress is nice.clap.gif

    this is an unusual request..but could you post a shot straight out of the camera? I love to see your work and ypur processing but I m curious to see the rawish type shot.
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  • blaser321blaser321 Registered Users Posts: 201 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2009
    3 is just amazing
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  • Yuri PautovYuri Pautov Registered Users Posts: 1,918 Major grins
    edited October 15, 2009
    Zeckson! You have beautiful model, the dress is right. For me the light is too hard and contrast too much with the night. Sometimes it wins. but not here - the model is touching (not sexual vampire:-) and I'd use more soft light. I also made such mistakes (IMHO) when I used 'adult' poses to very young, charming models.
    Thank you,

    Yuri
  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2009
    Only Asian women can look like that!
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  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2009
    Qarik wrote:
    beautiful shots! the sparkly gold dress is nice.clap.gif

    this is an unusual request..but could you post a shot straight out of the camera? I love to see your work and ypur processing but I m curious to see the rawish type shot.

    Sure. Tell me which one you would like to see and I shall post it for you. :)
    Speaking of ART is USELESS if one cannot FEEL anything.
    I am not a photographer.
    Zeckson's Image Boulevard
  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2009
    blaser321 wrote:
    3 is just amazing

    Thanks for your comments.
    Speaking of ART is USELESS if one cannot FEEL anything.
    I am not a photographer.
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  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2009
    Yuri Pautov wrote:
    Zeckson! You have beautiful model, the dress is right. For me the light is too hard and contrast too much with the night. Sometimes it wins. but not here - the model is touching (not sexual vampire:-) and I'd use more soft light. I also made such mistakes (IMHO) when I used 'adult' poses to very young, charming models.
    Thank you,

    Yuri

    Hello Yuri. I totally agree with you about the light. Yeah, its time to use some soft boxes, more umbrellas and other light modifiers. Done these pictures way back in early September. I just bought a few light modifiers recently, should be using them soon. :)
    Speaking of ART is USELESS if one cannot FEEL anything.
    I am not a photographer.
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  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 16, 2009
    Mr. Quiet wrote:
    Only Asian women can look like that!

    谢谢你的评语。 :)
    Speaking of ART is USELESS if one cannot FEEL anything.
    I am not a photographer.
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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2009
    pinyin please:-)thumb.gif
    If you work at something hard enough, you WILL achieve your goal. "Me"

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    Welcome to my NEW website!

    Mr. Christoferson
  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2009
    Mr. Quiet wrote:
    pinyin please:-)thumb.gif

    Oh sorry... I thought you are able to read Chinese... The translation in hanyu pinyin is "xie xie ni de ping yu" or "Thank you for your comments". :)
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  • wildviperwildviper Registered Users Posts: 560 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2009
    I love the #3. Would you mind sharing your setup more? Camera, lens, what strobes and so on??
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  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2009
    wildviper wrote:
    I love the #3. Would you mind sharing your setup more? Camera, lens, what strobes and so on??

    All these images were done with the equipment listed below:
    1. Nikon D90
    2. AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
    3. Tokina AT-X Pro 124 12-24mm f/4
    4. Nikon Speedlight SB-900
    5. Nikon Speedlight SB-800
    6. Light stand x 2
    7. Shoot through umbrella x 1

    Most of the shots were done using slow shutter speeds of about 1/15 ~ 1/30, cannot remember (you can download the images and look at the EXIF data). I want to balance between flash and ambient. Flash mode is definitely using Slow/Rear Sync Flash. Flash power is as low as 1/64 ~ 1/128. ISO is pretty high as well, if I did not remember wrongly.

    The lights are placed in such a way that the main light mounted with a shoot-through umbrella at a flash power of about 1/128 ~ 1/64. The backlight is on another light stand, bare unti, about 2 meters behind the subject and a low power between 1/128 ~ 1/64.
    Speaking of ART is USELESS if one cannot FEEL anything.
    I am not a photographer.
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  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2009
    I agree with the shadows comments.

    Seems to me a blurred moon takes away from your subject but the suspension wires don't (go figure).
    Rags
  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 17, 2009
    torags wrote:
    I agree with the shadows comments.

    Seems to me a blurred moon takes away from your subject but the suspension wires don't (go figure).

    Thanks for your comments.
    Speaking of ART is USELESS if one cannot FEEL anything.
    I am not a photographer.
    Zeckson's Image Boulevard
  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2009
    Zeckson wrote:
    Sure. Tell me which one you would like to see and I shall post it for you. :)

    how about #4?
    D700, D600
    14-24 24-70 70-200mm (vr2)
    85 and 50 1.4
    45 PC and sb910 x2
    http://www.danielkimphotography.com
  • ZecksonZeckson Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2009
    Qarik wrote:
    how about #4?

    Sure. Let me find that image and post it up. :)
    Speaking of ART is USELESS if one cannot FEEL anything.
    I am not a photographer.
    Zeckson's Image Boulevard
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