Glamour with Ashley (nsfw / implied)

chrisdg · December 10, 2009

Indoor shoot with a lovely young lady, Ashley, this past weekend. Not really intended to be a cohesive series, but posting as a group here. C&C welcome.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

codiac2600 · December 10, 2009

Love #2 and #4 for there simplicity and expression. Photographing people to me has always been about expression and what the feeling that is going on has to match the mood of the lighting. Those show that.

Watch #6 as the skin tones are umm... pink

When you have a group of photos without heavy photoshop near each other it's always a good idea to watch the skintones to make sure they are close. #6 looks like she is of salmon heritage.

Darren Troy C · December 10, 2009

1, 2, 4, 5, and 7

I would, however, smooth the leg crease on #4. Either way, great set!

MisterMcCruff · December 12, 2009

Cracking set but I'd have number 5 on my wall in a second. MASSIVE thumbs up for that on.

Darren Troy C · December 12, 2009

Darren Troy C wrote:

1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 I would, however, smooth the leg crease on #4. Either way, great set!

Duh huh....sorry meant #5. Looks like maybe you re-edited that one to remove the crease?

Spydawebb · December 13, 2009

Nice set! I love 1, 2 and 5!

chrisdg · December 13, 2009

Thanks Gentlemen, appreciate the feedback!

Darren - yes, I had touched up that little crease. Meant to do that before posting. Thanks for the heads up.

ivar · December 14, 2009

Oooh, very nice! 1, 7 and 8

The focus seems to be off on 3 just a tad? I would have expected/wanted focus on her right-eye. I agree the tones in 6 are a bit pink, but I like it regardless

chrisdg · December 15, 2009

Ivar - agreed on the focus issue in #3. I really wanted that image to come out well, but it didn't go as planned once I saw it on my monitor.

Here are a few more for your viewing pleasure:
#10

#11

#12

#13

dychui · December 15, 2009

This is an absolutely gorgeous photoshoot. I love the high-key, pastel colored photos (these I prefer over the regular skin tones). I was wondering what kind of studio setup you have?

and #13 is amazing!!!

Really great work man

Daniel Chui

rhondavid · December 15, 2009

WOW, this is a great series of a very beautiful woman. She definitely has some great expressions and beauiful eyes. Great job!

jmphotocraft · December 15, 2009

There is potential for greatness here. I'd say you did a great job with the camera and some preliminary PP, but I think more work is needed on her sun damage and cellulite. No real fault of anybody's (unless she's a regular at the electric beach), just facts of life that I don't like to see in glamour photos. Also a few of the pictures make her look like she has an underbite. Otherwise, she's hot and you've got the raw material here to take her hotness to the next level.

BradfordBenn · December 15, 2009

#12 is really striking to me. Seems very natural and not posed.

Gary752 · December 16, 2009

Everyone has their preferences, and mine are 2,3,7,10, and 13. #13 is a definate wall hanger! Very nice job!

GaryB

chrisdg · December 16, 2009

dychui wrote:

This is an absolutely gorgeous photoshoot. I love the high-key, pastel colored photos (these I prefer over the regular skin tones). I was wondering what kind of studio setup you have?

and #13 is amazing!!!

Really great work man

Daniel Chui

Thanks Daniel!

About half of these were lit with a single AlienBee1600 w/Beauty Dish Reflector. A smaller "flagged" strobe lit the white seamless backdrop. The other half were lit naturally by that big window you see in #13, plus a little fill by the AlienBee powered down real low.

chrisdg · December 16, 2009

jmphotocraft wrote:

There is potential for greatness here. I'd say you did a great job with the camera and some preliminary PP, but I think more work is needed on her sun damage and cellulite. No real fault of anybody's (unless she's a regular at the electric beach), just facts of life that I don't like to see in glamour photos. Also a few of the pictures make her look like she has an underbite. Otherwise, she's hot and you've got the raw material here to take her hotness to the next level.

Thanks for the feedback. I did the post work only in Lightroom using its native toolset, as opposed to anything real heavy with plug-ins or Photoshop. I don't like to over-soften the skin to the point of a porcelain doll effect, but some of these could probably stand more post-work. It was a freezing day outside and the studio's space-heaters were literally blowing the circuit. So it was unfortunately 50-degrees F inside the room. The model was so cold she was shaking. Her skin was getting somewhat red and blotchy as a result, but she was a real trooper and looked gorgeous throughout.

oobitsa · December 17, 2009

Glass?

chrisdg wrote:

Thanks for the feedback. I did the post work only in Lightroom using its native toolset, as opposed to anything real heavy with plug-ins or Photoshop. I don't like to over-soften the skin to the point of a porcelain doll effect, but some of these could probably stand more post-work. It was a freezing day outside and the studio's space-heaters were literally blowing the circuit. So it was unfortunately 50-degrees F inside the room. The model was so cold she was shaking. Her skin was getting somewhat red and blotchy as a result, but she was a real trooper and looked gorgeous throughout.

Hey, great shots. I really enjoy them. Could you give this amateur an idea of what lenses you used for these?

Thanks!

System · December 17, 2009

All were stunning to say the least, but lucky # 13 is the best!

chrisdg · December 17, 2009

oobitsa wrote:

Hey, great shots. I really enjoy them. Could you give this amateur an idea of what lenses you used for these?

Thanks! All of these were shot on my Canon 50D with the 24-105 f4L glass.

SLPIX · December 18, 2009

WOW... Love them all, nice clean and natural. Esp love #1 and #4...
Any chance I could ask how you get the colour effect on #1 & #11 ?

Glamour with Ashley (nsfw / implied)

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