Wet & Wild

Hackbone

Got you attention with the title?!
I had a great time with this young lady. Still gotta figure out exactly how to better do the last one.

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Dooginfif20

I like the set! I think what would help the last one would be to crop it in tighter. I get the idea but if you did it up close and were able to see the water blurred it would do it more justice!

rhondavid

She's cute!!! Love the set! On the last one a lot less DOF would have been most beneficial. How about going in adding a little glausian blur so the back ground is not as distracting.

Scott_Quier

Nice work. With #3, I think I would do what I could to blur the background and then crop this photo down a bit. She's getting lost in the detail of the background.

adbsgicom

Really nice set, first two are brilliant.

Dumb question for you. What is the theory behind that turned-in leg that many models do. It always looks very contorted to me, but I figure that there must be some logic behind it. I'm talking about the way her right leg (camera left) is oriented, more specifically, the foot.

Hackbone

Andrew, in that shot it was purely serendipity. However when I go back into my files I find alot of examples of that. I pose for the senior to give them an idea of what I want and they mirror me. For me it is about attitude and that is what the seniors like and see.
Also I tend to work fast to get all the photographs in that I want in a short period of time and at times overlook certain things that should be corrected but generally I'm the only one that realizes it.
Photographers are our own worst enemy. We tend to over analyze a photo. An example is when photographers look at eyes they want to see a large irsis. In reality I've never had a parent ask me why the pupil was large and not the irsis. Go figure.

Swartzy

That 3rd one is really great. What fun. She looks like you two had a great time shooting.

adbsgicom

Hackbone wrote: »

Andrew, in that shot it was purely serendipity. However when I go back into my files I find alot of examples of that. I pose for the senior to give them an idea of what I want and they mirror me. For me it is about attitude and that is what the seniors like and see.
Also I tend to work fast to get all the photographs in that I want in a short period of time and at times overlook certain things that should be corrected but generally I'm the only one that realizes it.
Photographers are our own worst enemy. We tend to over analyze a photo. An example is when photographers look at eyes they want to see a large irsis. In reality I've never had a parent ask me why the pupil was large and not the irsis. Go figure.

Thanks. Sorry, I wasn't trying to over-analyze the shot. I get that it is coming from the fashion world -- that sort foot positioning is all over there. I didn't think it was an oversight or something to be corrected, but rather the look she or you (or both) wanted, and was trying to figure you the logic behind that foot positioning. I know I stink at posing, so I generally figure there is some logic behind fashion(able) poses that I don't intuitively understand-- I guess it tends to accentuate the hip curve? I take your point that it naturally came about so either it was something she was doing either consciously or naturally. Thanks again.

idoteech

Hack, will you please share your lighting setup on #2. I envy those pure white backdrops! They are all beautifull!!!

Hackbone

idoteech wrote: »

Hack, will you please share your lighting setup on #2. I envy those pure white backdrops! They are all beautifull!!!

Eva, I use two 10x30 strips to light the bkg at about a 45 angle to the bkg. The main is a 4x6 softbox with a 3x5 silver reflector. Figure your main light exposure and read your bkg lights with the meter at subject position and the light reflected off the white bkg. Try for the same fstop or maybe one higher than the main. Watch out for spill on your subject. That ruins everything.

idoteech

Do you put the strips on a boom stand?

Hackbone

Eva, they are on stands at the edge of the background. I use Denny's white vinyl. You can do alot with dodging also if needed.

Mr. Quiet

adbsgicom wrote: »

Dumb question for you. What is the theory behind that turned-in leg that many models do. It always looks very contorted to me, but I figure that there must be some logic behind it. I'm talking about the way her right leg (camera left) is oriented, more specifically, the foot.

I think they do it to accentuate the posterior... My two cents...

D'Buggs

Mr. Quiet wrote: »

I think they do it to accentuate the posterior... My two cents...

And mine (2cts) - The old adage; If it bends, BEND IT! The more twists-n-turns, the better.

D'Buggs

D'Buggs wrote: »

And mine (2cts) - The old adage; If it bends, BEND IT! The more twists-n-turns, the better.

HB;

The pose looks wonderful in 3. I agree w/ Scott, though, that she's being swallowed up by the bg.

ivar

Swartzy wrote: »

That 3rd one is really great. What fun. She looks like you two had a great time shooting.

I would have loved to see some more rain drops, but if you ever figure out how to nicely do that, let me know I think you need a good amount of water and a good amount of strobe power to get it?

Dooginfif20

ivar wrote: »

I would have loved to see some more rain drops, but if you ever figure out how to nicely do that, let me know I think you need a good amount of water and a good amount of strobe power to get it?

kirk voclain did a good demo of how to get that look. its on one of the photo vision dvds

Hackbone

Kirk is 1 of my heroes.

Dooginfif20

Hackbone wrote: »

Kirk is 1 of my heroes.

totally agree with you! look up the video. it was called seniors voclain style!

adbsgicom

Dooginfif20 wrote: »

totally agree with you! look up the video. it was called seniors voclain style!

If someone finds a link/pointer to this, please share. I came up empty.

jimqjr

Great job.
I took a look at your site and there are a lot of great pictures.
Always looking to improve.