Miss Alexandria

justin24

I had a photo session with Alexandia a local model from the SF Bay Area. The original plan was to shoot on the former Alameda Naval Airstation but were kicked out by Security. So we went to Treasure Island and finished up our photo session. We also took a few photos in the Webster tunnel which connects Alameda, CA and Oakland, CA. Let me know what you think on lighting, how I could fix the lightin issues, poses, etc... I used a Nikon D200 with a 17-55mm lense and and my SB-800 with a softbox.

#1 Webster Tunnel


#2 Webster Tunnel


#3 Treasure Island


#4 Treasure Island


#5 Treasure Island


#6 Treasure Island

justin24

#7 Treasure Island


#8 Treasure Island


#9 Treausre Island

justin24

147 Views..................................rolleyes

adbsgicom

I'm liking 1/2/8/9 the best of the group. Are you shooting wide-angle on a bunch of the middle ones? The leg proportion seems off (which could be just her shape and wardrobe throwing me off as well), but seems like the camera angle, given #2 seems spot on. Love the light in 8 & 9.

Scott_Quier

Finally, a model who understands that food is intended to be eaten, not looked at. And Miss Alexandria is just gorgeous!

Enough about her ... on to the photography....I can't help to much with posing as I'm just plain not good at that.

A couple of lighting thoughts....

#1 - Move her a bit away from the tiled wall, thrown some light on it from about 45° to get some light reflecting back on her beautiful hair - a ghetto hairlight if you will. Just a tought.

#2 - If you have it, putting a strobe (SB) behind her for backlighting might have worked very well here. Need something to better seperate her hair from the background.

#4 - Need more fill.

#7 - From a lighting perspective, this is the most flattering (and interesting IMO) of the group. Would have been better had you not positioned her against the bright (overcase?) background sky. Turning her slightly from the camera might have improved the shot a bit.

#8, #9 - From a lighting perspective, these are a close second to #7. From total appeal, these rock. Love her expression in both. #8 - not so sure about having her dead-center in the frame.

justin24

Thank You for the advice. I am going to write this down for our next shoot in a few weeks. I used a 17-55mm Nikon Lens. Gotta check if it was wide angle or not.

Scott_Quier

justin24 wrote: »

Thank You for the advice. I am going to write this down for our next shoot in a few weeks. I used a 17-55mm Nikon Lens. Gotta check if it was wide angle or not.

On a cropper, 17mm is wide angle. The 55mm .... not so much. Focal lengths between these two ... well, you get the idea.

Caspian

I like 1, 6, 8 & 9 (especially 8 & 9). I agree with the other comments about lighting. It looks to me like you used the wide end of the lens on several of these and it was not flattering for your model. She is very pretty and you did a nice job setting up most of the shots. I am trying to learn good posing and I think that you might have posed her differently and used a longer lens to make her legs and hips appear slimmer. You have a good eye for light and the soft box did a nice job of providing fill.

Aspecto5

Just my opinion. I like #7. I find with most of the others, the background distracts me. Lights, cars, metal fense/w the board on it.... Maybe a little more blur?

Sachis2112

I think I actually like #1 the best. Sure, the background is a little distracting (only a little) but it looks just like an eyeshadow ad I saw when I was stuck in the manicurists waiting for my nails to dry. (The only thing those places have to read are "entertainment" industry junk...)

justin24

Thank You all for the comments and advice. I should try some motion blur for the background just to see how it would look.

PhotoGuy40

#1 and #2 are my favorites.......If you would have put a flash behind her
the image would have become 3d.

Great Work!