My first Studio Portraits (NSFW?)
I had a chance to shoot some portraits with two other photogs, Anna Fur Laxis, a Burlesque performer/ax thrower from UK.
http://www.annafurlaxis.com/home.html
We started out in a studio and then out to Bob's Big Boys in Burbank to shoot some pin up style shots with classic cars as the background.
In the studio, there was a umbrella strobe and a beauty dish light. There was only one Pocket Wizard, so I let another person who organized this thing use it. I shot ambient light at about f2.8-4 with shutter speed about 1/50 -1/100 or so with the 50mm f1.8 and the 85mm f1.8 lens at ISO 400. We used two lights and then moved to one for each set to get more dramatic lighting. A rim light from the back would have helped reduce some shadows but I don't like it when everything is midtones and there are no shadows. For me, I prefer shadows as I think they make for a more dramatic shot.
For Bob's big boy, I mainly used the 35mm f2 lens with the 430EXII flash off camera with a sync cord so I can get fast shutter speeds of over 1/200. I mainly kept the aperture wide open at ISO 100 b/c there was enough light. I wanted background in focus enough to add context but out of focus to focus attention on the model.
Some studio stuff first. Using one directional light.
1.
2. Side Profile
3. two lights IIRC, in color
4. Her performance costume.
5. She slices cucumbers with one swipe with those sharp axes.
6. More directional lighting.
7. At Bob's Big Boy's.
8. In manual shot at f16 to get the starburst by under exposing for the sky by 2 stops and then using the speedlite to expose the subject.
9. She has a pretty impressive tatoo on her arm and is just showing it off.
10. Just messing with flares.
11.
http://www.annafurlaxis.com/home.html
We started out in a studio and then out to Bob's Big Boys in Burbank to shoot some pin up style shots with classic cars as the background.
In the studio, there was a umbrella strobe and a beauty dish light. There was only one Pocket Wizard, so I let another person who organized this thing use it. I shot ambient light at about f2.8-4 with shutter speed about 1/50 -1/100 or so with the 50mm f1.8 and the 85mm f1.8 lens at ISO 400. We used two lights and then moved to one for each set to get more dramatic lighting. A rim light from the back would have helped reduce some shadows but I don't like it when everything is midtones and there are no shadows. For me, I prefer shadows as I think they make for a more dramatic shot.
For Bob's big boy, I mainly used the 35mm f2 lens with the 430EXII flash off camera with a sync cord so I can get fast shutter speeds of over 1/200. I mainly kept the aperture wide open at ISO 100 b/c there was enough light. I wanted background in focus enough to add context but out of focus to focus attention on the model.
Some studio stuff first. Using one directional light.
1.
2. Side Profile
3. two lights IIRC, in color
4. Her performance costume.
5. She slices cucumbers with one swipe with those sharp axes.
6. More directional lighting.
7. At Bob's Big Boy's.
8. In manual shot at f16 to get the starburst by under exposing for the sky by 2 stops and then using the speedlite to expose the subject.
9. She has a pretty impressive tatoo on her arm and is just showing it off.
10. Just messing with flares.
11.
0
Comments
http://ssklar.smugmug.com
DavidBroadwell.com, My Smugmug Home
The car shots are cool too, btu I would have tried to balance it out a bit more (though I guess you wanted to take PORTRAITS of her) .. still ... it wouldn't have hurt to show more of the car(s).