One of my favorite photos ever

B RockB Rock Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
edited September 9, 2010 in People
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We were just playing with a sheet and came up with this. I love this photo, I feel like her eyes just go on forever. Thanks for looking.

Shot with a d90 and two speedlights.
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2010
    Beautiful!!! Isn't it wonderful when it just all comes together?
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  • TrackerTracker Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2010
    very, very nice and I agree, the eyes are riveting. Can you talk a little more about how you used the speedlites & lighting layout?
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  • snowman1snowman1 Registered Users Posts: 272 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2010
    Very nice photo



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  • B RockB Rock Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2010
    The D90 was at 1/200th and f8. I had an SB900 45 degrees between my subject and camera right. It was in a 3 foot octobox and was level with her face. The SB600 was camera left directly beside me in a shoot thru umbrella. I had it close to me so I could get a bit of fill on her face but keep the sheet lit properly. Thanks for the comments!
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  • WillCADWillCAD Registered Users Posts: 722 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2010
    Very nicely done Brock. Just goes to show, you don't need ten grand worth of studio lights to get even, soft lighting on a subject.

    Of course, I'd never be able to achieve it myself; I just don't have the patience to set things up and play with them till it comes out right. But maybe one day...
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  • TrackerTracker Registered Users Posts: 155 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2010
    one more Q, if I can.
    Were you shooting master/slave TTL or all manual on the strobes?
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  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2010
    Wow, this is definitely a gorgeous portrait...they eyes always have it and in this case her eyes are incredible!
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  • B RockB Rock Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2010
    All the strobes were set on manual.
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  • HurmeHurme Registered Users Posts: 51 Big grins
    edited September 7, 2010
    It certainly works, although your watermark looks bit too much like a logo = the image looks like an ad. Not a bad thing necessarily. deal.gif
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2010
    Stunning portrait!
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  • jdorseydesignjdorseydesign Registered Users Posts: 161 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2010
    Very nice. But.. I have to ask.. were you trying to recreate that famous Nat Geo cover?
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  • StueveShotsStueveShots Registered Users Posts: 544 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2010
    Beautiful picture! The lighting is perfect and the composition brings us right to her eyes...so lovely. Well done!
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  • InsuredDisasterInsuredDisaster Registered Users Posts: 1,132 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2010
    Very nice!
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  • reyvee61reyvee61 Registered Users Posts: 1,877 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2010
    jdorseydesign wrote: »
    Very nice. But.. I have to ask.. were you trying to recreate that famous Nat Geo cover?

    The thought had occurred to me as well.....
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  • B RockB Rock Registered Users Posts: 181 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2010
    Lol nope we were not. I thought that the second I looked at the lcd though. I was just shooting away and someone grabbed the sheet and put it on her head haha. Thanks for all the kind comments! This actually helped me get a shoot next week. Her mother saw the image and is having a birthday party where they will all be wearing "real" traditional dress and they want me to shoot it. Hooray!
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