Paige: Senior Portraits

Tim Kamppinen

These are some of my favorite senior shots I've done. Let me know what you think:

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I was really excited about that last one as I had spotted the building with the ivy on it a month prior and had been waiting for an opportunity to shoot there. This shoot actually lasted over five hours with all the other locations and it was already 10:00 at night when we were wrapping up after shooting in a high school gym, but she agreed to give me a few more minutes in the chilly October night outside this abandoned school building. I drove my van up on the lawn so that the headlights would illuminate the area enough to get my gear set up, got the shots, packed up and left. Took about 5 minutes or so, I was pleased with the shot, and she fell in love when I showed her on the LCD. Mission accomplished!

Qarik

these really rock dude..glad to see you back!

reyvee61

Wow....your B&W work....just gorgeous and the last one....amazing!

kensington

1st and last are great!

clemensphoto's

WOW!!! These look awsomeclap

Hackbone

Especially like 1, 4, 6 & 7. Very nice work. The first one is a great example of lighting over the shoulder for a woman to see how it accents the bust line and gives contour to the face. On #2 the bright area to the viewers left would have been less distracting with the ambient exposure down to come more within the range of the exposure on her face. I do like the lines leading away from her. I am a big fan of the hatchet lighting in #4, good job there. 3 is my least favorite, she has a broad face and the lighting accents that. Please post more!!

Love the landscapes on you website.

Darren Troy C

Love 1, 2, and 3.

mpaulie

1 and 7 for the win, awesome job!

adbsgicom

Very wonderful work!!!
1/2/4/5/7 I really love (not much of a favorite pick, selecting 5/7 of them...). I think 7 is my absolute favorite. Had the ivy already gone reddish-brown, or did you tweak that in post. The color with her hair is fabulous!

Tim Kamppinen

adbsgicom wrote: »

Had the ivy already gone reddish-brown, or did you tweak that in post. The color with her hair is fabulous!

Thanks guys. The ivy had already turned deep red as this was shot in October. It was still green when I had originally noticed it, but when I we went there and I saw that it had turned I was quite pleased.

divamum

Really beautiful work.

I'll go against the grain and say that, while 1 is a good photograph, it doesn't actually look like her - I was surprised to see her in the other shots because it almost looked like two different girls! I personally prefer the younger, softer look she has in 2, 3 and 7, for instance, but that is entirely a matter of taste.

7 is simply outstanding by any measure - stunning, stunning shot!

Good to see you posting again - I always love your work!

Oh, and aside for Hackbone: "Hatchet" lighting? Not a term I've heard before. And yes, totally see what you mean about the light falling on the bustline in #1 (and I"ll repeat that I think it's a great shot photographically, it just doesn't portray the girl as she seems to be in the others)

Icebear

This set is wonderful. All the superlatives that have already been applied are certainly deserved. The only shot that I'm wondering about is #4. It makes her look a bit "thicker" than the other images. If that's truely her shape, fine, but I wonder if your angle foreshortened her a little. I expected her to be taller.

Tim Kamppinen

Icebear wrote: »

This set is wonderful. All the superlatives that have already been applied are certainly deserved. The only shot that I'm wondering about is #4. It makes her look a bit "thicker" than the other images. If that's truely her shape, fine, but I wonder if your angle foreshortened her a little. I expected her to be taller.

She's about average height. I lying on the ground when I shot that so if anything the angle should have made her look taller. Anyway I noticed what you're talking about and I did do other poses with her that may have been more traditionally flattering. She's not at all "thick" though; it's just a combination of the uniform and the frontal pose and lighting; but IMO nothing to the point where I would toss the shot. In the end, I still liked this one the best for the symmetry and negative space so I went with it.

Tim Kamppinen

divamum wrote: »

I'll go against the grain and say that, while 1 is a good photograph, it doesn't actually look like her - I was surprised to see her in the other shots because it almost looked like two different girls! I personally prefer the younger, softer look she has in 2, 3 and 7, for instance, but that is entirely a matter of taste.

I know what you're saying; #1 definitely has a much more mature look to it. I like both though and I like to shoot both ways for variety and to satisfy the expectations of the various parties involved (parents, grandparents, the senior)

Oh, and aside for Hackbone: "Hatchet" lighting? Not a term I've heard before.

I'm pretty sure he's referring to the strong rim lighting from behind combined with the frontal key light. I used two sb-28's, bare, for the rims and a travelite 750 in a 20" beauty dish on a boom overhead for the key light.

briandelion

Beautiful images! Very inspiring. #1, 2 &7 are the standouts for me.