Kelly

tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
edited December 12, 2011 in People
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Portrait of Kelly. This photo was taken in the Leicester People's Gallery during studio light workshop. Kelly was born to pose in front of the camera. Love working with her.

C&C are very welcome.
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2011
    The color of her dress really pampers her skin tone. Your skin processing is really very balanced here, Tom. I love everything about it. Excellent work, Man. thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif
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  • cbbrcbbr Registered Users Posts: 755 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2011
    Beautiful shot - great light.
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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2011
    No fair, lets have some info on how it was lighted. Great shot by the way!!
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited December 6, 2011
    Beautifully lit and processed. I think I would have liked it a bit better though if it didn't look like she was slam-up against the BG.
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 7, 2011
    Setup. Two Bowes Gemini heads 500. One on top on a boom and one one on the bottom on a small tripod. The one on top is a beauty dish with a defuser, but the bottom one is a soft box. The soft box is there just to lighten up her shadows under the chin.

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  • jpcjpc Registered Users Posts: 840 Major grins
    edited December 7, 2011
    You can actually see the setup in her eyes, quite nicely. Pretty girl.
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 7, 2011
    jpc wrote: »
    You can actually see the setup in her eyes, quite nicely. Pretty girl.

    Indeed, she is a pretty girl.
    Thank you for the comment.
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  • D3SshooterD3Sshooter Registered Users Posts: 1,188 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2011
    Very nice, good model, sharpness,light etc.... Well done.
    Such a nice picture could maybe use an extra effort. A beauty dish creates a nice light effect on the eyes. The reflection in the iris is then round. A softbox reflects a square or rectangle form, not so nice to look at. I would remove the bottom softbox reflection in the eyes. But that is just a minor comment on this great shot
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 8, 2011
    D3Sshooter wrote: »
    Very nice, good model, sharpness,light etc.... Well done.
    Such a nice picture could maybe use an extra effort. A beauty dish creates a nice light effect on the eyes. The reflection in the iris is then round. A softbox reflects a square or rectangle form, not so nice to look at. I would remove the bottom softbox reflection in the eyes. But that is just a minor comment on this great shot

    Thank you for the comment. I love this type of a catch light in the eyes - for me they are bringing more life and energy in to the portrait. But that is my own opinion.

    thank you again for commenting.

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  • D3SshooterD3Sshooter Registered Users Posts: 1,188 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2011
    tomnovy wrote: »
    Thank you for the comment. I love this type of a catch light in the eyes - for me they are bringing more life and energy in to the portrait. But that is my own opinion.

    thank you again for commenting.

    With regards,

    I love it too, but personally I prefer only one catch light. But that is personal taste.
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  • r3t1awr3ydr3t1awr3yd Registered Users Posts: 1,000 Major grins
    edited December 8, 2011
    Killer clamshell lighting. It looks great!
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 9, 2011
    Thanks for the comment, and I am glad that you like it.


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  • BrettDeutschBrettDeutsch Registered Users Posts: 365 Major grins
    edited December 9, 2011
    Yep, the clamshell always works well as for a beauty shot. It helps when you have a beauty to work with too! Nice shot.
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 9, 2011
    Thanks Brett.
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  • adbsgicomadbsgicom Registered Users Posts: 3,615 Major grins
    edited December 9, 2011
    Link is coming up as dead....
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 9, 2011
    adbsgicom wrote: »
    Link is coming up as dead....

    Andrew, sorry for that - doing some changes on the website. I shall repost it here when it become available.
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 9, 2011
    adbsgicom wrote: »
    Link is coming up as dead....

    Try now. It should work now.
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 9, 2011
    Here is another one of Kelly
    kelly-smiling-copy-L.jpg
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited December 9, 2011
    I like this one better. No shadow behind her neck on the BG. Very nice.
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 10, 2011
    Icebear wrote: »
    I like this one better. No shadow behind her neck on the BG. Very nice.

    Yes, you are right. The photo was taken during a photography club studio light workshop. They promised to provide background - they did not, I had to use a glossy wall. Still the effect was not bad.

    Thank you for the comment.
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  • sweet carolinesweet caroline Registered Users Posts: 1,589 Major grins
    edited December 10, 2011
    I actually like the first one better. The expression seems more natural and relaxed, and I dig the shadow behind her. Both lovely, though.
  • BilsenBilsen Registered Users Posts: 2,143 Major grins
    edited December 12, 2011
    Both nicely done but I'm gonna prefer the first one.clap.gif
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  • tomnovytomnovy Registered Users Posts: 1,103 SmugMug Employee
    edited December 12, 2011
    JohnGalt_ny wrote: »
    Both nicely done but I'm gonna prefer the first one.clap.gif

    Thanks.
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