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    ShimaShima Registered Users Posts: 2,547 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2013
    anonymouscuban wrote: »
    Glad you're enjoying the thread. I was starting to worry that people have had just about enough of my photos of my wife. Laughing.gif

    Yeah. I agree with you on Day 31 compared to some of the recent ones. Although, I really do like Day 30 as well. I actually have Day 30 set as my wallpaper on my phone. With that said, I think today's photo, Day 34, is pretty damn great. Haven't uploaded it yet. Will do later today. Just need to take the pull back shot which I forgot to do this morning but I still have everything setup.

    This is a very nice thread idea, thanks for sharing.
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    DreadnoteDreadnote Registered Users Posts: 634 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2013
    With the reflector on the same side as the key, it seems that not quite enough fill light is hitting the left side of her nose and is making a slightly funny shadow that kinda makes it look like her nose is being pinched. Do you see what I mean? I wonder if bringing the reflector just a few more inches camera right would fix that.
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2013
    Dreadnote wrote: »
    With the reflector on the same side as the key, it seems that not quite enough fill light is hitting the left side of her nose and is making a slightly funny shadow that kinda makes it look like her nose is being pinched. Do you see what I mean? I wonder if bringing the reflector just a few more inches camera right would fix that.

    Yes. I do see the small shadow on the left side of her nose. I could have healed that out but I am not doing any processing on these shots that alters the light, shadows or exposure for the sake of the project.
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    DreadnoteDreadnote Registered Users Posts: 634 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2013
    Yeah good point.
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2013
    Day 37

    2-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera left, metered at f/8
    Fill: Round white reflector on camera right
    Kicker: AB400 in large gridded soft box on camera right, metered at f/5.6

    Pull back:

    DSC_9899-XL.jpg

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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited February 25, 2013
    Day 38

    2-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera left, metered at f/8
    Fill: Round white reflector on camera right
    Kicker: AB400 in large gridded soft box on camera right, metered at f/5.6
    Kicker: AB400 in large gridded soft box on camera left, metered at f/4

    Pull back:

    DSC_9901-XL.jpg

    DSC_9912-Edit-X2.jpg
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    Dooginfif20Dooginfif20 Registered Users Posts: 845 Major grins
    edited February 28, 2013
    Alex I just wanted to share this with you. I ended up shooting with a PCB Beauty Dish camera right and then just a gridded 7" AB1600 and AB800 behind him right and left. What do you think?
    PE_zps12a5c893.jpg
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    WeedinnerWeedinner Registered Users Posts: 49 Big grins
    edited March 2, 2013
    Dooginfif20 wrote: »
    Alex I just wanted to share this with you. I ended up shooting with a PCB Beauty Dish camera right and then just a gridded 7" AB1600 and AB800 behind him right and left. What do you think?
    PE_zps12a5c893.jpg

    LOve it. Though his face is a touch over for me
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    Dooginfif20Dooginfif20 Registered Users Posts: 845 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2013
    Weedinner wrote: »
    LOve it. Though his face is a touch over for me

    Ya I thought about toning it down a little so I am glad I wasnt the only one who thought so. Oh well not bad for a first try!
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 2, 2013
    Dooginfif20 wrote: »
    Alex I just wanted to share this with you. I ended up shooting with a PCB Beauty Dish camera right and then just a gridded 7" AB1600 and AB800 behind him right and left. What do you think?
    PE_zps12a5c893.jpg

    I like it. I too agree that the face is a little hot but not so much that it ruins the image. I'm kind of bothered by the hard shadow on his right cheek from the jacket collar. Again, not an image killer. I just noticed it and now I can't stop looking at it.

    One thing... is this a composite? I think it is. You did a great job EXCEPT for around the top of his head. It looks "cut out" there. I'd soften that edge a bit.
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    Dooginfif20Dooginfif20 Registered Users Posts: 845 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2013
    anonymouscuban wrote: »
    I like it. I too agree that the face is a little hot but not so much that it ruins the image. I'm kind of bothered by the hard shadow on his right cheek from the jacket collar. Again, not an image killer. I just noticed it and now I can't stop looking at it.

    One thing... is this a composite? I think it is. You did a great job EXCEPT for around the top of his head. It looks "cut out" there. I'd soften that edge a bit.

    Alex thanks for the advice! The shadow on the face didnt really bother me until you said something and now I get what you are saying. When I looked at the sooc image his face isnt actually hot. It must have been the PP. As for the line around the top of his head I didnt catch it when I was using the refine edge tool in PS. I posted it to FB and here and then noticed it so I will fix that! I think in all honesty my first time actually using 3 lights and doing a composite of this nature it turned out pretty good. My friend loved it and a friend of his wants to do a shoot now so I would call that a win wint! I really appreciate this thread and all your help as its been a total lifesaver!
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2013
    OK... so I've gotten a bit lazy with keeping this thread up. I've also forgotten to take pull backs on some days. Luckily, the last several days I've used the same setup. So these next few posts will catch the thread up.

    Day 39

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera right metered at f/8
    Hair/Kicker: AB400 in large gridded strip box on camera right and left metered at f/5.6

    No Pull Back

    DSC_9937-Edit-Edit-X2.jpg
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2013
    Day 40

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera right metered at f/8
    Fill: Large white reflector on camera left
    Hair/Kicker: AB400 in large gridded strip box on camera right and left metered at f/5.6

    Pull Back:

    DSC_0057-XL.jpg

    DSC_9967-Edit-X2.jpg
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2013
    Day 41

    Hate the pose.

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera right metered at f/8
    Fill: Large white reflector on camera left
    Hair/Kicker: AB400 in large gridded strip box on camera right and left metered at f/5.6

    Pull Back: Same as Day 40

    DSC_9981-Edit-X2.jpg
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2013
    Day 42

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera right metered at f/8
    Fill: Large white reflector on camera left
    Hair/Kicker: AB400 in large gridded strip box on camera right and left metered at f/5.6

    Pull Back: Same as Day 40

    DSC_0010-Edit-X2.jpg

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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2013
    Day 43

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera right metered at f/8
    Fill: Large white reflector on camera left
    Hair/Kicker: AB400 in large gridded strip box on camera right and left metered at f/5.6

    Pull Back: Same as Day 40

    DSC_0048-Edit-X2.jpg
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    zoomerzoomer Registered Users Posts: 3,688 Major grins
    edited March 3, 2013
    love love that last portrait
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    Thanks zoomer.

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    wave01wave01 Registered Users Posts: 204 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    this is really good and with the pull backs showing what you did well done
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    DreadnoteDreadnote Registered Users Posts: 634 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2013
    So here is a thought. Any chance of posting the daily shots as you have been, but including one SOOC beside it?
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2013
    Be happy to if you guys are interested. I will add the sooc with my next set of posts.

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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2013
    Day 44

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera right metered at f/8
    Fill: Large white reflector on camera left
    Hair/Kicker: AB400 in large gridded strip box on camera right and left metered at f/5.6

    Pull Back: Same as Day 40

    DSC_0066-Edit-X2.jpg
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2013
    Day 45

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera right metered at f/8
    Fill: Large white reflector on camera left
    Hair/Kicker: AB400 in large gridded strip box on camera right and left metered at f/5.6

    Pull Back: Same as Day 40

    SOOC:

    DSC_0126-Edit-Edit-X2.jpg

    Final Image:

    DSC_0126-Edit-X2.jpg
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2013
    Day 46

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 30x60" soft box on camera right metered at f/8
    Fill: Large white reflector on camera left
    Hair/Kicker: AB400 in large gridded strip box on camera right and left metered at f/5.6

    Pull Back: Same as Day 40

    SOOC:

    DSC_0159-Edit-2-X2.jpg

    Final Image:

    DSC_0159-Edit-X2.jpg
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    babowcbabowc Registered Users Posts: 510 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2013
    Wow!
    She has great skin before the editing!.. Almost don't need to edit much!!
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2013
    Yes she does. My wife has eczema. She was diagnosed with it at 16 so she's always taken really good care of her skin. She always wears sunscreen, moisturizes, she gets facials every month and she washes her face twice daily. She rarely has an eczema outbreak because of this and its usually just a tiny rash on her wrist or hands. It also has kept wrinkles at bay. She literally has no wrinkles on her face and she's turning 40 in a few months.
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    DreadnoteDreadnote Registered Users Posts: 634 Major grins
    edited March 6, 2013
    These are really clean. I'm looking on my ipad, but it looks like just a bit of vignette, a tad of contrast, and very minor skin work. Good job.
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2013
    Day 47

    Getting lazy and not taking pullback pics. Sorry guys. I also forgot to upload SOOC shots for this next batch. However, the PP is exactly like the few I posted with SOOC last time.

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 48" Octobox on camera right, metered to f/8
    Fill: Round white reflector on camera left
    Kickers: 2 x AB400 in gridded strip boxes on camera left and right, metered to f/5.6

    DSC_0204-Edit-X2.jpg
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2013
    Day 48

    2-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 48" Octobox on camera right, metered to f/8
    Fill: Round white reflector on camera left
    Kickers: AB400 in gridded strip box on camera left, metered to f/5.6

    DSC_0230-Edit-X2.jpg
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    anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2013
    Day 49

    3-Light Setup:

    Main: AB800 in 48" Octobox on camera left, metered to f/10
    Fill: Round white reflector on camera right
    Kickers: 2 x AB400 in gridded strip boxes on camera left and right, metered to f/8

    Jen-1-X2.jpg
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