Been a while

Marcin WuuMarcin Wuu Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
edited April 4, 2013 in People
So, a few of my latest portraits for your viewing pleasure (I hope :))

I. Mare Tranquillitatis

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II. Farewell, My Lovely

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III. Adam's Apples

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IV. End of The Golden Age

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I'm a lazy portraitist. I only shoot beautiful women.

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  • VayCayMomVayCayMom Registered Users Posts: 1,870 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2013
    Wow, great work!! The eyes are amazing. I wish I knew half as much about lighting as what you have used here.
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  • DreadnoteDreadnote Registered Users Posts: 634 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2013
    Awesome job! All of them are great, though admittedly my favorite is number 1. What a beautiful girl.
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  • divamumdivamum Registered Users Posts: 9,021 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2013
    Love #2. How'd you get the tint/falloff on her shoulders and body - was that lighting, or post? Love the effect, also the cool catchlights thumb.gif
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  • HackboneHackbone Registered Users Posts: 4,027 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2013
    Wow, awesome work.
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  • RolfRolf Registered Users Posts: 23 Big grins
    edited March 30, 2013
    #1, #1, #1. Did I mention I like #1?
  • Marcin WuuMarcin Wuu Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited March 31, 2013
    divamum wrote: »
    Love #2. How'd you get the tint/falloff on her shoulders and body - was that lighting, or post? Love the effect, also the cool catchlights thumb.gif

    Hmm. I'm not sure If I understand what you mean by "falloff"? The light falloff is from almost closed barn doors. The tint is from overexposing Ektar (it gives overexposed areas a slightly cyan tinge) pushed into blues in post.

    Anyways, thanks, glad you folks like it :)
    I'm a lazy portraitist. I only shoot beautiful women.
  • Marcin WuuMarcin Wuu Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited March 31, 2013
    Rolf wrote: »
    #1, #1, #1. Did I mention I like #1?

    Really? How about a colour version of (almost) the same :)

    V. Kata

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  • Gaby617Gaby617 Registered Users Posts: 218 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    #1 is so classy... I personelly prefer the B&W version.
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  • LightsearcherLightsearcher Registered Users Posts: 202 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    Fantastic work, I really enjoyed it.

    Marcelo
  • QarikQarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins
    edited April 1, 2013
    love your style
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  • jpcjpc Registered Users Posts: 840 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2013
    All beautiful girls, but I can't help but be distracted by the hard shadows. I'm sure it's just a matter of personal taste, but it looks like you were using a beauty dish from quite a ways away, with no fill. I would have preferred to see it closer in order to soften the shadows a little. Again, I'm sure that's intentional, it's just my preference.
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  • Marcin WuuMarcin Wuu Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited April 3, 2013
    I don't use beauty dishes. I shoot barebulb most of the time. Like you said, personal preference.
    I'm a lazy portraitist. I only shoot beautiful women.
  • FoquesFoques Registered Users Posts: 1,951 Major grins
    edited April 3, 2013
    wow. I'd love to see some pull backs on these.
    gorgeous work
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  • Marcin WuuMarcin Wuu Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited April 4, 2013
    While I don't have an actuall pullback, I can show you a "virtual set" I made some time ago for a tutorial I wrote on classic portrait lighting (I think I showed this before, not sure though):

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    Nothing much, as you can see, two lights with small PARs. For key I used barndoors, for rim a fresnel lens.
    One thing this image doesn't show is a weakish (200W) constant 5500K light placed directly in front of the model and directed straight on to face. It's not strong enough to show on the photo (except for the catchlights in the eyes - that I very carefully remove in post), it's only purpose is to contract models irises. Very simple trick, adding a lot of wowfactor to the final image.
    I'm a lazy portraitist. I only shoot beautiful women.
  • FoquesFoques Registered Users Posts: 1,951 Major grins
    edited April 4, 2013
    wow! that's much more of an explanation than I had hoped for. thank you very much!
    and wow again on the simplicity of the set up.
    now, just to get the skill..
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  • Marcin WuuMarcin Wuu Registered Users Posts: 87 Big grins
    edited April 4, 2013
    That I cannot help you with. There's only one way to achieve skill, I guess you know it :)
    I'm a lazy portraitist. I only shoot beautiful women.
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