Lou

gubbs

I was lucky enough to have the use of a studio for a couple of hours last weekend. It was equipped with an "infinity cove" and an array of lights, but being a complete novice, I tried to keep things simple and just used 2 elinchrom 500 classics....still managed to make a lot of mistakes though!

Anyway, this is Little Lou who came a long for half an hour with his Mum to help me out







Any comments or advice would be welcomed :thumb
Thanks for looking

snapapple

Great shots, Gubbs. I love that all white look. The boy really stands out. Nice work on the sepia tone close up.

gubbs

Thanks Snappy

devbobo

Great work Gubbs. They are all great, but I love the last one.

Man, I wish I had the room to setup a studio

David

ShannonW

like them all but, Love the 3rd one! I like the B&W but it looks a little flat.

binghott

i think that last one is incredible. well done!

DavidTO

Fantastic shots. He's a great model.

A couple things that I think would improve:

The third has too much magenta in the skin, I would pull that back a touch, or add some yellow, or a little bit of both.

I think that the second could use a little steepening of the contrast in the face.

But the fact is, you captured his charm in well-exposed, well composed and very attractive shots. Very nice work.

DavidTO

I just wanted to add how impressed I am with the results you got, considering that you're a "complete novice".

gubbs

ShannonW wrote:

like them all but, Love the 3rd one! I like the B&W but it looks a little flat.

Thanks for commenting, I think your right about looking a little flat. The key light doesn't quite hit the front of his face. Two of the many problems I had were a) trying to keep the kids in the shooting zone and b)getting them to face the right way. They had a tendency to keep coming too far forwards and out of the lights. I'm not quite sure what happened with this one.

Thanks again

gubbs

DavidTO wrote:

Fantastic shots. He's a great model.

A couple things that I think would improve:

The third has too much magenta in the skin, I would pull that back a touch, or add some yellow, or a little bit of both.

I think that the second could use a little steepening of the contrast in the face.

But the fact is, you captured his charm in well-exposed, well composed and very attractive shots. Very nice work.

Thanks David, I didn't notice the skin tones, I had a little play and got better results but unfortunatley it was too late for the prints, I dropped them round to his Mum tonight

Thanks for all the other help and comments too

lynnma

Very nice gubbsy.. I'm envious.. I'd love to find an all white setting like that. Well done little goat

gubbs

lynnma wrote:

Very nice gubbsy.. I'm envious.. I'd love to find an all white setting like that. Well done little goat

Thanks Lynn, I spent ages looking for somewhere reasonable, ended up finding a place 2 miles down the road from work. More pix to come, if I get a chance to finish them all!