Rael (Shot With My New Lens And Reflector)

binghott

i shot my friend rael today. she was my very first model and she was more than happy to pose for me again. i had another modeled scheduled for today but she had to reschedule and rael wanted to shoot, so we did. yesterday i bought a used canon 17-40 f4L for a very good price, so i wanted to use it today. i also got a gigantic silver/gold reflector from a friend for free (WOO!).

i decided to use both of my new toys for today's shoot. unfortunately my best friend dave couldn't tag along to hold the reflector for me so i was forced to wrestle with it while trying to compose the shot. it was very difficult and i probably won't be doing it again, but it did help a lot with shadows.

i didn't get too many great pictures today because i was dealing with the reflector and a new lens, but here is one that i am very proud of. please tell me what you think:

JamesJWeg

I like it, the two dirrection shadows are a little ovious though.

binghott

JamesJWeg wrote:

I like it, the two dirrection shadows are a little ovious though.

what do u mean?

rahmonster

I didn't notice. I really love that light you got there

JamesJWeg

To my eye the shadow differance between her hair in her neck vs her jacket is ovious, but I am prolly being really picky. All told pretty good for first time out with the reflector and having to hand hold it yourself.

James.

binghott wrote:

what do u mean?

ScottMcLeod

JamesJWeg wrote:

To my eye the shadow differance between her hair in her neck vs her jacket is ovious, but I am prolly being really picky. All told pretty good for first time out with the reflector and having to hand hold it yourself.

James.

Ohh, I see what he means.

The shadow of her jacket on her neck throws off your eye when her whole face is cleanly exposed.

coldclimb

I love the color in the eyes. I rarely ever get anything good like that with brown eyes. Awesome work!

4labs

picky picky... I think the light on her face is great.

DoctorIt

I was waiting for the urban shots with the crowds in manhattan?

This is real nice. Lookout for Barry once he masters that reflection.

Art Scott

VEEEERRRRY VEEEEEERY NICE!!!!

binghott

ScottMcLeod wrote:

The shadow of her jacket on her neck throws off your eye when her whole face is cleanly exposed.

now i got it, thanks! i see what you're saying, it's a new toy, i'm just gettin used to it. besides that, i was holding it in one hand while shooting with the other, so i couldn't get the best possible angles with it.

i also realized that shooting with a wide lens makes it even harder when shooting with a reflector in my hand because the reflector wants to make it into the frame.

thanks for your comments!

Owen

I know the drill. Just watchout for the racoon eyes (not in this shot) that you get from balancing the reflector on your feet.. hehe.

binghott

here's another of rael, i didn't use the reflector very well for this shot, but i think it still came out pretty well.