Some recent stuff
Not crazy busy, but enough to provide some variety 
DId a "pickup" session with this guy - did some back in April, but his hair was long, and he looks SO MUCH BETTER (and younger) with short hair that I told him to come in and I'd snap a few more for him (he'll pay me for edits, of course). Still working on hi-key in my small space - I get closer every time....
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3. Such a character! This was his "Zoolander" impersonation lol
Also did some for a 50-something actress.
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5. My personal favorite from the session - not really a typical headshot, but dang I love the way it came out!
6. And a former voice student of mine who has her first "real" gig and needed some shots. We had a lot of fun!
Yes, the focus hit her eyelashes. And I love this shot so much I kind of don't care.... :rofl I might paste in sharper irises if it really bothers anybody, but I kind of like it as is; there's a mystery to it I like. Btw, those eyes have had very little colour enhancement - they really are.... GREEN in the light we were using.
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8 And who says headshots are only for people?
(Our club had a grooming day and asked if I do some pictures....
DId a "pickup" session with this guy - did some back in April, but his hair was long, and he looks SO MUCH BETTER (and younger) with short hair that I told him to come in and I'd snap a few more for him (he'll pay me for edits, of course). Still working on hi-key in my small space - I get closer every time....
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3. Such a character! This was his "Zoolander" impersonation lol
Also did some for a 50-something actress.
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5. My personal favorite from the session - not really a typical headshot, but dang I love the way it came out!
6. And a former voice student of mine who has her first "real" gig and needed some shots. We had a lot of fun!
Yes, the focus hit her eyelashes. And I love this shot so much I kind of don't care.... :rofl I might paste in sharper irises if it really bothers anybody, but I kind of like it as is; there's a mystery to it I like. Btw, those eyes have had very little colour enhancement - they really are.... GREEN in the light we were using.
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8 And who says headshots are only for people?
(Our club had a grooming day and asked if I do some pictures.... facebook | photo site |
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I like the people but you killed me with the Bearded Collie. My favorite dog (of 14) in 60 years, they are just people in dog suits.
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Like to see some single images of the dogs too.
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The others, being the traditionalist I am, are too hot in spots for my taste. Then again, I'm told most of my taste is in my mouth. I still wear vests for god sakes. (waist coats for you Brits, not underwear).:D
Four Left is appealing to me….. but that is a taste…..
The guy nr 3 is great.
I notice that in some pictures a lot of the facial details and curves/depth is lost, I assume that this is by purpose. Of course the shallow DOF has some effect amplified with the extra brightness and reduced contrast.
Is there a reason why you do this, it starts to look like a HK , but then again it's not.. I can imagine that it hides the imperfections of the skin and age effects….
Besides that , and again that is a personal taste a great set.
I'm worried by these comments about "hot" and "bright". Not on my (calibrated) monitor, or by the histogram. But I trust you guys implicitly, so obviously I'm missing something. Enlighten me (no pun intended)!!
DS, the only one which was very intentionally low-contrast and bright is 5 - I do favour a bright fairly flat lighting scheme for headshots, but I don't want to lose all modelling shadows. Have I unwittingly done so? PLEASE let me know, as I'll re-edit to ensure that's not the case.... Btw Other than the guy (2x lights on background, one at the front in a 45" photek), these were all done with 100% natural light outside on my covered porch; the dogs were lit with those huge storefront windows you can see in the group shots. The shots with the guy had some issues with a light leak - was furious, as other than that the lighting (I thought) worked well and the shots would have been "wash and wear" if I hadn't had to painstakingly edit the leaks out :-/ I'll post some of the problem shots for perusal when I get home later.............
You are an eye genius!
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I like things on the hot and bright side sometimes so I am not noticing the anything that looks particularly bright or hot. At least not on the subjects. I think 4 and 5 may come across as bright, but to me the light backgrounds draws my attention to her eyes more because of the contrast. I don't think the pics are blownout, just have more bright areas than usual.
As for the high key set up: two FLAGGED lights behind walls/flats pointed at the background, 1+reflector on him. I still haven't figured out what caused the leak on camera left - was so frustrating, as other than that they didn't need much in post. I tried EVERY light source off/on, I moved him forward, I moved all the reflectors, I closed the bilnds fully, and it was still there no matter what I did. Grrr. Fixable in post, but a major pain.
And attached is the lighting setup I typically use for this . Room is about 14ftx9ft, but there's furniture to navigate which is why I can't really move subject further forward (or step further back).
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DS & Bryce, hoping you saw my queries above - trying to make sense of whether this is simply a taste difference (I like images hotter and flatter than you do), or whether there are technicals that need addressing. These are tending to get printed, so I want to be sure I have it "right"
I don't see it as a technical problem that needs fixing. It is a matter of taste.