Impromptu with Rachel

jonh68

I had a shoot cancel last minute so I posted on the local model/photographer group on Facebook if anyone wanted to shoot. I got two responses. Rachel was the second one to respond and first to shoot. From the time she first contacted to actually shooting was about 2 hrs. These were all shot with a fuji-x100s.

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Bilsen

Nice Jon. A really good Plan B.

Like every one except the last and only because her knees at the camera makes her shorter than she already is.

Mitchell

Nice series, but these perfectly illustrate my problem with this camera. The fixed wide angle focal length works great in these shots for your full and 3/4 frames (1,5,6 and 8), but I just don't care for the headshots (2,4 and 7) which I find unflattering. She already has a bit of a broad nose, but those headshots really exaggerate this feature (particularly 4 and 7 where he nose looks huge).

These would have been much better with your 70-200mm.

jonh68

Bilsen wrote: »

Nice Jon. A really good Plan B.

Like every one except the last and only because her knees at the camera makes her shorter than she already is.

Thanks!

jonh68

Mitchell wrote: »

Nice series, but these perfectly illustrate my problem with this camera. The fixed wide angle focal length works great in these shots for your full and 3/4 frames (1,5,6 and 8), but I just don't care for the headshots (2,4 and 7) which I find unflattering. She already has a bit of a broad nose, but those headshots really exaggerate this feature (particularly 4 and 7 where he nose looks huge).

These would have been much better with your 70-200mm.

I see what you are saying. I applied a 4% reduction after reading your comment and it helped the proportions.

Mitchell

I applaud your work with this camera. It really handles balancing natural light and flash very well. I also love the colors.

23mm is just a tough focal length for portraits. The occasional headshot can be good if you're lucky.

jonh68

Mitchell wrote: »

I applaud your work with this camera. It really handles balancing natural light and flash very well. I also love the colors.

23mm is just a tough focal length for portraits. The occasional headshot can be good if you're lucky.

I really like the camera for the ability to use higher sync speeds. I am seriously thinking of getting the TC that makes it a 50 mm equivalent.

AlexShark

Nice work overall.

I think the fill-in lighting is a little harsh throughout for an overcast day. It also has very different temperature. This is especially jarring in #6. I'd probably dial down the flash a stop or two, and maybe use a filter.

As is, a B&W conversion would work great.

jonh68

AlexShark wrote: »

Nice work overall.

I think the fill-in lighting is a little harsh throughout for an overcast day. It also has very different temperature. This is especially jarring in #6. I'd probably dial down the flash a stop or two, and maybe use a filter.

As is, a B&W conversion would work great.

Thanks. For the flash, that was on purpose as I was underexposing 1-2 stops, compensating with light with the possibility of BW conversion. 6 is one I actually shot with BW conversion in mind, just didn't show it.