Kelly at the Beach

jonh68

This was shot with a x100s and an AB800 and sometimes with an ab400 as second light. This was an experimental shoot in late morning, early afternoon. During the summer it is unbearable to shoot midday but now it's very comfortable, although the sun is bright on the eyes. We shot at an old Civil War fort next to the beach which explains the indoor stuff.

1 Note to self: when shooting indoors with strobes, check to make sure auto ISO is off. I kept playing with shutterspeed wondering why I was getting overexposed pics at f8 indoors at high ss. Duh!


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anwmn1

Hey John- I like the processing in #1 as the skin is smooth without looking over done. Can you get any more clarity and sharpness in the eyes on this one?

Love the pose is #6 but wish she was looking at least in the general direction of the camera. Do you have any of her looking at the camera or slightly to left of center?

#10 - like this one alot too especially the bw processing. In this one though having her hike the bottom of her shirt up above her arm would have made for a better shot.

In many of the others the little bit of skin showing between the shirt and jeans comes across more as shirt to small or her having back fat. I think no skin showing or quite a bit more skin showing both would have yielded a better result.

jonh68

anwmn1 wrote: »

Hey John- I like the processing in #1 as the skin is smooth without looking over done. Can you get any more clarity and sharpness in the eyes on this one?

Love the pose is #6 but wish she was looking at least in the general direction of the camera. Do you have any of her looking at the camera or slightly to left of center?

#10 - like this one alot too especially the bw processing. In this one though having her hike the bottom of her shirt up above her arm would have made for a better shot.

In many of the others the little bit of skin showing between the shirt and jeans comes across more as shirt to small or her having back fat. I think no skin showing or quite a bit more skin showing both would have yielded a better result.

I could probably do some sharpening to 1, but it was such a high ISO by mistake that I don't want to play around too much with sharpening.

For 6 I don't have any that she is looking more towards the camera. I do have some shots same pose, different angles where she is looking. She picked this one over those.

AlexShark

jonh68 wrote: »

This was shot with a x100s and an AB800 and sometimes with an ab400 as second light. This was an experimental shoot in late morning, early afternoon. During the summer it is unbearable to shoot midday but now it's very comfortable, although the sun is bright on the eyes. We shot at an old Civil War fort next to the beach which explains the indoor stuff.

Neat. #4 has great lighting, #5 is great composition.

I would never shoot anything against a brick wall, not even a plant. Fixing the lens distortion can get messy. For example: #1 has a pincushion distortion -- notice the concave brick lines in both right corners. Could be fixed in Lightroom, though. But as a general rule -- brick walls are not my friends.

jonh68

AlexShark wrote: »

Neat. #4 has great lighting, #5 is great composition.

I would never shoot anything against a brick wall, not even a plant. Fixing the lens distortion can get messy. For example: #1 has a pincushion distortion -- notice the concave brick lines in both right corners. Could be fixed in Lightroom, though. But as a general rule -- brick walls are not my friends.

Thanks, good point about bricks. I will have to be more conscious next time.