Helen (again..:-)

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited January 8, 2007 in People
Helen (my youngest) got her hair done today and we decided to celebrate this event with a little family photoshoot.

Two hours, two locations, several wardrobe changes, one sunset and a hundred+ shots later we were done.

After a dinner and a culling we trimmed our plunder down to a couple dozen shots that we both liked the most.

Here are some excerpts.

#1: By the tree

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#2: No trespassing!

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#3: Thinking in the rye

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#4: Cowgirl

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#5: Where is the music?

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#6: Farm girl

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The rest is here:
http://nik.smugmug.com/gallery/2323990

All pictures taken with Canon 30D + EF 70-200L f/2.8 IS USM, complete with a single SunPack Auto 555EX with a 40" brollybox, on a stand, controlled by a Pocket Wizard.

Enjoy shooting your own teenagers:-)
"May the f/stop be with you!"

Comments

  • Yuri PautovYuri Pautov Registered Users Posts: 1,918 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Nikolai!
    My congrats! Very good photos and I'm sure your daughter like the results!
    Just one point - using of vertical lines in her dress can be good - what do you think?
    I like colors, focus and DOF, light, BG.
    And, yes, I love your model !!! :-)
    Please say 'Priviet' to her!
    Yuri
  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Nik,

    These are great. You daughter is quite lovely. Love the control/use of light and fill. Really like #1 and #4 for that very reason.
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    These are great, Nik!!! I especially like the lighting in #3 and #4. Helen sure has gorgeous eyes. Tell her I think her new hairdo rocks!!!! :saurora
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Yuri,
    Yuri Pautov wrote:
    Nikolai!
    My congrats! Very good photos and I'm sure your daughter like the results!
    Just one point - using of vertical lines in her dress can be good - what do you think?
    I like colors, focus and DOF, light, BG.
    And, yes, I love your model !!! :-)
    Please say 'Priviet' to her!
    Yuri

    Spasibo!

    Yeah, I know about the vertical lines... It just happend that we didn't have something like that readily availalble ne_nau.gif

    I'll pass your kind words onto her..:-) thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Scott,
    Scott_Quier wrote:
    Nik,

    These are great. You daughter is quite lovely. Love the control/use of light and fill. Really like #1 and #4 for that very reason.

    Thank you! This was my first time using the big radio-controlled flash "in the woods" during the sunset, as well as first time when I really put my 70-200 to a portrait work. I know I made a "few" mistakes, but in general I'm rather pleased with the outcome.:-)

    Thanks for comments and PM! mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Saurora,
    saurora wrote:
    These are great, Nik!!! I especially like the lighting in #3 and #4. Helen sure has gorgeous eyes. Tell her I think her new hairdo rocks!!!! :saurora

    Thank you, appreciate your comments!
    I'll pass it on:-) thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • jsedlakjsedlak Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Great shots! I especially like the lighting in 2, 3 and 4! thumb.gif
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  • rdegrordegro Registered Users Posts: 19 Big grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Wonderful job with this series Nikolai. I'm sure Helen will appreciate your efforts!
    Rene

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    JSedlak,
    jsedlak wrote:
    Great shots! I especially like the lighting in 2, 3 and 4! thumb.gif
    Thanks!
    Those were taken within 10-15 minutes of the sunset, no wonder the light is the sweetest :-)
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Rene,
    rdegro wrote:
    Wonderful job with this series Nikolai. I'm sure Helen will appreciate your efforts!

    Thank you! thumb.gif
    Well, I can say she does like a shot or two:-) mwink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Well because I'm from the GREAT STATE OF TEXAS...(hahaha)...COWGIRL PIC is my favorite. Trying to get my son to model for me...he wants no part in it...guess that's what I get for taking literally hundreds of pictures of him through the years. He hates his picture taken. When he sees me with my camera, he'll go in the opposite direction.

    Beautiful girl!thumb.gif
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Seneca,
    Seneca wrote:
    Well because I'm from the GREAT STATE OF TEXAS...(hahaha)...COWGIRL PIC is my favorite. Trying to get my son to model for me...he wants no part in it...guess that's what I get for taking literally hundreds of pictures of him through the years. He hates his picture taken. When he sees me with my camera, he'll go in the opposite direction.

    Beautiful girl!thumb.gif

    Thank you for looking and commenting!

    To tell you the truth, the cowgirl pics were taken *with* a certain Texan in mind... mwink.gifrolleyes1.gif

    And yes, I know the feeling... My other daughter doesn't like to be photographed, too ne_nau.gif
    I guess I'm lucky to have at least one willing model :ivar
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Ted SzukalskiTed Szukalski Registered Users Posts: 1,079 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    I really like the light in #4 as it has a nice ballance between the model and the background.

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Ted,
    Ted Szukalski wrote:
    I really like the light in #4 as it has a nice ballance between the model and the background.
    Thanks for stopping by!thumb.gif
    I agree, this happens to be one of the best images lighting-wise:-)deal.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • kingmamaof2kingmamaof2 Registered Users Posts: 195 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Wow! Great job on them all...she really is beautiful. Love the new 'do'!clap.gif
  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Thank you for looking and commenting!

    To tell you the truth, the cowgirl pics were taken *with* a certain Texan in mind... mwink.gifrolleyes1.gif

    And yes, I know the feeling... My other daughter doesn't like to be photographed, too ne_nau.gif
    I guess I'm lucky to have at least one willing model :ivar

    No need to tell me...I know who.nod.gif
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Hey, King mama of two...
    kingmamaof2 wrote:
    Wow! Great job on them all...she really is beautiful. Love the new 'do'!clap.gif
    Thanks! I'll pass it on! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Seneca,
    Seneca wrote:
    No need to tell me...I know who.nod.gif
    You're scaring me:-):D rolleyes1.gifheadscratch.gifrolleyes1.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Count me in on #2, #3, & #4 for the lighting (and subject). #4 especially and I like its DOF a lot. :D
    "Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. Oh well."
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Jdryan,
    jdryan3 wrote:
    Count me in on #2, #3, & #4 for the lighting (and subject). #4 especially and I like its DOF a lot. :D
    Thank for stopping by! thumb.gif
    I used f/4 for almost all the shots. Since I was shooting at 70mm or more I figured out that would be enough DOF to cover the body "depth" and get a decnt bokeh on the background and the same time.
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • Scott_QuierScott_Quier Registered Users Posts: 6,524 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Seneca wrote:
    No need to tell me...I know who.nod.gif
    Yeah, but the rest of us might be really ignorant (I know I am). Can we have a clue?
    Scott
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  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Scotty...

    You know who...rolleyes1.gif
  • OwenOwen Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Too much overhead space in some of them, I think?

    Nice light though!
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2007
    Owen,
    Owen wrote:
    Too much overhead space in some of them, I think?

    Nice light though!

    Thank you for the feedback! thumb.gif

    As you may agree (or not:-), the amount of overhead space is a question of artistic preference. My intention was to include the wide open spaces to deliver the message of nature as a background, hence the highest local vista point as a second location.

    Cheers! 1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • OwenOwen Registered Users Posts: 948 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2007
    #1, 4, 5, 6 are hurt from your artistic preference, imo. :D To me, it looks like the overhead space is just a poor crop, and you used the wrong focus point or something...
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