Diana (4 img)

Yuri Pautov

Priviet, dear friends!
This time Diana - with wonderful, touching eyes...


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After this short session (with flashes), we've made another one the next day - in the streets of out Voronezh.


Spasibo,
Yuri

dogwood

Yuri:

Just my opinion of course, but I like your location shoots more. These are very nice and for anyone else I'd leave it there. But you seem to capture a lot more mood and personality in your location/street shoots. This set just seems a little subdued in comparison to those. But again, they are very nice, I just think I've seen more energetic captures from you outside the studio.

Scott_Quier

with dogwood on all points. These shots are nice, but your location portraits are stellar!

One "problem" I see with these (I feel like the apprentice talking to the master here ) is that you loose seperation between her hair and the background, especially in the second photograph. Traditionally, this would call for some light from behind/beside her, shining on her hair.

UP N MTNS

Yuri,
I always look forward to your posts #2 is great...

Little T

Awsome shots yuri, i like how you can see her eye thru her hair a little on #2. But i think #3 looks almost like a painting and has a nice somewhat relaxed feel to it.

Owen

Scott_Quier wrote:

with dogwood on all points. These shots are nice, but your location portraits are stellar!

One "problem" I see with these (I feel like the apprentice talking to the master here ) is that you loose seperation between her hair and the background, especially in the second photograph. Traditionally, this would call for some light from behind/beside her, shining on her hair.

The 90's called and they want their hair lights back.
Hair lights are so dated! Say no to hair lights!

ziggy53

Owen wrote:

The 90's called and they want their hair lights back.
Hair lights are so dated! Say no to hair lights!

I do hope you're kidding. Hair lights are just as valuable today as ever. Scott is right that these photos need more separation of the subject from the background.

GREAPER

I love number 2 Yuri, it maybe could use a touch of seperation, but I love it.

Scott_Quier

Owen wrote:

The 90's called and they want their hair lights back.
Hair lights are so dated! Say no to hair lights!

My reponse will border on contentious, but I must make it none the less.

I did not say that a "shine down from above/behind" hairlight was needed or required. That would be the traditional solution that I offered up as a reference, not as a solution. For portraits of this style, however, there needs to be some visual seperation between the model's hair and the background.

Scotty_R

Owen wrote:

The 90's called and they want their hair lights back.
Hair lights are so dated! Say no to hair lights!

Well, you may say "no to hairlights", but something needs to be done to give these images some depth. As they are, the model looks like she's been taped to the background, thus a very two dimensional presentation. Move the model away from the backdrop, put some light on the backdrop--anything, but I agree with Scott and Dogwood on this one. Yuri has shown many times that he's capable of more dramatic presentation.