*Emilia* [A "Studio-wanna-be-tryout"]

elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
edited March 31, 2005 in People
Hello friends!
I have been experimenting for a while, tryin' to put together my own little "studio" at home using "what ever you have around". I think I'm slowly "gettin' there". For these shots, I used a black roller blind as a backdrop, one Sunpak 383 Super and 2 white home made reflectors. I have the "head reflector" hanging from the ceiling, slightly at her right in a 45 degree angle. I bounce the flash, off shoe, via sync cord, straight into it. The other one was positioned at face level at her left in a 90 degree angle, for some re-reflector fill light. *Haha* Understand what I mean? :thumb
Next time, I'll work on the nose shadows! Evil Gnomes of Nose shadows, be GONE!

Critics, comments and ideas are most welcome!

Here is a few samples: Handheld, 1/125, F5,6 ISO 100
4249346c5b0cb.jpg

4249ce3b6cef2.jpg

424aea5929cc9.jpg

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  • LiquidOpsLiquidOps Registered Users Posts: 835 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    elfving73 wrote:
    Hello friends!
    I have been experimenting for a while, tryin' to put together my own little "studio" at home using "what ever you have around". I think I'm slowly "gettin' there". For these shots, I used a black roller blind as a backdrop, one Sunpak 383 Super and 2 white home made reflectors. I have the "head reflector" hanging from the ceiling, slightly at her right in a 45 degree angle. I bounce the flash, off shoe, via sync cord, straight into it. The other one was positioned at face level at her left in a 90 degree angle, for some re-reflector fill light. *Haha* Understand what I mean? thumb.gif
    Next time, I'll work on the nose shadows! Evil Gnomes of Nose shadows, be GONE!

    Critics, comments and ideas are most welcome!

    Here is a few samples: Handheld, 1/125, F5,6 ISO 100
    http://www.fotosidan.se/obj/photo/4249346c5b0cb.jpg
    http://www.fotosidan.se/obj/photo/4249ce3b6cef2.jpg
    http://www.fotosidan.se/obj/photo/424aea5929cc9.jpg
    I am by no means a professional to critique, but i would love to see more of you work and maybe some pictures of your set up...

    I am trying to go down this same path

    Thanks,

    Steven
    Wandering Through Life Photography
    MM Portfolio

    Canon 30D | Canon 50mm f/1.8 | Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 | Canon Speedlite 580ex
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    matty

    i fixed the links for you. sandwich the file name (incl .jpg) inside [img][/img] tags.

    i think you can go back with this model, you've gotten much better expressions out of other models - give it another go :D

    thanks for sharing your technique, that helps folks out a lot here.

    thumb.gif

    edit: i guess that i'm not thrilled with the half-open jacket - it's not suggestive enough, i think. so either have it closed or show more, to makek it more erotic... and then of course you mightn't be able to post it here eek7.gif
    Andy

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  • DJ-S1DJ-S1 Registered Users Posts: 2,303 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    Looks very nice to me. thumb.gif

    I have a link to suggest for you, there's a whole section just on studio lighting that you may find interesting - check it out here. The site is aimed at professional studio photogs, so it should have some useful info for you.
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2005
    Thanx Steven!
    I haven't snapped any pics of my setup yet, but as soon as I have, I'll post'em!

    I have some pics at http://elfving73.smugmug.com but at the moment, I have exceeded my bandwidth of the the month.

    Matty

    LiquidOps wrote:
    I am by no means a professional to critique, but i would love to see more of you work and maybe some pictures of your set up...

    I am trying to go down this same path

    Thanks,

    Steven
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2005
    Hey Andy! Thanx for fixin' my links! As usuall, I managed to exceed my monthly bandwidth! *Haha* So I linked my pics via a Swedish photo site I'm a member of. :o)

    I forgot to meantion that this shoot was not a planned one. Emilia just happend to be around, tryin' out some her "new spring collection". :o)
    I asked her to pose just to try out my setup, I snapped 5-6 pics without any guidance what so ever. Just to try the lighting setup.

    Matty

    andy wrote:
    matty

    i fixed the links for you. sandwich the file name (incl .jpg) inside [img][/img] tags.

    i think you can go back with this model, you've gotten much better expressions out of other models - give it another go :D

    thanks for sharing your technique, that helps folks out a lot here.

    thumb.gif

    edit: i guess that i'm not thrilled with the half-open jacket - it's not suggestive enough, i think. so either have it closed or show more, to makek it more erotic... and then of course you mightn't be able to post it here eek7.gif
  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2005
    Hey Matty - good to see you here. I've been missing your shots since I haven't been browsing STF for quite some time. Hope you post here often.
    -Phil
    http://philu.smugmug.com
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2005
    Thanx for the tip, DJ-S1! I'll check it out! thumb.gif


    DJ-S1 wrote:
    Looks very nice to me. thumb.gif

    I have a link to suggest for you, there's a whole section just on studio lighting that you may find interesting - check it out here. The site is aimed at professional studio photogs, so it should have some useful info for you.
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2005
    Thanx Phil! Good to see you too! :):
    I've been sorta busy lately, so I haven't been posting all that much. And in the next few days we're having another member of the family commin' so I guess it'll be rather hectic for a while. But I'll try to pop in every now and then and post some pictures.

    Matty

    Phil U. wrote:
    Hey Matty - good to see you here. I've been missing your shots since I haven't been browsing STF for quite some time. Hope you post here often.
  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2005
    elfving73 wrote:
    in the next few days we're having another member of the family commin' so I guess it'll be rather hectic for a while.

    Another eh? I guess you WILL be busy!! :D
    -Phil
    http://philu.smugmug.com
  • elfving73elfving73 Registered Users Posts: 941 Major grins
    edited March 31, 2005
    Hehe! You know what - I guess so TOO! rolleyes1.gif


    Phil U. wrote:
    Another eh? I guess you WILL be busy!! :D
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