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My daughter was trying out her new gown. She is going to be a flower girl in a wedding in a few weeks. Couldn't resist posting.

Dee

How did you get her
to sit still where you wanted her?

Great photo, excellent background and exposure too! Of course, she's adorable.

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Dee wrote:

to sit still where you wanted her?

Great photo, excellent background and exposure too! Of course, she's adorable.

Thanks. I have a whole CF card of baby in motion....

Mitchell

Beautiful shot. I love your B&W treatment here. I know I've asked before, but can you tell me about the lighting for this one?


mitch

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Mitchell wrote:

Beautiful shot. I love your B&W treatment here. I know I've asked before, but can you tell me about the lighting for this one?


mitch

Thanks Mitchell. This was shot with an octobox to the right (main light) and a softbox to the left (fill light). The lights are only 2-3 feet away from the subject (notice the large catchlights). This gives a very soft light, with smooth shadow transitions. I should have used an overhead "hairlight" to get some more light on the hair. I recovered some of the detail with highlights/shadows, but it is no substitute for a good hair light. I like to use the medium softbox , straight over head. The background is a black muslin. It is about five feet behind and drapes down under the subject. I try to light the subject so that the background stays near pure black with no detail. Sometimes I use the RAW converter to adjust the black point. Thanks for looking.

You can get nearly the same effect with one light and a reflector, which makes for a much simpler setup.

Yuri Pautov

Great work, Thomas!
Esp. takin into consideration all the difficulties!
Yuri

Nir

Beautiful Thomas!

Steve Cavigliano

Very nice Thomas

She's adorable. What expressive eyes she has The Bride better watch out or this little one may steal the show....lol

Great lighting I also like the B&W treatment

Thanks for sharing,
Steve