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anwmn1

Had a co-workers grandaughter over for a little studio practice this morning. Here are ones that did not need much other than some cropping and trying to eliminate the border of the sheet of plexiglass. :deal

All shot single strobe (umbrella bounce) with the FL50 bounced off the opposite wall.

Many of these are candid. I blasted the stereo and let her just dance and do what ever she wanted and then tried to catch the good stuff. :wink

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C&C always welcome.

1pocket

Wow, she looks like a natural model -- very comfortable hamming for the camera!

joshhuntnm

great shots. love the plexiglass. love the idea with the music--expressions and variety is great. Love the whiteness of the white. I have struggles with that. Great series.

anwmn1

1pocket wrote:

Wow, she looks like a natural model -- very comfortable hamming for the camera!

Yeah I guess she watches dancing and modeling shows. She was twirling and twirling but she kept popping her head just like they tell dancers too.

It took a good 20 minutes to warm up but it was worth it.

Thanks for the comments.

anwmn1

joshhuntnm wrote:

great shots. love the plexiglass. love the idea with the music--expressions and variety is great. Love the whiteness of the white. I have struggles with that. Great series.

Thanks Josh-

The plexiglass has been used by many on here. I just keep things filed away pretty good.

If you get a sheet get a really big one!! This one is 36x48 and was too small on many occasions to get full reflection.

White is just a normal white paper background.

joshhuntnm

anwmn1 wrote:

Thanks Josh-

The plexiglass has been used by many on here. I just keep things filed away pretty good.

If you get a sheet get a really big one!! This one is 36x48 and was too small on many occasions to get full reflection.

White is just a normal white paper background.

now that I take a second look, i see the edge. Is it expensive?

anwmn1

joshhuntnm wrote:

now that I take a second look, i see the edge. Is it expensive?

Depends on where you go. I was not wanting to travel into Phoenix this weekend so I picked up a piece at the local Ace Hardware. I believe the 36x48 was around $30. I imagine it can be found significantly cheaper at a larger home depot or lowes or even at an art supply store.

cmorganphotography

Photographing little girls is so difficult. You have to be careful of making them exude adult overtones. I think she looks funky and fresh in a lot of these but I'm not fond of the tied back tshirt. I do like the glasses that are too big for her. She needs mom's purse and a giant pearl necklace and a pair of mom's shoes that are way too big for her!
The pick of her feet is great, right light, right skintone, perfect white. Good job getting everything just perfect! #5 until the end has great skin tone and a nie mis of light and shadow, good reflection. I like them with the exception of the shirt.
1-4 looks like her face took too much light because it looks a bit washed out. They are really fun poses and bright colours. #3 is pretty funky but it looks like a little kid having a ball so I'm loving it. She's a cute little cowgirl too.
Nice shots!

Nikolai

Nice going Aaron!
You pulled out highkey nicely, that's the craft I'm still struggling with.
#10 is priceless!!!

anwmn1

cmorganphotography wrote:

Photographing little girls is so difficult. You have to be careful of making them exude adult overtones. I think she looks funky and fresh in a lot of these but I'm not fond of the tied back tshirt. I do like the glasses that are too big for her. She needs mom's purse and a giant pearl necklace and a pair of mom's shoes that are way too big for her!
The pick of her feet is great, right light, right skintone, perfect white. Good job getting everything just perfect! #5 until the end has great skin tone and a nie mis of light and shadow, good reflection. I like them with the exception of the shirt.
1-4 looks like her face took too much light because it looks a bit washed out. They are really fun poses and bright colours. #3 is pretty funky but it looks like a little kid having a ball so I'm loving it. She's a cute little cowgirl too.
Nice shots!

This was a practice session for me as I haven't worked with lights much- thinking that is going to change though- so I didn't have any thoughts on props. Her mom came up with the tied back shirt so I blame the client .

It took her quite a while to warm up to me and getting her to pose for more than a second was extremely difficult. Even the shots that look posed are more of just good timing as she was all over the place and moving so much she moved the paper and the plexiglass on top of it. I had to stop several times and adjust the paper back to straight. That is part of the reason why some are more washed out than others - distance from the strobe changed alot


Thanks for the comments

anwmn1

Nikolai wrote:

Nice going Aaron!
You pulled out highkey nicely, that's the craft I'm still struggling with.
#10 is priceless!!!

Thanks Nikolai-

That is all I have at the moment so I better pull it off

Material is on the list of items to get as is a safe power supply or power converter to take these outdoors. A model at my ruins sounds so very appealing.

Tango

wow.

Tango

love this shot

anwmn1

Thanks Aaron- much appreciated

OneEyedJack

3 and 8 are something you would see in a summer clothing catalog! so fun and bright. i love them.

cmorganphotography

I refuse comment on a client who rolls up her daughter's shirt in hopes that she isn't going to market her daughter to the modelling agency or throw her ito the world of stage momery.

annaelycm

Fun shots! I'm lovin' #4!!

DavidS

Nice shots! Very cute. What a ham.

anwmn1

OneEyedJack wrote:

3 and 8 are something you would see in a summer clothing catalog! so fun and bright. i love them.

OneeyedJack- thank you for the comments. I am quite happy and look forward to shooting some more similar to this. Who knew shooting indoors could be so fun?

anwmn1

annaelycm wrote:

Fun shots! I'm lovin' #4!!

Thank you Anna.

anwmn1

DavidS wrote:

Nice shots! Very cute. What a ham.

Thanks David- appreciate the comments