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New shot with a model for C&C

ballentphotoballentphoto Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
edited June 24, 2009 in People
Recently completed a photo shoot with a new model and this is one if the shots that came out that I particularily liked :D

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What do you think?
-Michael
Just take the picture :):
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    du8diedu8die Registered Users Posts: 358 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    Well done. I really like this. I like the location, pose, lighting, PP... pretty much everything about it. My only nit is his facial expression. Looks like he's in pain, - happy pain, but pain none the less.

    Thanks for posting.
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    D'BuggsD'Buggs Registered Users Posts: 958 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    Very dynamic and I like it!
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    d7freestylerd7freestyler Registered Users Posts: 48 Big grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    du8die wrote:
    Well done. I really like this. I like the location, pose, lighting, PP... pretty much everything about it. My only nit is his facial expression.

    I agree. The location and PP are especially nice here and compliment each other well. The pose is good too, but the model could have a better facial expression.

    Nice work.
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    LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    Very nice image, and I agree with the comments above. nod.gif I would love to know about your light setup and post-processing for this image.
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    jvgphotojvgphoto Registered Users Posts: 97 Big grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    Llywellyn wrote:
    Very nice image, and I agree with the comments above. nod.gif I would love to know about your light setup and post-processing for this image.

    Very nice work! I'm perfectly okay with this man's expression - he looks amused...as though he's about to laugh - well done.

    Best,
    Jon
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    AgnieszkaAgnieszka Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,263 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    Holy cow! iloveyou.gif What sort of processing did you do to this pic? Love it! clap.gif
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    whitericewhiterice Registered Users Posts: 555 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    Fantastic! Really! :ivar

    The only one tiny thing that distracts me (through no fault of your own)....it looks like he's wearing 2 different shoes because of the angle/lighting.
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    AmystaAmysta Registered Users Posts: 13 Big grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    Wow! For me, this has such a great Wizard of Oz vibe about it. I love it. clap.gif
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    emeraldroseemeraldrose Registered Users Posts: 324 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    I too would like to know how you achieved this affect.
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    TrevlanTrevlan Registered Users Posts: 649 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2009
    The lighting is superb. Looks to me like 45 degrees camera left front, and 45 degrees back lit camera left. Both in soft boxes, or umbrellas. If it was an umbrella, how freaking large was it!

    Great shot all in all. The curves contrast boost worked really well here.

    Even your water mark looks like it belongs there. Excellent.
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    ballentphotoballentphoto Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2009
    d7freestyler wrote:
    I agree. The location and PP are especially nice here and compliment each other well. The pose is good too, but the model could have a better facial expression.

    Nice work.

    Thanks :)

    He would not show his teeth when he smiled, it was really tough. ne_nau.gif For some reason I think that his smile/lack of smile does make you look at the image a little more. Making you think about why the look :)
    -Michael
    Just take the picture :):
    Pictures are at available at:http://www.ballentphoto.com

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    ballentphotoballentphoto Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2009
    Agnieszka wrote:
    Holy cow! iloveyou.gif What sort of processing did you do to this pic? Love it! clap.gif

    Thank you very much iloveyou.gif

    The post processing was basically a B&W layer that was pretty contrasty
    a Cross Processed layer
    and a Sepia layer and the opacities are adjusted to taste.
    -Michael
    Just take the picture :):
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    ballentphotoballentphoto Registered Users Posts: 312 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2009
    Trevlan wrote:
    The lighting is superb. Looks to me like 45 degrees camera left front, and 45 degrees back lit camera left. Both in soft boxes, or umbrellas. If it was an umbrella, how freaking large was it!

    Great shot all in all. The curves contrast boost worked really well here.

    Even your water mark looks like it belongs there. Excellent.

    Thank you very much :D

    The lighting was a Profoto 600R with on umbrella at about 45º running on a Tronix 1200 (the older model) camera left (1/2 power or 300w/s). To the right at 90º to him was a silver reflector to fill, and the sun was used as rim lighting. The umbrella was 42" so not too big I think. Flash was 80-90% of the exposure (I guess that I need to get better at writing that stuff down)
    -Michael
    Just take the picture :):
    Pictures are at available at:http://www.ballentphoto.com

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    TrevlanTrevlan Registered Users Posts: 649 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2009
    ballentphoto wrote:
    Thank you very much :D

    The lighting was a Profoto 600R with on umbrella at about 45º running on a Tronix 1200 (the older model) camera left (1/2 power or 300w/s). To the right at 90º to him was a silver reflector to fill, and the sun was used as rim lighting. The umbrella was 42" so not too big I think. Flash was 80-90% of the exposure (I guess that I need to get better at writing that stuff down)

    Excellent! Yeah, jotting flash settings down and a sample picture in a notebook will save you loads of time when you want to reproduce the same results.
    Frank Martinez
    Nikon Shooter
    It's all about the moment...
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    amp'damp'd Registered Users Posts: 59 Big grins
    edited June 24, 2009
    I love the composition, color, editing- everything. Everything! I see so many great images in here!
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