More of Kasey

kdog · March 10, 2010

Here are some more shots of Kasey, a local young gal I had a chance to shoot over the weekend. You probably already saw the first one I posted previously entitled "Jump!"

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4 Same one as above, but cropped. Is it better this way? :scratch

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7 Already been posted, but here it is again anyway because I like it so much.

Any comments would be great, and thanks for looking.
-joel

jdorseydesign · March 10, 2010

The lighting on these is great, but on 3,4, and 5 it looks like you over-used "unsharp mask" or something.

kdog · March 10, 2010

jdorseydesign wrote:

The lighting on these is great, but on 3,4, and 5 it looks like you over-used "unsharp mask" or something.

Thanks, James. I brightened her eyes a bit on those two shots. I wonder if that's what your seeing. It might be too much.

Thanks,
-joel

jdorseydesign · March 10, 2010

kdog wrote:

Thanks, James. I brightened her eyes a bit on those two shots. I wonder if that's what your seeing. It might be too much.

Thanks,
-joel

No, what I'm talking about is like an over sharpening, or it almost looks like posterization.

Qarik · March 10, 2010

great shots!

my 2 nits:

1) hair light is touch hot in 1,2

3) looks oversharpened in 3,4 around her face especially

zoomer · March 10, 2010

I am seeing the same thing jdorsey is seeing. Not sure if it is oversharpening or not....

The girl has a lot of spirit, get her outside in a park and shoot her some where she can spread her wings and let that personality shine through.

I like the first one, nice confident pose. On 3 and 4 the light looks a bit harsh.

Looks like fun!

kdog · March 10, 2010

Qarik wrote:

great shots! my 2 nits:

1) hair light is touch hot in 1,2

3) looks oversharpened in 3,4 around her face especially

Thanks, Daniel. Yeah, that was my first time trying a hair light. Aside from being too hot, it also spilled on her arm as you can see. Next time, I'll try a snoot.

kdog · March 10, 2010

zoomer wrote:

I am seeing the same thing jdorsey is seeing. Not sure if it is oversharpening or not....

The girl has a lot of spirit, get her outside in a park and shoot her some where she can spread her wings and let that personality shine through.

I like the first one, nice confident pose. On 3 and 4 the light looks a bit harsh.

Looks like fun!

Thanks, Zoomer. Ok, it's unanimous. I'll reprocess 3 (and 4 which is the same image only diffrerent crops) and see if I can get it to look better.

Yeah, the lighting came out really harsh in that shot, and I should probably go back and figure out why. The main light was on camera right, a 56" Softlighter II, located near her boots. It should have been softer than that. Plus I added a fair bit of local contrast enhancement which probably exaggerates the effect.

Oh and yeah, we're already planning an outdoor shoot when it warms up. I'm all about outdoor shooting. She has a friend who will probably be in the shoot as well (I've posted shots here of her before.) I have some ideas.

Appreciate ya'lls comments.

-joel

Svennie · March 10, 2010

Indeed, nice shots! Cheerful and bright

Good job!

Some minor issues:
- make sure the white sheet is completely flat. The wrinkles in the sheet are a little distracting.
- her skin colors between #1 and #2 seem a tiny bit different (same for her clothes)
- maybe she should have stretched her right arm/shoulder a little bit more in #3.

She has a gorgeous face and beautiful eyes, I would really like to see a close up of her

. Even closer than you did with Sarah Kay. Really close
Oh oh oh, and of course a Black/White version (I'm a sucker for B/W portraits

)

l.k.madison · March 10, 2010

I see the same thing they're seeing, it almost looks over noise-ninja'd to me, her face looks REALLY over processed.

That's my only pick out of it, though, they're great besides that!

kdog · March 10, 2010

Svennie wrote:

Indeed, nice shots! Cheerful and bright Good job!

Hey, thanks, Svennie!

Some minor issues:
- make sure the white sheet is completely flat. The wrinkles in the sheet are a little distracting.

Yeah, it's a muslin background, but same thing I know. So difficult to deal with wrinkles.

- her skin colors between #1 and #2 seem a tiny bit different (same for her clothes)

Good eye, that's me not paying attention to white balance.

- maybe she should have stretched her right arm/shoulder a little bit more in #3.

Ok, I can see that.

She has a gorgeous face and beautiful eyes, I would really like to see a close up of her. Even closer than you did with Sarah Kay. Really close
Oh oh oh, and of course a Black/White version (I'm a sucker for B/W portraits )

Yeah, the Sarah Kay was a headshot shoot. That one was my first studio kind of shoot, really. I wish I'd taken a headshot of Kasey. Next time for sure. I might be able to salvage one by cropping though. She doesn't have perfect skin, so there is some smoothing there. Maybe too much, as l.k.Madison noted below. I enjoyed looking through your headshots. Great eye details on those, so I have something to try to emulate. Beautiful girls too.

Thanks for your constructive comments.

-joel

kdog · March 10, 2010

l.k.madison wrote:

I see the same thing they're seeing, it almost looks over noise-ninja'd to me, her face looks REALLY over processed.

That's my only pick out of it, though, they're great besides that!

Thanks, l.k.

I've reprocessed #3 (4 is a crop of 3). There's less skin smoothing, only localized sharpening, and no local contrast enhancement sharpening. See what you think.

Reprocessed:

Original for comparison:

angevin1 · March 11, 2010

Joel, Minority here..I liked 'em just as first done...really, really nice too! Yeah, the light spill is a bit much, but considering her joie de vivre, how can one complain?

Additionally, and I say this often, all of the magazines I subscribe to to ogle photos, break every rule imaginable each day...and sell them too!

rhondavid · March 11, 2010

Very cute young lady, great poses and expressions, although the smile all seem to be the same. Looks like the two of you really connected and her personality was very evident.

I agree, get her outside, some nice natural lighting and let her shine!

lilmomma · March 11, 2010

I don't have much to add here but just wanted to say I really like the first two!

Nikolai · March 11, 2010

Joel, good stuff!

I see you're getting a hold of this whole studio thang!

On a nit side, the rim lighting looks a bit too asymmetric for my taste. If it was intentional - more power to you, otherwise - use the lightmeter...

kdog · March 11, 2010

angevin1 wrote:

Joel, Minority here..I liked 'em just as first done...really, really nice too! Yeah, the light spill is a bit much, but considering her joie de vivre, how can one complain?

Additionally, and I say this often, all of the magazines I subscribe to to ogle photos, break every rule imaginable each day...and sell them too!

Thanks so much Tom. Your words are very encouraging.

-joel

kdog · March 11, 2010

Nikolai wrote:

Joel, good stuff!
I see you're getting a hold of this whole studio thang!

Hey, thanks, Nik!! I'm having fun with it for sure. Definitely a good way to spend a rainy winter day.

On a nit side, the rim lighting looks a bit too asymmetric for my taste. If it was intentional - more power to you, otherwise - use the lightmeter...

Rim lighting? What rim lighting? That was supposed to be a hair light. :cry

Yes, I think a light meter is definitely in my future.

Thanks for checking in, old buddy.

-joel

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