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This is another of my portrait practices. I have two studio lights and can not afford another one. One is a soft box and the other I use sometimes to light the background which in this photo has not been successful. I followed Gavid Hoey advice about pointing a light to the background (although he did it with a light meter) which I do not have. I used the histogram. Tried to get her to straighten her back more, but she was shy and I did not want to put her off and did my best to relax her.
| Title: | Gorgeous Georgia |
| Username: | 
sparklep |
| Uploaded: | 20 Apr 2010 - 10:25 PM |
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 18-200mm |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Tags: | Child, Flash lighting, Fun, General, Portrait, Portraits / people, Studio |
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Now I like this - you have caught the most delightful expression on her face - the awkwardness of the body language is charming and I actually love the lighting very much. I have NO studio lights, so am very jealous....window light and a reflector is my mode of operation, and I can't wait to take pictures like this - great stuff!
Pauline
I agree, a lovely photo and excellent composition. Enjoy practicing and taking on board any advice from fellow epz members, we learn from each other.
Fran
It's nice, but I have a couple of comments. Not sure why you positioned her to the right - doesn't look correct to me - she needs to be central or slightly left.
I do have studio lights, though not an expert. Your softbox is, even for a young lady, too soft, and you need to put a bit of brightness and contrast back in. It looks a bit flat and might be 1/2 stop under exposed.
Paul
I appear to have got my coments tied up with my suggested mod. rether than here. The picture shows a lovely model but is rather unbalanced because the "rule of thirds" has been ignored. The "R.O.T" is not just a rule for rules sake, but generally provides better balance and does so particularly in portraits. What you have here is a lovely happy model, and you skill has presented us with a well presented photograph, perhaps she deserves another session.
Try the main light slightly lower and to camera left, with this pose. Just use one light at first, get it the way you want it, then set up the second light. Use the modelling lamps to see how the light falls, and position the light to get the effect that you want.
A very lovely, and appealing, and hopefully willing model 
i'm looking at the bright reflection of light in her eyes and it tells me there was a light sorce very close or behind the camera? (not a flash till i hope)
i tend to use my sofbox to one side and often use a reflector to sculpture the facial features. the backlight can be achieved using an ordinary tungsten (house lamp) low and behind the seating pointing to the area of background you want to illuminate. the lamp and reflector are cheap and i think will achieve what you were doing here.
hope this is helpfull
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