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I'm a freelance photographer and she's my wife and model.
| Camera: | Nikon D90  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Claudine |
| Username: | 
jjfabien |
| Uploaded: | 1 Jan 2011 - 9:06 PM |
| Tags: | Portrait, Portraits / people, Woman |
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A decent portrait, but very over lit on the right side of the head and shoulder as viewed, She also looks a bit unhappy - forced into the session?
Assume you had full control of the lighting - the face is well lit, soft box or brolly, but you must drop the intensity of your fill/hair lights to avoid burnout. You need to meter each light in turn with the others shut off - then reduce power as required to balance illumination. It remains wise to use a separate flash meter for set pieces.
paul
hello and a warm welcome to EPZ.
an attractive model lin a pleasant and comfortable pose and good expression. i particularly like the diagonal across the eyes and the sharpness and catchlights within them.
the problem for me is in the cluttered background. i believe it would have been better to have had white or coloured backdrop behind to lose the extanious detail which is too clearly in focus, and the rear lighting (which i suspect is natural light) should have had a little diffusion to reduce its harshness which is blowing the highlights just a little too much for comfort. the rear rim lighting is a lovely effect but often works best with blonde hair unless diffused and controlled.
otherwise a rather nice portrait
Phil
Thanks for the comments. I used a 43" umbrella with SB 900 as front light and SB 900 alone as back light fired thanks to the commander wireless mode. Indeed, backlight is too hot. I had put flash at 1/32 at about 1 m behind her. She was enjoying the session which she asked to be done because she had her hair done. I had found her expression on this particular shot quite "model attitude".
I can't say there's too much to criticize here, I think you know what you're doing with the camera and lighting.
The mod is a mono conversion, lightening the skin and darkening the b/g so the model's face has a greater impact within the image. The eye contact is very good so it has the effect of connecting strongly with the viewer.
Alan.
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