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An image from a personal project - this is my 10 year old daughter Heather ( no doubt when she reads this she will point out shes 11 next week!), caught in a very rare moment when she is not trying to be grow up too fast.
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Lighting details:
One SB900 with diffuser in the back of the "Sylvanian Family" house (not a dolls house I'm told!)
Sealed as much as possible to avoid light spills (must try harder !)
Black bed sheet from Primark for back drop
1 x eBay trigger (wouldn't work in CLS mode as sensor is hidden)
Light (I think) set to 1/64 power
1/60sec @ F8 (ISO 200)
And a lot of trial and error, trying to get the house front and toys not "blowing" but retain features in Heathers face was extremely difficult.
There are two areas I wasn't 100% happy with (even on the back of the camera) one was the extreme brightness on the toy in heathers hand. I retrieved quite a bit in the RAW - and mono conversion, the other is the shadow of Heathers Glasses, trying to keep her attention for any length of time was hard to say the least ! I had some where the shadow was less intrusive but the expression didn't work, others with more detail, but I lost the facial details. I could have combined images but I wanted something natural and more or less what I attained in camera.
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | sigma 24-70 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | Sugar & Spice |
| Username: | 
Nick_w |
| Uploaded: | 8 Oct 2009 - 8:49 AM |
| Tags: | Black & white, Flash / lighting, Portraits / people |
| Votes: | 51 |
| Group Event: | Group: Strobist |
Comments
Really intriguing, coordination between eye and hands with black void in between. Love the isolation of detail.
I hit sixty on Saturday and I've managed to avoid growing up so far...
Moira
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To expand on Coles request: I pretty much got the exposure I wanted by using one of Heathers Soft toys (actually one of those was quite good) however as the light was coming from a very small opening it made it very hard and the area that illuminated her face was very tight - there were a lot of wasted exposures when part of her face wasn't illuminated. There were some more from this day using other props that may get an airing.
Well thought out and executed Nick, congrats on the HC too.
Darren.
Excellent image Nick. Don't be too harsh on yourself. Shadows on the glasses are innevitible with single source directional lighting and the burn out on the toys in her hand add an almost glowing quality to the image... almost like a science project! All round top notch image mate.
Andy
Thanks Andy, and thanks for the kind words. Its just when I do any image I always say to myself, right next time what would I do differently? and what have I learned? Particularly with flash as its completely new to me - I don't just do it with my own on any image that I like I try to analyse what I like about it and why and what would I change. Its probably my scientific background coming out.
Thanks
Nick
P.S Thanks for the idea it gives me another idea to work on, now where can I get some test tubes ?
Looks good to me, Nick, despite your exposure problems. Very lovely tones, excellent.
TrevB 
It took a lot of looking at but well worth it as it gradually 'unfolded' into a most delightful study of childhood.
Penny
What an amazing image, great work indeed and a well deserved HC Award !
Chris
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