On Nov 2, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > On 10-11-02 4:24 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> One of my tango instructors wanted some photos for her website, and we spent >> a few hours this afternoon playing with camera and lights. It started off a >> little rough, but once we hit our stride, we got some decent shots: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625294995780/ >> >> You may find them easier to look at using this link: >> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157625294995780/ > > Larry, I really like the idea of the more dramatic posed shots, 56143-56165, > and especially 56165. But I find the lighting just too even and flat for the > subject. I'd like to see more drama! Need some shadows, dude. :)
I agree entirely that those poses need shadows. Unfortunately, we were running out of time and my attempts to quickly change the lighting were quite unsuccessful in that they ended up not with dramatic shadows, just areas where you could sort of see what was going on, but not well. Lightening the shadows worked a lot better than trying to darken them. I certainly hope to redo 143-146 with more dramatic lighting. > And you could try b&w conversions on those too. Besides being compatible > with the dramatic angles, it would be more flattering for her skin I think. Interesting point. I'll give that a try. > > Your lines removal is pretty successful, but I see some kind of artifacting > in there. Some oversharpening at some point in the workflow perhaps? All I did was apply a lightroom brush, with sharpness and clarity cranked full negative, to her face, trying to leave key edges (lips, chin, eyebrows...) intact. > > You caught some great candid expressions in those headshots. > > Good work, Larry! Thanks a bunch. This is the first time I've done this sort of photo shoot with a woman who was over 50. She was rather perturbed over how many more wrinkles she had than a year ago. I don't want full on flat lighting, but some sort of straight on fill might soften the wrinkles. I can't really afford to buy toys right now, but would one of these ring flash adapters help? http://www.ray-flash.com/ http://www.ringflash-adapter.com/ -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
