Portrait workshop - Kylie - Ambient and combo

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Portrait workshop - Kylie - Ambient and combo

Postby PiroStitch on Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:45 am

Natural ambient lighting
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Natural ambient lighting with strobe pointed at the wall to blow it out. I didn't position the strobe well enough as you can see a bit of fall out towards the bottom of the pic.
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Postby beetleboy on Tue Nov 21, 2006 12:27 pm

I like these the most out of your workshop shots (especially the 2nd). I wouldn't worry too much about the light fall off in the second; in fact another option you could have tried if you had a grid available would be to put just a spot of light behind the model so it tapers off in a circle - that would've been cool!
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Postby mic on Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:01 pm

Nailed it on the 2nd Wayne.

Great stuff.

Mic :wink:
Now please get into some Nude Photography

Plllleaaaassseeeeeeeeeee !!!!!

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Postby Oz_Beachside on Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:07 am

Hi Mic,

This workshop was to make a start on the basics of seeing the light, and was a great start. Adding the dimension of nudity would have shifted the focus, and also heightens the degree of difficulty, as the light behaves differently on skin to clothing.

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Postby beetleboy on Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:12 am

Oz_Beachside wrote:as the light behaves differently on skin to clothing


as do our eyes! :twisted:
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Postby Hudo on Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:28 am

Hi,

With regards to blown out rear walls / back drops due to limited number of mono blocks and space available all my studio work is like this. In my work flow for the limited number of PS pics I would provide a model it's a 2 minute fix in PS. For me it's best to work like this based on the assets available.

Great stuff, keep at it...

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