Bruce, It seems to me that the bottom of her face in the 1st shot is overlit. Promotes a kind of 'flashlight under the chin scarry look'. I like the 2nd shot with the white background. The Gazanias are great, a marvelous composition and big impact image. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > My brother-in-law's sister recently agreed to model for me, and we spent a > very pleasant afternoon this past Saturday in her lovely home. I enlisted my > own sister as assistant. Teresa has been working out body building so after > doing some traditional portraiture, I had her pose with weights. > > These are shot using mostly window light (big bay windows), aided by a 40" > reflector (Photobasics 5-in-1 [a great deal, btw]). In the portrait with > black turtleneck I also added a hairlight: a gridded AF-540FGZ on a stand > behind to her right. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157625284661826/show/ > > K20D, DA* 55mm, f/1.7, 1/500th (headshot); f/2.4, 1/45th (weights), ISO 400. > > > Bonus! Gazanias. Christine commented favourably on these ... > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/5091067524/lightbox/ > > K20D, DA* 55mm, f/4.0, 1/125th, ISO 400. > > > Comments, of course, very welcome. > > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
