I'm likely just a tad higher than her here. She was sitting on a stool and for a number of shots I was standing on a step-stool to gain a bit of height. But she's also tilting her head forward slightly in this shot.
Thanks, Christine! On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > Hi Bruce: Very cute! Good rendering. Maybe it's me, probably so, but how > high was the camera? To my eye it looks like you shooting down a bit. Is > that right? Cheers, Christine > > > On Jan 13, 2012, at 8:32 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Meet Marzenia, aka Marzi, an out of work graphic designer and my >> wife's new gardening assistant. For the last few months she has >> completely rejected the notion of sitting for a portrait despite a >> number of queries. I thought she had a unique, interesting look and >> told her so, but she insisted that she always looked terrible in >> photos and she hated getting her picture taken. >> >> But I kept after her. Finally, after we explained that I just needed >> somebody to help me practice some lighting ideas and I promised that >> all she'd need to do was "sit there", she agreed to a shoot last >> Thursday. >> >> And here's the standout shot from that session: http://goo.gl/hrPwz >> >> K20D, DA* 55/1.4, f/11, 125th, ISO 200. >> AF160 macro ring flash, AF540 in an umbrella camera-right. >> >> Post-processing was Lightroom 3.6 for some basic tweaks, and Photoshop >> CS5 for some minor retouching. I ran Portraiture on almost the lowest >> settings for skin cleanup. The ring flash did a remarkable job of >> hiding complexion problems. Used like this it's a tremendous glamour >> light, as I was hoping it would be. >> >> I also got the chance to use my poor-man's tethering setup: a disused >> PowerBook running an Automator script I cooked up displayed the shots >> real-time as they came off the Eye-Fi card in the K20D. It was >> terrific seeing the actual lighting changes as I reconfigured the >> setup. >> >> So now, amazingly, Marzi is enquiring when the next shoot will be and >> hoping it's soon. :) >> >> >> Comments are gratefully received. -- -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.
