On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 9:26 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Great job on the light. But your model seems to be tense. > Paul
Thats because she has heard of the PDML.:-) Great job Bruce Dave > > On May 24, 2012, at 4:32 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> Was introduced to a lovely lady who wanted to do a creative shoot. I >> suggested Hollywood glamour ala George Hurrell and she said yeah ... >> >> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7262010996/lightbox/ >> >> This is the first of a few I'll be retouching. The goal was B&W, but I >> couldn't resist keeping this one colour. >> >> The shoot took place yesterday in The Gallery Studio Cafe in New >> Toronto. There's a piano, which of course we made use of, and a nicely >> decorated bar with a big ol' espresso machine, which also made it into >> some shots. We basically had the run of the place. Dorothy enlisted >> two of her ex-colleagues (she was an on-air personality with a talk >> show on Rogers cable TV) for makeup and hair and they did a superb >> job. I have BTS shots of the two of them working on Dorothy >> simultaneously. >> >> I wanted to get the "focussed-light with rapid fall-off" look typical >> of George Hurrell's work, so I used the ring-light-in-a-softbox that I >> created especially for the shoot and tested on my wife last week. >> George used multiple big hotlights with fresnel lenses to get his >> look, so we clearly would only be able to approximate it but I think >> we didn't do too badly. He also spent hours dodging and burning to get >> his deep shadows and body contouring, so at least that part I'll be >> able to emulate accurately! :-) >> >> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 39mm/f:8.0, 100 ISO, 125th sec. >> AF160 ringlight in 18" Westcott Apollo softbox on monopod, held above >> and in front of subject's face. >> AF540 in 42" silvered umbrella for fill, camera-left. >> AF540 with snoot for hair, well back camera-right. >> Cowboy Studios radio triggers. >> Lr and Ps for post and retouching. >> >> Comments 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
