Thanks, Dave! On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:45 AM, David J Brooks <pentko...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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.
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