The mask is my fave shot by far. I had to keep reminding myself to go wide and get more clothing and jewelry in the frame -- my natural impulse is to go for tightly framed headshots. Must be a holdover from my flower macro period. :-)
Thank you, Mark! On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > Excellent collection - that first one with the ornate mask is quite > stunning. > > Mark > > > On 7/27/2012 1:07 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> For a fast look: "She is deciding my fate" ... >> >> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7656572092/lightbox/ >> >> >> This gallery is of shots I did while helping my wife Louise on a >> documentary project she's creating about a local store called the Trap >> Door Boutique. The owner, Gabrielle Neveu, sells clothing and fashion >> "for the artistic professional" in the Junction area of Toronto's west >> end. >> >> This was a guerrilla shoot. We were operating within the boutique >> during their open hours, working around customers who were mostly >> bemused by our activity. (I think some came in because they were nosey >> and saw the lights.) We were in and out in two and a half hours. >> >> I was providing lighting for Louise to do video footage of our model, >> Marzi, getting crazy with the clothing that Gabbi was styling for us. >> I was sneaking in and shooting stills as best I could. Since this was >> for video I couldn't use flash, so I opted for a $30 garage >> work-light, 2 by 250 watt tungsten halogen bulbs on a short stand, >> that we had bought previously to try. To make this light less harsh >> and have it come from above rather than casting upward shadows, I >> added two light stands: one with a 44" silver reflector and the other >> with a reflective umbrella. I then aimed the two 250 watt heads from >> the work-light at each of the two reflectors. >> >> When I measured the light with my meter I discovered that 500 >> reflected watts doesn't actually go far. I was forced to shoot between >> f:2.8 and f:3.5 at 800 ISO and shutter speeds between 1/30th and >> 1/60th sec for the entire set. But the resulting light was unique and >> interesting. It was nice to work with WYSIWYG light: easy to see where >> shadows would fall and great for focussing. >> >> Tricky to work with the work lights though as they threw light >> everywhere, so accidental direct light leaks and flare were hard to >> avoid. I even had trouble with flare in the viewfinder! I just >> accepted the harsh shadows in some cases as creative accidents. ;-) >> >> Then there's the heat: oh my gawd. Sweat was pouring off me. I also >> was forced to shoot in close proximity to the light heads because we >> were in a very confined space between the clothing racks, changing >> booths and the cash desk. >> >> But despite all the restrictions, my keeper rate was astonishingly >> high. Louise chose 248 out of 302 shots to graft into her doc footage. >> I rejected many of those as too soft for me, and narrowed the keepers >> down, but it's still a large number. The seven in this gallery are >> just the extra-good ones that I've retouched first. >> >> >> So here's the gallery. The first seven shots are from this recent >> shoot (this past Wednesday), and the rest are from an art opening in >> the same boutique last fall. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157630775756384/show/ >> >> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 SDM, 800 ISO, f:2.8-3.5. >> Lr 4.1, Ps 5.5 >> >> 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. -- -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.
