Yeah, the monochrome versions work better for me. 309-bw.jpg is like a whole new shot in b&w; very good! And 253-bw.jpg is improved too.
On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > thanks Bruce and Paul for the nice words > > Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Larry ... >> >>> A friend wanted to do a nude photo shoot. It was her first one, and we >>> didn't have much time, so most of what we accomplished was their >>> learning how a photo shoot works. I think we still got a few keepers. >>> Here's one: >>> >>> >>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eb8h0fnz4b94ilk/AAAko2j5hDB-YS6-A-ewD5REa/20171118-LRC67253.jpg?dl=0 >>> >> >> I like that one best of the 7. > > > Thanks >> >> >> She did well for a first time out. I sense less awkwardness and more >> eagerness which is great, of course. > > > Several cycles of shooting a few, then looking at them, and a bit of > feedback really helped her understand how it works, then she could relax, > and then start having fun. > >> >> >> Because of time constraints I didn't try to adjust the lighting as much >>> >>> as I normally would, but towards the end, we did a bit of rim lighting >>> and a more rembrandt lighting set up, which I think worked well. >>> Comments and suggestions appreciated as always. >>> Next time, I hope to have more time to play with lighting the background >>> so it isn't just black. >> >> >> >> I'd try b&w conversions to go with the black background. I find that >> de-emphasizing colour and just focusing on light and shadow works best >> with >> the static, statuesque poses. If you go for a bit of glamor it just >> muddles >> the message. > > > I had tried a couple of BW conversions earlier in the set, but at your > suggestion I went and did them to those 7 and the lighting from later in the > shoot worked a lot better, so I've uploaded the BW versions to that > directory as well. > > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eb8h0fnz4b94ilk/AACPCfobmYyrkbZdf6LFVEF5a?dl=0 >> >> >> Shows much promise to me. Schedule another shoot right away to keep up the >> momentum! > > > I'm looking forward to it. She lives a bit over an hour north, but has a > friend down here that she visits fairly often. I suggested that some > scarves, or clothes, that are mostly primary red or blue (maybe accented > with gold) would work well with her. I'll also work on getting some > saturated color into the background, also probably red or blue, rather than > just trying to use rim lights to separate her hair from the background. > >> >> Cheers, Larry. >> > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.
