DSLRUsers.com

More from the second Google Plus Centennial Park PicANiK

Bianca, a lovely young lady was one of our ring-in models (the daughter of one of the other attendees) but she was a natural and coped very well with twenty people with D-SLR's surrounding her

No off camera flash used here - just backlight from the late afternoon sun and a large round reflector down low in front to bounce some light back onto her. At times we also used a scrim overhead and behind to soften the light falling on her.

I got so many good shots of Bianca (almost all in critical focus too) - too hard to choose between them - maybe you can choose for me?

These are all almost straight out of camera with Daylight white balance and a tiny bit of retouching to some

Late Summer Glamour


Horizons Gaze


Contre-jour


Waiting


Then some with the scrim between the sun and our model

Happiness is a Smile


and then we gained an extra model for a little while from a passing family

Who Me!


and lastly a little monochrome conversion with...

Fluffy Love

Get the lighting right and everything else will fall into place. Nice technique! Great model.#6 is the one I like most.

Rodney the last is my favorite.

Just from my experience at portraits and weddings, I'm yet to come across a lady who likes a tight head shot with just their head in the frame. Getting their shoulders in there at the very least is more flattering and appealing to the eye.

That's not a hard rule anywhere I know of, just speaking from my own experiences.

Matt. K wrote:Get the lighting right and everything else will fall into place. Nice technique! Great model.#6 is the one I like most.

Thanks Matt

Rooz wrote:Rodney the last is my favorite. Just from my experience at portraits and weddings, I'm yet to come across a lady who likes a tight head shot with just their head in the frame. Getting their shoulders in there at the very least is more flattering and appealing to the eye. That's not a hard rule anywhere I know of, just speaking from my own experiences.

Thanks Chris - thats a good tip to know (I'm normally just photographing children )

6 and 7 for me.

2, 4 & 6 for me Rodney. I also like the animation of the model in 7. Love the skin tone in 4.

A question regarding Contre-jour (#3); it appears have a hazy look. Is that PP brightened too much (to increase underexposed face) because of backlit model? Or is it just a light cast on the lens from a backlit subject?

Great shots.

zafra52 wrote:6 and 7 for me.

Thanks Zafra

Victor03 wrote:A question regarding Contre-jour (#3); it appears have a hazy look. Is that PP brightened too much (to increase underexposed face) because of backlit model? Or is it just a light cast on the lens from a backlit subject?

I didn't add any PP exposure (or shadow recovery) in post so the exposure in the fase is as shot. So most of it will be from light coming into the lens from in front reducing contrast. I did add a tiny touch of overall negative clarity as well.