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I don't know how I feel about this one. One one hand I am thinking that it looks great but on the other I am seeing things I would do to improve it.
I like the pose your model has and the look on her face shows emotion. I think a square crop would suit the portrait better in this one. The 3:2 format is not doing anything for the composition. The high key nature of your B&W transfer has made her shirt-top blend in with the background and she now looks like a Roman bust, just shoulders and head. Just my thoughts... Steve.
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Nice work mate, I like the catch lights and lighting, but agree with Steve that a different top,or some back lighting / separation form the background may help improve the shot. I like the BW conversion too
A fascinating image Dawesy. I like how you have balanced the lighting but I think Steve and Craig have made some comments worth considering.
cheers marco
You need to get Luce to model some more, and remember to shoot some setup shots, (strobist style) so we can get an idea of how your designing your light.
dawesy
Very nice. My only criticism is that you should have included a little more of the dress at bottom of the frame. Lighting and pose are very good otherwise. Regards
Matt. K
Thanks guys, all very good points. The dress wasn't quite so lost in colour, but I kind of forgot to focus on it during the conversion. I liked the way it made her hair blend into the background though.
I have a shot that is a little tighter that should work better. I'll convert it and post it up later in the week, have a few things on over the next few days. As for set-up, using the 2 light kit from poon, both at about 45 degrees either side. Right hand side was closer and set to 1/4, left set to 1/8. Shot at about f10 from memory. Background is the night sky through our back door, there was a bit of brickwork on the right of the image I missed and cloned out in post. I'd also like to try this set-up with a back light to get some better separation.
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