New Models At Play

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New Models At Play

Postby photomarcs on Mon Nov 15, 2010 11:49 pm

Hi :D

Hope everyone has been well... this is a recent shoot I did with a new Model that found me on another forum for models and photographers.. (modelmayhem.com for those who are curious), so this was a new field dealing first hand with a retailer who wanted images ( the model's friend.. funnily enough), so we rattled off a few frames before being escorted out by security.. haha this was shot in sterling circuit for those who are interested.

1st shot which was my favourite, was shot with cloud cover, 580EX II triggered via receiver from behind subject aimed directly towards her left shoulder, another 580EX positioned to the slightly offcentre, angled 45 degrees down towards subject and facing left with gary fong lambency diffuser. all feedback welcome :D


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the owner of the business wanted a shot for giggles so here's one that turned out well enough to post, and well enough to hear feedback as well :D
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Re: New Models At Play

Postby wendellt on Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:50 am

Why post only 2?

The first image shows an understanding of models pose and angles to juxtapose the lines of the architecture

Using the backlit flash for rimlight and mood on the stairs is cool to make the model pop out
but i question it's context in relation to the feel of the scene as in real life why would there be a light right there
it looks like a natural image of a girl sitting on stairs, so why put a light backlighting her, it makes it somewhat unbelievable, that said i know what you are doing and full marks for thinking outside of the box
although this backlight thing suits a studio concept where there are are no contextual clues that fight with the concept

overall technically the aesthetic achieved is excellent

Next time try to get more emotion from the model as a standard shot of a pose like this heavily relies on aesthetic
im not getting any story from the model

also to make it more believable make her relax more the pose is strong and hindered makes her look uncomfortable

in this case i would ask her to rollplay something like this, been walking around all day shopping im exhausted i want to sit down and contemplate about my long lost love

2nd image looks like it's cropped, i think it would look better to show one shoe, expression is good but again get her to rollplay an emotion
lighting is a bit flat
one thing im wondering about is using the flash in available light situations
jusdging from the scene the available light would of looked nicer as you could of backlit it and make it look more ethereal and nostalgic
the flash takes away the innocence of the image and makes it look unreal

in natural scenes and concepts stick to available light

anyway im proud of you, your doing well
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