I got together with a group of photographers on Sunday from the Bay Area Photo Club. We took photos of a couple of willing models on the campus of the University of Houston-Clear Lake. This is Emili, above, who is a senior at LaPorte High School. It was definitely a learning experience for me, as I was trying out a couple of new light modifiers. This shot was taken with a Nikon SB900 in a Cowboy Studio 16" beauty dish at about 1/16 power. 85mm, 1/160 sec at f/4.5. I struggled with the crop here. My first thought was to crop the strip of sky and greenery on the far lefthand side. The more I looked at it, though, the more I liked the small square of blue sky in the upper left and how that played off Emili's ring with the blue stone. Lots of interesting convergences here -- arms into the face, the out of focus rib of the building into Emili's eye, the tilt of the head. Subtle stuff, but I think it all works pretty well.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Emili
I got together with a group of photographers on Sunday from the Bay Area Photo Club. We took photos of a couple of willing models on the campus of the University of Houston-Clear Lake. This is Emili, above, who is a senior at LaPorte High School. It was definitely a learning experience for me, as I was trying out a couple of new light modifiers. This shot was taken with a Nikon SB900 in a Cowboy Studio 16" beauty dish at about 1/16 power. 85mm, 1/160 sec at f/4.5. I struggled with the crop here. My first thought was to crop the strip of sky and greenery on the far lefthand side. The more I looked at it, though, the more I liked the small square of blue sky in the upper left and how that played off Emili's ring with the blue stone. Lots of interesting convergences here -- arms into the face, the out of focus rib of the building into Emili's eye, the tilt of the head. Subtle stuff, but I think it all works pretty well.
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That beauty dish puts out some sweet light to complement the natural diffused light we had on Sunday. I like the fact that you didn't come in too tight on her, as we've done in the past when we shoot. Crop works for me. Nice shot.
ReplyDeleteI like it too. I didn't see how you used it, so I'd like to see what you're doing next time. I have a tendency to shoot pretty close too, but I think it's cause we've had some models with very pretty eyes that I focus on. I don't think we got any shots with that background, I'll have to go out there again.
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