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[casio]

u know, actually i don't like to disect the images like this once i start talking abt how i PP, i feel that the illusion is gone. people start looking at what is real what is digital. since i m doing emotive portraits here, the idea is not to show off how good my DI is, but to establish a connection with the viewer. that s why right in the start i make it a point for my DI to be as invisible as possible, even though i may fall a lil short in some of the images.

That's great of you to point it out.. what's important is not the DI but how the DI helps make your final image pops out.

Anyway, I really like your work. I'm actually more interested in how you lighted the image, not the DI work. There's really not much DI you can do on a crappy image. I know you worked on your lighting well.

We're all learning here, so I hope I can learn more from you as well.

Thanks!

 

[casio]

i used EOS400D, 30 mm sigma EX, 10-22 Canon wide angle (special thanks to my friend ZJ for lending me!), 430EX speedlite off camera with shoot through umbrella (for some shots).

How many speedlights did you use? On some shots, I'm seeing at most two light sources aside from the ambient. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks!

 

[marctheworld]

Wonderful works, i especially like the color and mood. just one photo i found a bit weird about the way how her hand fingers put on the foot. for one moment, i thought she has very long foot fingers, haha. just 1 cent from someone very green

Nice works here, and super lighting!!

 

[Dawn27]

Thanks Gatcha. I really love all the pictures esp the last one.Thanks for your wonderful photography skills and being a great phootographer as well as friend=) It as great working with you=)

 

[gatchaman]

Awesome series, simply beautiful. I liked every single one. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

thank you thank you Galdor!

Nice series... especially the 1st one.

thanks a lot philipcs! many ppl like that more though it s not my fav : )

That's great of you to point it out.. what's important is not the DI but how the DI helps make your final image pops out.

Anyway, I really like your work. I'm actually more interested in how you lighted the image, not the DI work. There's really not much DI you can do on a crappy image. I know you worked on your lighting well.

We're all learning here, so I hope I can learn more from you as well.

How many speedlights did you use? On some shots, I'm seeing at most two light sources aside from the ambient. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks!

hi casio, i had 1 speedlight only. but there are other light sources in the room itself. there is a standing lamp and wall lights too. in some shots i combined shots in which the model is well lit by the off cam flash and composite with a shot with natural room lighting (but model not well lit enough) as the background. coz the room lighting is so much more nicer than cold soft umbrella diffused flash (otherwise every shot looks like a studio shot). but on the other hand u need good light on the model so u can easily manipulate in PP to match the room lighting background plate. but i guess i ve to do that only coz my off cam flash coverage is too much, and cancelled off the room lighting.

i did it that above way only because i didnt want to 'waste' the beautiful room lighting. but not every shot is done like this.

not sure if it makes any sense to u. hope it helps : ) thanks for the interest!

Wonderful works, i especially like the color and mood. just one photo i found a bit weird about the way how her hand fingers put on the foot. for one moment, i thought she has very long foot fingers, haha. just 1 cent from someone very green

Nice works here, and super lighting!!

hi marctheworld, thanks for your comments! i will take note of that, and see if such comment is recurring : )

 

[casio]

thank you thank you Galdor!
hi casio, i had 1 speedlight only. but there are other light sources in the room itself. there is a standing lamp and wall lights too. in some shots i combined shots in which the model is well lit by the off cam flash and composite with a shot with natural room lighting (but model not well lit enough) as the background. coz the room lighting is so much more nicer than cold soft umbrella diffused flash (otherwise every shot looks like a studio shot). but on the other hand u need good light on the model so u can easily manipulate in PP to match the room lighting background plate. but i guess i ve to do that only coz my off cam flash coverage is too much, and cancelled off the room lighting.

i did it that above way only because i didnt want to 'waste' the beautiful room lighting. but not every shot is done like this.

not sure if it makes any sense to u. hope it helps : ) thanks for the interest!

I just noticed that some of your shots have 2 catchlights so I thought you were using 2 light sources. Other catchlight might have been from the lamp or tv or somewhere else.

What you said completely makes sense. Thanks so much for explaining. I really appreciate it.

Thanks again!

 

[gatchaman]

Thanks Gatcha. I really love all the pictures esp the last one.Thanks for your wonderful photography skills and being a great phootographer as well as friend=) It as great working with you=)

Thanks ah, dawn dawn for being so committed, even when u r not feeling well. 辛苦你了! really couldn't credit you & mandy enough for all this : )

 

[INTRUDERZ]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Great WORK!!!

 

[Kimura_papaya]

really capture my eye...great effort!

 

[Dimensionarts]

Nice lighting, and especially like the skin tone.

 

[sgwong]

wonderful..nice photo..keep it up

 

[evildolly]

a beautiful series, I love your pp

 

[nemesis32]

Excellent, both series are excellent.

 

[gatchaman]

I just noticed that some of your shots have 2 catchlights so I thought you were using 2 light sources. Other catchlight might have been from the lamp or tv or somewhere else.

What you said completely makes sense. Thanks so much for explaining. I really appreciate it.

Thanks again!

you r welcome casio!

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: Great WORK!!!

thanks for the comment intruderz!

really capture my eye...great effort!

hope it capture your heart too haha! thanks, Kimura papaya!

 

[gatchaman]

Nice lighting, and especially like the skin tone.

hi thanks Dimensionarts! glad u like it!

wonderful..nice photo..keep it up

hey thanks sgwong, i ll try to improve myself further : )

a beautiful series, I love your pp

thanks thanks evildolly, ur comment is wicked!

Excellent, both series are excellent.

thanks so much nemesis32, i still have much to learn : )

 

[Witness]

wonderful stuff u have here.

 

[gatchaman]

wonderful stuff u have here.

Thanks Witness! glad u like it!