Peggy @ NTU PVS Studio Shoot

[aspire]

Ding Dong~~

Just to add in a piece of my cake:

 

[Splutter]

hi sheldrake

the tone is too reddish and the photos seems underexposed... u forgot to compensate for bright background?

nitpicks:
- both flower and necklace are out of place. my eyes keep drifting to the flower instead of the model.
- lighting is bland, i presume only a light from above right? i personally prefer two lights directly in front, one from above and one from below, using large softboxes. or you can use a second light from the left to fill up those shadows at 1/2 ratio.

Actually 2 lights were used. Settings were almost the same as u stated.

 

[mervlam]

Actually 2 lights were used. Settings were almost the same as u stated.

oh... ok i thought the other white spot in the eyes is a reflector... lol

 

[mervlam]

aspire,

too contrasty already... hard on the eyes...
and obivously you "cut and paste"... just look at the fingers

 

[aspire]

aspire,

too contrasty already... hard on the eyes...
and obivously you "cut and paste"... just look at the fingers

I didn't cut and paste but i did some edit to the background. Maybe the selection is too sharp. Thanks. I will make some changes. Studio shoot is not easy, alot post process is involved. :embrass:

 

[Mezzotint]

thanks.
we were not able to get pure white or brown backdrop at that moment, so this was our only choice. =)

Hi GriGri

Nice studio portraitures on yr first attempts. Well I'm not sure if yr school studio has enuff studio strobes or not, but for pure white backdrop, you will need another 2 sets of strobes for the backlight, hitting the backdrop with light ratio 2:1, which is 1 stop more than the main light. For example, yr main light reading is f/8 aperture on the model, then yr backlight reading should be f/11, taking reading from the left side of the backdrop, center and then the right side, to attain a constant accurate reading. This type of lighting setup is usually used for glamour & fashion studio shoots. Well you can always have more control on what types of lighting setup you want to achieve certain results.

OK coming to the flower, tattoo and necklace, I find it distracting too. They do not match with the model's outfit. The more stuff you input on the model the more you have to worry abt details, well unless you are shooting based on a theme e.g. romanticism, you'll need more props & stuff. Keep things simple for the start and concentrate more on the model poses (preferably head & shoulders first b4 going into half-body & full-body) and playing around with different lightings.

The model is photogenic and has a great sweet smile. Based on the half body shot you posted, we can see that the model has a smaller left eye than the right eye and a bigger right jaw. You did a great job on positioning the model's eyes & face for #1 & 4. By turning & tilting her head to her right side, the perspective of her right eye is further from the camera which resulted in a nice balance in size with her left eye. Same goes to her jaws. :thumbsup: Personally I always avoid shooting directly face straight unless the model has a better bone structures.

Above are my 2-cents worth of comments. Hope it helps. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

 

[GriGri]

Hi GriGri

Nice studio portraitures on yr first attempts. Well I'm not sure if yr school studio has enuff studio strobes or not, but for pure white backdrop, you will need another 2 sets of strobes for the backlight, hitting the backdrop with light ratio 2:1, which is 1 stop more than the main light. For example, yr main light reading is f/8 aperture on the model, then yr backlight reading should be f/11, taking reading from the left side of the backdrop, center and then the right side, to attain a constant accurate reading. This type of lighting setup is usually used for glamour & fashion studio shoots. Well you can always have more control on what types of lighting setup you want to achieve certain results.

OK coming to the flower, tattoo and necklace, I find it distracting too. They do not match with the model's outfit. The more stuff you input on the model the more you have to worry abt details, well unless you are shooting based on a theme e.g. romanticism, you'll need more props & stuff. Keep things simple for the start and concentrate more on the model poses (preferably head & shoulders first b4 going into half-body & full-body) and playing around with different lightings.

The model is photogenic and has a great sweet smile. Based on the half body shot you posted, we can see that the model has a smaller left eye than the right eye and a bigger right jaw. You did a great job on positioning the model's eyes & face for #1 & 4. By turning & tilting her head to her right side, the perspective of her right eye is further from the camera which resulted in a nice balance in size with her left eye. Same goes to her jaws. :thumbsup: Personally I always avoid shooting directly face straight unless the model has a better bone structures.

Above are my 2-cents worth of comments. Hope it helps. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

thank you so much for that, i will take note in the future!

there is really a lot to learn for studio portraits. :sweat:

 

[nemesis32]

A simple advice passed to me by PBS... never chopped off the body at the joints when cropping or shooting. If half body, shoot slight above waist, near to chest level. The model is very photogenic and have a great smile.

 

[hjebat87]

mmmmm...u have a gorgeous model..she don need the flower and the necklace..tatto ok ..only our lights..watch out ur lighting...

 

[GriGri]

hey guys, take a look at this, the model wrote these on the photo in her blog, so funny!

"dolly necklace, cute flower, contour, hip bone, yummy tattoo,
hence, I heart this photo!"

 

[~Arcanic~]

lolx, well, on the plus side, she really :heart: the pic.

 

[Splutter]

Din really shoot much that day. Just to share 2 of mine

1.

2.

 

[Adzz]

Our 3 models for the day

 

[cyberider]

Din really shoot much that day. Just to share 2 of mine

1.

2.

Nice pics. Where was the 2nd shot taken, the background looks familar?

 

[~Arcanic~]

splutter - i like ur 2nd shot, nicely done.

 

[reachme2003]

2nd shot, lighting seems harsh. colour tone could be better. posing could be better too eg. her lower left arm in limbo, right hand could have 'stretched out' to project a 'streamlined' look in tandem with her 'long' legs.

 

[student]

... never chopped off the body at the joints when cropping or shooting. If half body, shoot slight above waist, near to chest level. The model is very photogenic and have a great smile.

I thought the word "NEVER" is a dirty word in our attempt to make art?

If you have all these "NEVERS" is it a big surprise to find your images all looking like each others?

Take a look at portraits, including fashion photography by REALLY top photographers, and find out for yourself how many chop off the joints etc etc etc.

 

[Splutter]

2nd shot, lighting seems harsh. colour tone could be better. posing could be better too eg. her lower left arm in limbo, right hand could have 'stretched out' to project a 'streamlined' look in tandem with her 'long' legs.

Actually the photos were taken on slides (astia) and the colours looks great. Had just figured out how to scan them in properly last nite, but can't be bothered to do rescan. Sigh, skin tones are a real bitch when it comes to scanning I'm not sure what your idea of #2 is like, but I dun really like "streamline" images. Prefer to angle things out to break the shape.

 

[lemontree]

err...duno why but I just feel that the flower's very out... ;p

 

[melissafaith]

Din really shoot much that day. Just to share 2 of mine

1.

2.

These are better.