Can YOU bend like this?

[Rosy]

Did this shoot for my cousin's daughter - hoping her team mates will come my way? Please CC

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[Designer]

Good shot!

 

[Rosy]

not sure why i can't load more than one

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[Rosy]

reaching out... WHY can't I load more than one image per post

 

[tirediron]

Nice set!! Overall it looks good (and there's no way in Hades I could even think about bending like that), but I do seem some slightly hot specular highlights; in #1, on her shoulder, and in #2, along her shoulder/upper arm. I think you could improve the lighting a bit by using two lights; one in front of her her and one behind her, in VERY close, and maybe with a little extra diffusion material, that suit she's wearing looks like a bugger to light. I would run the fill (the light behind her) about 1/3 or 1/2 stop below key.

I think you should be well pleased with this Rosy - you done good!

 

[gsgary]

There is not a lot of seperation from the background, did you use a light from behind ?

 

[Rosy]

yes I did - I had continuous light hitting the back (but only from the right side)

 

[Rosy]

Nice set!! Overall it looks good (and there's no way in Hades I could even think about bending like that), but I do seem some slightly hot specular highlights; in #1, on her shoulder, and in #2, along her shoulder/upper arm. I think you could improve the lighting a bit by using two lights; one in front of her her and one behind her, in VERY close, and maybe with a little extra diffusion material, that suit she's wearing looks like a bugger to light. I would run the fill (the light behind her) about 1/3 or 1/2 stop below key.

I think you should be well pleased with this Rosy - you done good!

I did use 2 lights (actually 3) BUT I guess the set up was not ideal

I had both at a 45 degree (camera left and right)- Key light and fill light 2 stops lower
the back was lit on one side with continuous lighting

John - I guess PRACTICE is your friend, but do you see the image in your head and just adjust the lighting accordingly? I would have not thought of that. The ligthing set up you recommend would have been ideal, what made ou think of that

Sorry for the brain picking, but i can't clone you SOOOO i gotta ask and pick

 

[tirediron]

Practice is indeed your friend; I do tried and previsualize the end result and then light according to that (and then take it down, change things and try again... ), but to be totally honest, it's a lighting setup I've seen used for lighting gymnast portraits before that worked very well.

 

[pixmedic]

I think i am going to have to get my wife into gymnastics.

 

[JustJazzie]

I think i am going to have to get my wife into gymnastics.

Yoga is better. Then she'll learn to hold the poses for a LOOOONG time.

 

[pixmedic]

I think i am going to have to get my wife into gymnastics.

Yoga is better. Then she'll learn to hold the poses for a LOOOONG time.

im old.
i dont need her to hold the poses for a long time.

 

[terri]

I think i am going to have to get my wife into gymnastics.

Yoga is better. Then she'll learn to hold the poses for a LOOOONG time.

im old.
i dont need her to hold the poses for a long time.

 

[gsgary]

yes I did - I had continuous light hitting the back (but only from the right side)

The back of the subject ?
This shot is only 2 studio flash lights and a reflector http://gsgary.smugmug.com/photos/i-XzM8S9p/0/XL/i-XzM8S9p-XL.jpg

 

[Warhorse]

I could not bend like that when I was young, let alone now.

Nice shots!