Escaped supernatural mental patient.

[zombiesniper113 13]

So my daughter wanted me to do some horror makeup and take some photos so bullet to the head and a little blood later. Oh and she brought the crazy all on her own. lol

Madhouse escape by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[tirediron]

Nice! If possible retry this with some Hollywood horror lighting. Illuminate her from below with a couple of kickers at shoulder-ish level to fill in shadows as needed.

 

[zombiesniper113 13]

Good point. Didn't think of that.

 

[jcdeboever]

Remind me not to RSVP to your dinner party....

 

[tirediron]

Remind me not to RSVP to your dinner party....

But dude... without you, there'd be no dinner....

 

[jcdeboever]

Remind me not to RSVP to your dinner party....

But dude... without you, there'd be no dinner....

They will be trimming a lot of fat, unless zombies like fatty meat....

 

[zombiesniper113 13]

Remind me not to RSVP to your dinner party....

We wouldn't dream of starting without you.............of course...............................you're the centrepiece.

 

[Derrel]

Creepy! Good thing you are obliging her desires for weird pics. Kids LOVE this zombie stuff! Oh.... wait...you too are zombie type !!!

Glad to see that you are having fun with the new lighting kit. I saw the multi-light setup earlier in your other thread. If I may make a suggestion: take the barn door light, and place it RIGHT behind the sitter, at mid-back-level to the subject, to perhaps as high as shoulder-level, and aim that light unit straight back, at the black fabric backdrop, or perhaps down, or up a few degrees (5,10,15, degrees or so) and get a really cool, graduated look to the backdrop, which will separate the outline of the subject from the black backdrop.

As shown in the studio set-up thread, the barn door light will actually not be seen by most medium or longer focal length lenses and their studio angle-of-coverage. Hence, the old idea of putting the background light, literally, right behind the subject's back-to-shoulder zone, and aimed back at the paper or cloth.

Your boom-stand accent light coming in from the right has GREAT, subtle hair lighting! NOT cheesy, but super-subtle hair accenting! Combine that with a slightly lit backdrop and this moves up multiple levels.

 

[jcdeboever]

Remind me not to RSVP to your dinner party....

We wouldn't dream of starting without you.............of course...............................you're the centrepiece.

I just had a prophetic vision of a hickory & peach wood, a pit, olive oil, and aluminum foil....

 

[Derrel]

Many people woulkd wayyyyyyyyyy over-light the hair in a shot like this, and utterly destroy the "key" this wasshot in! This is one of the benefits of having the 100 to 160 Watt-second maximum power lights, with four different lights! Many would have her hair accented with light that is four,five,six stops too hot.

 

[zombiesniper113 13]

If I may make a suggestion: take the barn door light, and place it RIGHT behind the sitter, at mid-back-level to the subject, to perhaps as high as shoulder-level, and aim that light unit straight back, at the black fabric backdrop, or perhaps down, or up a few degrees (5,10,15, degrees or so) and get a really cool, graduated look to the backdrop, which will separate the outline of the subject from the black backdrop.

You may and it's great one. I'll have to remember that for next time.