experimenting with my new cam .. first victim!!!!

Dew · Aug 28, 2003

hehehe .. so i got a new camera last week (Olympus E20 *digital*) .. still familiarizing myself with it .... my first victim :lol:

... he's a saxophone and guitar player .. he mostly plays jazz inspired music ..

for most of the shots i got .. i used a softbox with flash and a silver/gold reflector ... for some shots .. i disregarded the flash and used just soft light to create shadows ... more of "moody" portraits ..

rip it to shreds

.. all comments welcome ...

manda · Aug 28, 2003

I would have liked to have seen more of the sax at the bottom of the top one.
other than that, they are crystal clear, the last one you've caught some good expression.

i think the lighting looks fabulous!

Dew · Aug 28, 2003

i got a ton of him with the sax and guitar ... even some b&w .. i took about 100 photographs ... picked about 35 usable ..

my hubby got some interesting shots of him as well ... but he's being stingy :greenpbl:

manda · Aug 28, 2003

can i ask the subject's name, dew?
i like to know the names of portraits.

Dew · Aug 28, 2003

"Cesar" ... i think the last one may be almost a little over-exposed :?

metroshane · Aug 28, 2003

I like the first and last pics. Mainly b/c I despise turtlenecks.

Dew · Aug 28, 2003

in case anyone is wondering .. the backdrop is a plain old full size bedsheet we bought for $10 at the dollar store :lol:

this camera is so much better than my last one .. most of the shots i used straight out of the camera with little to no editting in photoshop (at most, the curves) ...

the colors are so much truier ... i love this cam!!!

i got another shoot later with codename "barbie doll" project :lol:

Jeff Canes · Aug 28, 2003

i like #1 the most and #3 big fan turtlenecks

manda · Aug 28, 2003

ooh did we make the right choices for the barbie doll model?

Dew · Aug 28, 2003

im working on the "barbie doll project" photos right now ... she was a cool gal ... however, we did a few with the "baby doll" ... we'll see how they come out ....

im doing lots of retouch on the white background .. not white enough :? ... but we did win a nice white heavyduty canvas backdrop on ebay .. so that would be a lot of help :no smile: