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[flosphotos]

I was messing around with my camera yesterday and got these pictures of my roommate.

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[Derrel]

She is gorgeous! I woulda' made the last two in tall orientation, but that's just me I guess. The last shot has the flash a bit low, and off to the left, so the slightly upward-direction on the nose shadow is less than ideal.

 

[TrolleySwag]

Nice work on her eyes, they stand out

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[flosphotos]

Nice work on her eyes, they stand out

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Her eyes are stunning, thank you


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[flosphotos]

She is gorgeous! I woulda' made the last two in tall orientation, but that's just me I guess. The last shot has the flash a bit low, and off to the left, so the slightly upward-direction on the nose shadow is less than ideal.

Thank you for the feedback I actually wasn't using flash when I took these. i had one of my studio lights out and was messing with it. I also only had one on instead the 3 & i had no umbrella on! I see what you're saying though! Must have looked past it.


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[Donde]

Of the group the one that works for me is the second to last though you could have cropped out the partial hand..

 

[DanOstergren26 2]

She looks a bit like Ke$ha (meant entirely as a compliment to her). In the future when photographing people I would recommend placing the main light at a more above angle; doing so causes the light to sculpt and contour the human facial features such as the cheekbones. Contouring is very important in makeup, and in my opinion just as important in portrait lighting.

 

[flosphotos]

Of the group the one that works for me is the second to last though you could have cropped out the partial hand..

Didn't even recognize that. lol


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[flosphotos]

She looks a bit like Ke$ha (meant entirely as a compliment to her). In the future when photographing people I would recommend placing the main light at a more above angle; doing so causes the light to sculpt and contour the human facial features such as the cheekbones. Contouring is very important in makeup, and in my opinion just as important in portrait lighting.

I haven't taken studio for photography yet. i'm taking that this semester so i was messing with the lights entirely off of guessing. Thank you for that feedback though. it really helped. hopefully I learn all that this semester. Also, she is very beautiful. I'll tell her that compliment


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[DanOstergren26 2]

She looks a bit like Ke$ha (meant entirely as a compliment to her). In the future when photographing people I would recommend placing the main light at a more above angle; doing so causes the light to sculpt and contour the human facial features such as the cheekbones. Contouring is very important in makeup, and in my opinion just as important in portrait lighting.

I haven't taken studio for photography yet. i'm taking that this semester so i was messing with the lights entirely off of guessing. Thank you for that feedback though. it really helped. hopefully I learn all that this semester. Also, she is very beautiful. I'll tell her that compliment


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I honestly doubt you'll be taught much about the concept of contouring and highlighting in a photography course because it's more closely tied to the beauty and makeup industry, and for the sake of clarification it's a concept that does not apply to just studio photography, it's applied to natural light portraiture as well. Regardless, if you apply the concept to your lighting it will not only bring out your subject's beauty by enhancing and sculpting their features, it will also effectively reduce the amount of retouching needed essentially by doing the work of the makeup with the lighting. I would definitely suggest looking up some video tutorials for the makeup technique on youtube, as it will help you understand exactly what it does and why.

When I refer to contouring and highlighting, I'm referring to this look:

Placing your light or using your available lighting in order to mimic this look is what I'm talking about. Set the shot up so that the light is coming down a bit in order to create those highlights and shadows. It also helps to use a white reflector and have it reflecting some light back up from below the face in order to fill some light into the eye-sockets and to add light to the iris.