Full Body Ella, Angel vs Devil - Tips?

[tirediron]

I would like to add that the 'devil' shots have a bit too much lighting to cause the 'angel vs. devil' comparision. That is just my opinion though.

Agree! I think these might work better if you went about a stop and a half, or even two over ambient, and brought in fill from underneath!

 

[Juga]

I would like to add that the 'devil' shots have a bit too much lighting to cause the 'angel vs. devil' comparision. That is just my opinion though.

Agree! I these might work better if you went about a stop and a half, or even two over ambient, and brought in fill from underneath!

Exactly, something very dramatic for the 'devil.' The backlighting is just too much for the theme of the devil at least.

 

[DGMPhotography]

Yeah I definitely agree with that.

 

[BrieKayee]

I really like them. Maybe have a pair of white wings for her to wear next time, since it is a angel vs devil. Great work Darryl

 

[DGMPhotography]

Yeah I was actually thinking of adding some in post, but honestly it would probably look a lot better if we got some from party city, and some devil horns. Probably wouldn't be too expensive.

 

[o hey tyler]

Yeah, I don't think these were taken after sunset.

Original Date/Time = 2013:05:10 09:08:20
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[DGMPhotography]

First off, stop hijackin my pictures' stats, that's creepy! Second, I meant sunrise..

 

[o hey tyler]

First off, stop hijackin my pictures' stats, that's creepy! Second, I meant sunrise..

First off, No.

Second off, if we didn't look at your EXIF info you wouldn't have received the feedback you've got.

If you wanted a shallower DoF, you could have shot longer than ~35mm.

 

[Vtec44]

If you wanted a shallower DoF, you could have shot longer than ~35mm.

Hey, my 35 f1.4 has very shallow DOF!

 

[DGMPhotography]

First off, stop hijackin my pictures' stats, that's creepy! Second, I meant sunrise..

First off, No.

Second off, if we didn't look at your EXIF info you wouldn't have received the feedback you've got.

If you wanted a shallower DoF, you could have shot longer than ~35mm.

Learn to take a joke, yo. Sheesh. Anyway, I didn't have much room behind me as there were trees and blocking my frame.

 

[DGMPhotography]

Behold, the glory of photoshop.

 

[Rebekah5280]

These pictures are not good. :/

You need a LOT more practice and a better understanding of composition, camera settings, light (ambient and fill flash), exposure, people and how to make them look their best (not awkward unflattering poses), etc..

The theme that you were going for simply doesn't work in the setting with the light as bright as it is. If I were to do something like this, I might try to find a nice shady park type setting. Something like where the "devil" could be lurking in the darker shadows and the "Angel" on the outskirts of the shadows. If you properly lit your subject, via flash, then you would get a much better light ratio with your background being darker so your subjects were the focus of the pictures.

 

[o hey tyler]

Learn to take a joke, yo. Sheesh. Anyway, I didn't have much room behind me as there were trees and blocking my frame.

Not enough room? You were outside dude.

That's perhaps the whackest excuse I've ever heard.

 

[Derrel]

Learn to take a joke, yo. Sheesh. Anyway, I didn't have much room behind me as there were trees and blocking my frame.

Not enough room? You were outside dude.

That's perhaps the whackest excuse I've ever heard.

Reminds me of the wacky excuse,"These pics are sub-par because I was aboard a 40 foot boat."

Sound familiar? ;-)

O.P.- There's plenty of room for improvement in the re-shoot of this assignment. Maybe you can formulate a plan that will give you light that's better and easier to work with? The dappled sunlight that KmH mentioned,briefly, is a VERY tricky type of light to work in; although not impossible to work in, dappled sunlight requires intense attention to detail, and almost perfect subject placement and fill lighting. The lens you have seems to be kind of sub-par also...are you aware that once can apply lens correction in post-processing to lower the CA and kill that subtle distortion? Cute girls, cute outfits, just the lighting was VERY tough.

 

[Photographiend]

If you are going to get that reflector make sure you get a stand with it.