I made my girlfriend model for me

[molsen]

Just a little experiment with lighting in the hallway outside my apartment

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I caught her in ,mid-twirl with a breeze blowing in this shot. Lucky shot I think...
Lighting info:
Vivitar 285hv, 1/4 power, bare, behind model
Sunpak 433D, 1/16 power, soft box, camera left high

2.
Lighting info:
Vivitar 285hv, 1/16 power, soft box, camera right
Sunpak 433D, 1/16 power, soft box, camera left

We did some natural light portraits a couple days ago too. I'll add those tonight.

 

[Loscocco]

I esp like the lighting on the 2nd one. Nice work

 

[molsen]

Thanks! Some natural light ones, as promised:

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[bazooka]

That last one is great. What aperture? Also, did you use a bounce card or anything, or was it just cloudy?

 

[molsen]

That last one is great. What aperture? Also, did you use a bounce card or anything, or was it just cloudy?

f/2.2 with the Nikon 50mm f/2.8 lens.

No bounce card or reflector. It wasn't really cloudy. The sun was behind her to the right a bit, positioned for the highlights/rim lighting you see. I just exposed for her face, so the light on her face is all diffused and reflected ambient light.

 

[Derrel]

She's a lovely woman! Great hair, face, and teeth. I like the shots done outside in the wind. On the close-ups, think "vertical" next session...the last shot is nice, but....the left side of the frame is just empty space, and her head sort of floats on the bottom edge of the frame...