In the studio..

Postman158 · Feb 4, 2012

I'm practicing with my Canon 24-70 in pretty low light and no flash. I kinda like how dark it came out, because of the "isolated" feeling of him in the soundproof room. There was also a window I was shooting through, I was standing by the producer on the other side.

ISO 800
f2.8
1/50th
55mm

Postman158 · Feb 4, 2012

Any thoughts?

redessa · Feb 4, 2012

Well, since you want "any" thoughts, I'll chime in.

The dynamic range is too high. I get what you were going for in the dark moody feel, but then his shoulder is blown out. That bright spot really draws the eye and I wish some of that light had been on his face.

Postman158 · Feb 4, 2012

redessa said:
Well, since you want "any" thoughts, I'll chime in.

The dynamic range is too high. I get what you were going for in the dark moody feel, but then his shoulder is blown out. That bright spot really draws the eye and I wish some of that light had been on his face.

Thank you! Hehe I went over this image with my friend trying to point out the things others may point out, and that was exactly one of them. I told him that even I don't like how dark his face is, but I couldn't think of anything to light his face without disturbing the pattern of the way the other light was on him. Thank you again!

Postman158 · Feb 4, 2012

Anyone else?

Postman158 · Feb 5, 2012

I was really hoping for a little more replies!

C&C

Postman158 · Feb 5, 2012

Sorry for all the bumps, I'd just like to know what others are thinking about it! >.<

Bossy · Feb 5, 2012

I like it. Blown whites and all.

mjhoward · Feb 5, 2012

The first thing that stands out to me is WB issues. Next would be it seems out of focus.

Postman158 · Feb 6, 2012

Thanks guys! I can try and edit the WB, I'll see what I can do with the raw file. As for being out of focus, I shot at f2.8 through a window with my selective focus on his face. That might be part of the reason.

Vtec44 · Feb 6, 2012

Why ISO 800 and f2.8?

Postman158 · Feb 6, 2012

Vtec44 said:
Why ISO 800 and f2.8?

I was doing my best trying to get a shutter speed that wouldn't blur him. I was just going in ISO increments while staying at f2.8 to see how high I could get my shutter speed without flashing. What could I have done better? My light was very limited, there was just two tiny bulbs right above him and the microphone shining down on him.

KuntaKinter · Jul 1, 2012

I don't really have experience in this style at all. But my thoughts are something to diffuse the bulbs from above. Not so much block them but spread it out. Maybe if possible position him differently. My other thought would be some sort of reflector to bounce the light back up to his face. Not sure where to put that though.

TCampbell · Jul 1, 2012

The very first thing I noticed is that the pop screen for the microphone is smack in front of his forehead.

Stobber · Jul 1, 2012

This was not a photo shoot, the guy was singing, and focusing on that. Seeing that you could not add light without distraction, move him at all, or really make your presence known, you did pretty good. Considering he was working on something besides modeling, you had one and only one place to stand, and light you could do nothing with.