my first 'trash the dress'

holga girl · Sep 2, 2007

i did the best i could with these. her skin came out a little too 'bronzy' for my taste in some of these, but when i tried to edit she looked a little clownish. if anyone has some tips for shooting a darker skinned person at sunset that would be great.

i used a silver reflector on most of these, some fill flash, but not too much. tried to take advantage of the available light.

these are just a few, i have more to edit and will post them later....

please c&c and feel free to edit.

thanks!

jennifer

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JimmyJaceyMom · Sep 2, 2007

These are so cool, arent trash the dress fun? I think in some her skin has a sort of bluish tint to it. Without being able to see exactly what her skin looks like in person I can only guess but I played with the colors a bit and added some yellow and a teeny red. Also unsharp mask and whitened her eyes and addeda tiny bit of contrast. I like your composition and ideas.

I have heard before I think but I'm not sure that for darker skin tones you should use a gold reflector? I can't remember but I'm sure you can ask someone about that.

holga girl · Sep 2, 2007

thanks! i had planned to use a gold reflector and one of the photographers i shoot for told me i should go with silver. he said that the gold turns thier skin a bit more yellow. none of the ones i posted above show the 'bronzy' skin i was talking about. when i finish with them i will post them so you can see them.

i did feel that the set above was a little too blue. unfortunatly, it did not post my edited images, it posted them before the edit. i am still learning light room.