New Images from Model Shoot Today - C&C Appreciated

Fleetwood271 · Oct 2, 2011

Thanks!

tirediron · Oct 2, 2011

This isn't a critique section; you will have better luck either in the beginners forum or the people forum. That said, there appear to be focus issues with the 1,2, and 4,and 3 seems overly processed. You need to get your light off of your camera for best results.

gsgary · Oct 2, 2011

As mentioned above focus is not good, #2 is the best pose and #4 she is way to close to the background

Fleetwood271 · Oct 2, 2011

tirediron said:
This isn't a critique section; you will have better luck either in the beginners forum or the people forum. That said, there appear to be focus issues with the 1,2, and 4,and 3 seems overly processed. You need to get your light off of your camera for best results.[/QUOTE

tirediron, I put it in this section because none of these shots were taken with an on-camera flash. All were shot in studio with strobes. Anywhere from one to five lights. The description in the Beyond the Basics section says " discussion of photography, such as exposure methods, lighting, HDR, and other techniques and controls". I was asking for feedback on the lighting, hence, I placed it in this section.
I didn't consider the People section.

As to focus issues, these were processed with gaussian blur layers purposely in order to obtain a certain look. I appreciate your comments, but just wanted to point out that this was not a focus issue.

Thanks!

Fleetwood271 · Oct 2, 2011

gsgary said:
As mentioned above focus is not good, #2 is the best pose and #4 she is way to close to the background

I'm confused. Did you mean in #3 she was too close to the background?

In #4, the background isn't even visible.

gsgary · Oct 2, 2011

But in shot 4 the light reflecting off the background is very visible

tirediron · Oct 2, 2011

Fleetwood271 said:
tirediron, I put it in this section because none of these shots were taken with an on-camera flash. All were shot in studio with strobes. Anywhere from one to five lights.

Okay, fair enough; what was the cause of the catchlights in #3? The only way to achieve that of which I am aware is to have the key light on the lens axis, which, 99.9999% of the time means an on-camera flash was used.

Fleetwood271 said:
The description in the Beyond the Basics section says " discussion of photography, such as exposure methods, lighting, HDR, and other techniques and controls". I was asking for feedback on the lighting, hence, I placed it in this section.
I didn't consider the People section.

Okay, but how are people to know that? Your title reads, "New Images from Model Shoot Today - C&C Appreciated" and your thread text reads: "New Images from Model Shoot Today - C&C Appreciated Here are 4 images I made today at a shoot in Murfreesboro, TN." I see nothing in there requesting specific critique regarding your lighting, and I would submit that discussion of a photographic technique is a different beast altogether from a request for comments & critique on a set of images.

Fleetwood271 said:
As to focus issues, these were processed with gaussian blur layers purposely in order to obtain a certain look. I appreciate your comments, but just wanted to point out that this was not a focus issue.

In the interests of obtaining the best critique, when using an unusal technique (and I trust you will agree that a portrait where the model appears to have a sharply focused waistline and unfocused eyes is unusual) it's always best to mention that in your introduction.