Photoshoot with Hayley at the Tokyo International Forum

[daggah]

I did a photoshoot with a local aspiring model named Hayley. I've been wanting to do something at the Tokyo International Forum for a while now, because I thought that its modern architecture styling would be a neat locale for a portrait shoot. Unfortunately, security responded immediately when I set up a flash on a tripod with an umbrella...I was unable to convince them that the photoshoot was just a for-fun kind of thing, because they associated off camera lighting with a professional photoshoot. My model is fluent in Japanese and was able to talk to the guard about possibly getting a permit, so we may revisit this...

The last two shots are strobist, off-camera shots...we were able to shoot some outside with off camera flash. The rest are ambient light with fill light provided by an on-camera flash. For the most part, I chose a more vintage post-processing style to contrast the modern style and modern architecture. I don't usually process my photos this way, but I like it!


Hayley at the Tokyo International Forum #1 by davidgevert, on Flickr


Hayley at the Tokyo International Forum #2 by davidgevert, on Flickr


Hayley at the Tokyo International Forum #3 by davidgevert, on Flickr


Hayley at the Tokyo International Forum #4 by davidgevert, on Flickr


Hayley at the Tokyo International Forum #5 by davidgevert, on Flickr


Hayley at the Tokyo International Forum #6 by davidgevert, on Flickr


Hayley at the Tokyo International Forum #7 by davidgevert, on Flickr

 

[Designer]

#s 6 & 7 are my picks of this group. Probably due to the lighting.

 

[tirediron]

Not sure if it's my monitor or not, but they all seem slightly dark; not so much under-exposed as just not bright enough. I like the selection of poses but some variation in the facical expression would have helped, and the clunky, black boots seem rather at odds with the outfits in the first five. Leading lines are a great compositional tool, but as far as #5, really WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?????

 

[pixmedic]

I like these shots individually, but viewed as a group, the white balance differences in all the shots becomes apparent. the last two of course, were shot under completely different conditions giving them a completely different look, so its expected on them.

i also might have had her in the middle of the light square in #5 instead of straddling a line.

 

[daggah]

I like these shots individually, but viewed as a group, the white balance differences in all the shots becomes apparent. the last two of course, were shot under completely different conditions giving them a completely different look, so its expected on them.

i also might have had her in the middle of the light square in #5 instead of straddling a line.

The post-processing style is not identical on all the shots, hence the difference in white balance when viewed as a group.

I generally don't approach photoshoots using the same exact post-processing style on every single shot. Especially in scenarios like this where we were moving around as the photoshoot progressed, I may end up using one particular style for one spot and then a different style elsewhere.

 

[pixmedic]

I like these shots individually, but viewed as a group, the white balance differences in all the shots becomes apparent. the last two of course, were shot under completely different conditions giving them a completely different look, so its expected on them.

i also might have had her in the middle of the light square in #5 instead of straddling a line.

The post-processing style is not identical on all the shots, hence the difference in white balance when viewed as a group.

I generally don't approach photoshoots using the same exact post-processing style on every single shot. Especially in scenarios like this where we were moving around as the photoshoot progressed, I may end up using one particular style for one spot and then a different style elsewhere.

which is why i said i liked them individually...
however, when you present a group of photos, especially to other photographers, they are naturally going to look for consistency.
im not saying any of the processing is bad, just that when viewed as a group, they are inconsistent.

 

[tirediron]

I like these shots individually, but viewed as a group, the white balance differences in all the shots becomes apparent. the last two of course, were shot under completely different conditions giving them a completely different look, so its expected on them.

i also might have had her in the middle of the light square in #5 instead of straddling a line.

The post-processing style is not identical on all the shots, hence the difference in white balance when viewed as a group.

I generally don't approach photoshoots using the same exact post-processing style on every single shot. Especially in scenarios like this where we were moving around as the photoshoot progressed, I may end up using one particular style for one spot and then a different style elsewhere.

Different processing styles are fine; nothing wrong with that at all, BUT... white balance is white balance is white balance. I see four very distinct skin tones, and irrespective of processing styles, her skin tone should be consisten throughout.

 

[daggah]

I like these shots individually, but viewed as a group, the white balance differences in all the shots becomes apparent. the last two of course, were shot under completely different conditions giving them a completely different look, so its expected on them.

i also might have had her in the middle of the light square in #5 instead of straddling a line.

The post-processing style is not identical on all the shots, hence the difference in white balance when viewed as a group.

I generally don't approach photoshoots using the same exact post-processing style on every single shot. Especially in scenarios like this where we were moving around as the photoshoot progressed, I may end up using one particular style for one spot and then a different style elsewhere.

Different processing styles are fine; nothing wrong with that at all, BUT... white balance is white balance is white balance. I see four very distinct skin tones, and irrespective of processing styles, her skin tone should be consisten throughout.

For the most part, sure...but some of these vintage/VSCO/instagram styles that are popular these days aren't about nailing perfectly accurate white balance.

 

[tirediron]

For the most part, sure...but some of these vintage/VSCO/instagram styles that are popular these days aren't about nailing perfectly accurate white blance.

Well... I'll have to take your word for it, considering up until 2 minutes ago, I'd never even heard of VSCO, and having typed "Instagram" I'm going to go wash my keyboard....

 

[pixmedic]

The post-processing style is not identical on all the shots, hence the difference in white balance when viewed as a group.

I generally don't approach photoshoots using the same exact post-processing style on every single shot. Especially in scenarios like this where we were moving around as the photoshoot progressed, I may end up using one particular style for one spot and then a different style elsewhere.

Different processing styles are fine; nothing wrong with that at all, BUT... white balance is white balance is white balance. I see four very distinct skin tones, and irrespective of processing styles, her skin tone should be consisten throughout.

For the most part, sure...but some of these vintage/VSCO/instagram styles that are popular these days aren't about nailing perfectly accurate white balance.

i don't think its the processing "style" that is the issue.
if you give a group of photos to a client, they should be consistent. same goes for groups of photos going into your portfolio.
personally, i think you should pick which style you like the best, and process them all like that.

 

[Tee]

I feel that #1 is your strongest image. The last two are not very flattering of her body (pooch is prominently on display, legs are thicker). A quick verbal "stomach in, please" is a good cue right before releasing the shutter.

 

[Derrel]

Different processing styles are fine; nothing wrong with that at all, BUT... white balance is white balance is white balance. I see four very distinct skin tones, and irrespective of processing styles, her skin tone should be consisten throughout.

I totally do not subscribe to that theory at all. On a lot of these new, modern "looks", as Kodak first called their digital processing pre-sets or routines 15 years ago, the skin coloring is GOING to look different. I'm doing more and more color people stuff where the skin tones are vastly different from one look to another. I think skin tone needs to be appropriate to the look, the toning, whatever it might be. In a lot of the vintage looks we see today, skin tone has a much more yellow than lifelife coloring, and in like the two night shots outdoors, a cooler, bluer skin tone looks appropriate.

Does a woman's skin look identical in color at straight up noon as it does when she's outside lighted by the last few minutes' worth of sun, or three hours into an evening, under the light of the night sky and a few city a street lamps? Should the skin coloring be the same in each of these scenarios? I don't think so, necessarily or by "rule". I don't care much about white balance either. A picture looks good, or it doesn't. In this case, the last two shots have a fairly distinct difference in skin color: I prefer the realism of the last shot; the really tanned arms look of the second-to-last shot does not coordinate with the last shot, color-wise, and they seem to have the same time frame, same city-at-night-outdoors feeling to them. I like the model. She's attractive, and you made her look pretty good.

 

[DiskoJoe]

#5 FTW

 

[mmaria]

#2 and #5 for me... and i really don't care about "pp inconsistency"