Some recent beach shoots, C&C appreciated

spacefuzz · Apr 2, 2014

Working on expanding my portfolio so have been photographing a lot on the beach recently. Would love feedback on the images! Light: single off camera speed light in a soft box with wireless trigger.

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tirediron · Apr 2, 2014

Nice; perhaps just a touch hot on the flash, but nice.

PropilotBW · Apr 2, 2014

Nice portfolio!

paigew · Apr 2, 2014

my only issue is #2 where it looks like her pants have lost detail. I think this is a great set!

spacefuzz · Apr 3, 2014

tirediron said:
Nice; perhaps just a touch hot on the flash, but nice.

Gotcha thanks. Trying to ride the line of light / happy / cheery vs blown out. I'll perhaps tone it down 1/3 stop or two.

BrickHouse · Apr 3, 2014

Number 1 is really really nice.

Derrel · Apr 3, 2014

I like them looking darker, like this. The second one (with the purple workout top) was tough to adjust; would need a RAW file to do it justice, since the orange-gelled flash creates pretty strong coloration on her. On "my" iMac system, these look about right. I tried to lessen the look of the flash, and also favored a bit darker sky coloration. How do these look on your system?

ronlane · Apr 3, 2014

Nice set. I do think Derrel has a point about darkening them.

TreeofLifeStairs · Apr 5, 2014

ronlane said:
Nice set. I do think Derrel has a point about darkening them.

Especially the one with white top. With her so much brighter she looked photoshopped in because her lighting was drastically different from the scene. When she was darkened she fit better in the environment.