take two-sean

Corvphotography · Oct 14, 2010

my buddy sean wanted me to take some pictures of him w his guitars. it was pretty fun to say the least. I used my cousin's lighting kit. C&C welcome please!

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sean2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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sean4wlogo | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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sean5 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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sean9 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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sean10 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

swedberg311 · Oct 14, 2010

no one is going to respond unless u post directly into the post, copy and paste the bbc info

Corvphotography · Oct 14, 2010

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sean10 by RyanCorvelloPhotography, on Flickr
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sean9 by RyanCorvelloPhotography, on Flickr
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sean4wlogo by RyanCorvelloPhotography, on Flickr
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sean2 by RyanCorvelloPhotography, on Flickr
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sean5 by RyanCorvelloPhotography, on Flickr

swedberg311 · Oct 14, 2010

they all seem a lil underexposed and have some really harsh shadows, dont know if that was what you were going for. What did the client want?

Corvphotography · Oct 14, 2010

he didnt really "want" anything. I kind of like the shadows. he allowed me to take them for my benefit. he just wanted to bring his guitars w him.

swedberg311 · Oct 14, 2010

I didnt know if he wanted the whole single light source look, It is so hard to perfect, I would maybe lighten it up and dodge/burn to keep the black out backround.

Destin · Oct 14, 2010

I like the first one. The rest just don't stand out to me, either bad poses, bad lighting, or both.

FattyMcJ · Oct 14, 2010

Destin said:
The rest just don't stand out to me, either bad poses, bad lighting, or both.

Dead center subject. :thumbdown:

Hair/head fading into obscurity (need a rim light or reflector to give his head shape...it's just a floating face)

Corvphotography · Oct 14, 2010

a rim light? like one maybe put behind him?

FattyMcJ · Oct 15, 2010

Corvphotography said:
a rim light? like one maybe put behind him?

A rim light comes from the side and back a bit. It can be a single light or one of several lights, depending on the effect you want to achieve and it can be any kind of light, including a softbox - again, it depends on the effect you want to achieve.

Examples:

Terrible Photo, good example that's exaggerated of Rim Lighting

A much better example

Corvphotography · Oct 15, 2010

i like the 2nd one alot. Thanks !

gsgary · Oct 15, 2010

These need a second light eg. hair light or a light with a snoot and gel to put a circle of light behind him

gsgary · Oct 15, 2010

Another thing i noticed is the light needs to be higher, this was shot with a single light high (about 9 feet) camera left and a large poly board camera right so it lights their hair or head :lol: