Kidona (Don Fadel)
xx KA xx
This is an extract in Photoshop with a replacement background. This is what happens when you can't get in studio what you want. And I suck at extracting in Photoshop.
The intent was a black background with rim lighting for separation. The studio does have a black cyc, and I might should have shot the floor-based poses there. But it is not high enough for dance and so I set up on the white cyc., with plans to not light it and hopefully have it go dark.
While deeper, the white cyc was still not deep enough to keep the key form spilling onto it, even gridded. What I should have done is shoot f/2.8 rather than f/8 and maybe it wouldn't have carried as far. I'm so used to worrying about depth of field that I automatically shoot at either 8 or 11. Something to try for next time ...
Model is xx KA xx.
Strobist: Key is x1600 in a gridded beauty dish, camera left, at f/8. 2 B800s in gridded stripboxes for rim at f/5.6. Triggered by PWs.
PP in Lightroom/CS3.
xx KA xx
This is an extract in Photoshop with a replacement background. This is what happens when you can't get in studio what you want. And I suck at extracting in Photoshop.
The intent was a black background with rim lighting for separation. The studio does have a black cyc, and I might should have shot the floor-based poses there. But it is not high enough for dance and so I set up on the white cyc., with plans to not light it and hopefully have it go dark.
While deeper, the white cyc was still not deep enough to keep the key form spilling onto it, even gridded. What I should have done is shoot f/2.8 rather than f/8 and maybe it wouldn't have carried as far. I'm so used to worrying about depth of field that I automatically shoot at either 8 or 11. Something to try for next time ...
Model is xx KA xx.
Strobist: Key is x1600 in a gridded beauty dish, camera left, at f/8. 2 B800s in gridded stripboxes for rim at f/5.6. Triggered by PWs.
PP in Lightroom/CS3.