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A study in high-key lighting.
There were 4 lights on this. Two unmodified Alien Bees B800 at about 45-degrees left and right, high, at maybe 6-ft and ½-power. Then there was a Vivitar 285HV on a tripod, low and underneath the camera, about 3-ft away at ¼-power and wide-angle. Then I also had a Canon 580EX on a short tripod just behind the model at full-power pointed at the white cloth backdrop using the built-in 14mm wide-dispersion panel. The Canon was triggered by a Cactus-V4 radio trigger (another new toy), the Vivitar was fired with a physical sync-cord attached to the camera and the AB were going off using their built-in optical sensor (I have yet to see that fail).
After some cropping and minor spot cleanup, I converted to B&W in PS-CS3 using “normal”. I then brought the TIF back into Lightroom and did split-toning, applying a little yellow cast to the highlights and a little brick-red to the shadows. This is what gives the end result that slight brownish cast. I think that this dual-color split-toning is more subtle and interesting than using a simple “colorize” function.
Canon 1DmkIII; EF24-105 f4L IS; 58mm; ISO-100; f8; ½-sec; full manual mode
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Model: Christina Wood
Within the photographic studio produce a full length portrait of an individual with an emphasis on light, high key tonal values
Fotografía: Juan Manuel Gallego
Maquillaje: Ana María Correa
Edición: Juan Manuel Gallego
Modelo: Mona Restrepo
little try at using softbox for backdrop
strobist 200w strobe 1/16 power through 48"softbox .. sb28 1/2 power bare bounced off ceiling to fill
It took 95 exposures and some tricks to get this one. And no eye contact...This is a shy little boy. But in the end I am quite content with the result. Some sliding in Lightroom to get the highkey feeling.
Daytime Dreaming
Canon EOS 5D, Manual mode, custom profile with Monochrome and high contrast.
Judges notes:
I will be selecting images that are high key. Most of the tones should be recorded on the right hand side of the histogram. Black and white or colour images. I’d like to see new images not ones from your picture library. What matters most is that the subject suits the tonal range and that the image is made with in camera techniques. "The high key image should suit the subject and be emotive”. A correct exposure is the one that makes your subject look and feel the way you want it to look and feel. Minor spotting and cropping of your image is fine but I don’t want to see overt computer manipulation. This challenge is about pushing your camera controls into ‘the light’. I think it’s OK to move the exposure by a stop or two because this has always been an option with film. Those who are a little braver will hopefully do the whole process ‘in camera’. Explore monochrome picture style and add +4 contrast to your setting. Explore the ‘Creative Filters’ in your 650D-750D. Shoot JPEGs as well as Raw files as the JPEGs made by the camera can be all you need.
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Funny how two people can be so in step with each other that they don't have to try.
One shot, copied and one overexposed on top of the other and 25% Gaussian blur on the high key one; a little work with the rubber at 10% on the landscape and about 30% on the detail.
I haven't ever wear a hat. They just don't suit for me, but she's absolutely gonna be a hat person.
It was time to visit this princess again. Getty image is interested her photos and we were writing model release with her parents. As for the present she did get a big sized photo.
Also available in Getty Image.