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Lighting Essentials Workshop.
Shot in full sun, which was giving f/16 @ 1/200 (the f/16 rule). The speedlights were set to give an exposure of f/22 to overpower the sun and I synch'd at 1/160 with Cactus triggers. Three lights: one in front of the model, illuminating her face, one to camera left and one to camera right.
Photoshop: I opened this image in ACR and "yikes!" all the shadows were clipped to black. So I set about bringing up the exposure...then it dawned on me: we deliberately set this shot up to drop out the background. So I left the exposure alone and let the background fall out. Contrast adjustment with curves, some skin smoothing and blemish removal. Light sharpening.
Model: Kirsten (Model Mayhem #635766)
MUA: Markita Marie (Model Mayhem #455400)
Confidence, stripped to essentials.
Fashion-forward male model in low-slung jeans poses shirtless with bold styling against a neutral gradient.
Needed a photo on the theme "necessity" and clearly the sun is necessary to keep us humans alive. I think it could be argued that beauty including the beauty of sunsets is a necessity as well.
52 of 2014
Weekly Theme: Minimalism
Week 22
Taken May 31, 2014
Title: Only the Essentials
Notes: Well, yet again the theme did not immediately lend itself to my subjects. This week we visited the wonderful Devon Horse Show in Devon ( of course ) PA. It is the oldest and largest multi-breed horse show in the country. The main ring is surrounded with stands reminiscent of the Kentucky Derby too. Anyway, I didn't think I would find a good subject that was not some obscure close up and I wanted something different. I think I found it in my final choice, a shot from the Hunter competition. The dapple grey horse and rider were in bright sun, jumping a white hurdle with white fence and white bleachers in the background. Over exposing blew out most of the shot as I was focused on my two subjects. The high key result left only the darkest edges of the light colored horse and most of the rider visible. Just the minimum needed for my shot ;-).
Débora enjoys expressing herself artistically, not only as Lily in our children’s play “Emily and her Magical Toys”, but also as Débora the artist.
“Art is an essential condition.”