petert531 Posted August 4, 2006 Share #1 Posted August 4, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have been given the opportunity to work with some nice models. I am still working on this shot, as part of my personal work. Close but not quite there.... f 2 at around 250 or so. Natural light, lotsa windows Peter Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/2680-natalia/?do=findComment&comment=24355'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 4, 2006 Posted August 4, 2006 Hi petert531, Take a look here Natalia. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
vic vic Posted August 4, 2006 Share #2 Posted August 4, 2006 peter.. i love this photo very much. wether it is cerfect in your tate or not - your dicission. but generally it is very good photo, and ya - the model is very good. beutiful, slightly unusual and subtle/gentle woman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted August 4, 2006 Share #3 Posted August 4, 2006 Hard to beat good window light. I like this quite a bit more than your strobed work, although part of it is this particular model. She has the right look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografr Posted August 4, 2006 Share #4 Posted August 4, 2006 Hard to beat good window light. I like this quite a bit more than your strobed work, although part of it is this particular model. She has the right look. I'd make just a couple of suggestions. One is to perhaps try for a bright white background for shots like this so nothing competes with her face for attention. The other is to work with her eyes a bit in Photoshop to brighten and sharpen them a bit. Attached is a very quick, rough idea. Hope you don't mind. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/2680-natalia/?do=findComment&comment=24364'>More sharing options...
Guest imported_stefan_r Posted August 4, 2006 Share #5 Posted August 4, 2006 just give her s little more brightness.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted August 4, 2006 Share #6 Posted August 4, 2006 Peter - I wonder if the lower jaw should actually be a bit darker, de-emphasizing her long face. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted August 4, 2006 Share #7 Posted August 4, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Perer, a very good portrait of a striking young woman. I had a try at making it more magazine-like in PhotoShop. Hope you don't mind Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/2680-natalia/?do=findComment&comment=24563'>More sharing options...
andrlik_mischa Posted August 4, 2006 Share #8 Posted August 4, 2006 no, the first one - the original - ist the best for me! it is not to dark ... it has atmosphere ... greetings - mischa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted August 4, 2006 Share #9 Posted August 4, 2006 That's a really great face. It has softness and interest in the viewer. I'm just fed up with women in bikinis looking very posh and famous and this is exacty what we need. It's really, really, really great. Really. The the light is very perfect. I find the original perfect for magazine use. It's like she's right there but you really can't touch her. Her eyes could get some PS as Reynolds did - makes her look innocent as an angel. I might crop just above where the hair ends to focus on her face and the expression in her face. Stick to her for some more photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
krabat Posted August 4, 2006 Share #10 Posted August 4, 2006 Very nice young lady, and an excellent photograph. I prefer the original version, because it looks most natural - the other versions are "technically" enhanced, however, they have a kind of "artificial" look. Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petert531 Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share #11 Posted August 4, 2006 Thanks All. I really hope to get this close to what one of my icons, Paolo Roversi does. As several have observed I am going very natural and soft. It fits my Romantic vision. I start each model off now with this and hope to build a collection, like some I have seen in books. Natalia is a beautiful, bright girl and much more than a plastic doll. I didn't even PS the skin. Paolo shoots Polas and of course there is no retouch. I desaturated it a bit to give it that look. Many colleagues critique me saying I am not a fashion guy. They are right. I am a portraitist using clothes as a prop. I used to make exuses, now I am proud of it. Leica is about capturing real life and this is my 'real' before the makeup goes on...and the wind machine starts! Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_stefan_r Posted August 4, 2006 Share #12 Posted August 4, 2006 if you want to do roversi you shuld use slower times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertwang Posted August 4, 2006 Share #13 Posted August 4, 2006 Is she a Russian model? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petert531 Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share #14 Posted August 4, 2006 You are correct on the slow shutter speeds. I will go there soon. However in Toronto, my colleague, who has used that on commercial assignments has gotten observations like 'it's out of focus' etc. Too funny considering it was totally obvious. As for Russian. She is born in Canada, but did tell me she is of Russian descent. I asked because she could also have been Polish. In general, I am intrigued by Slaves...so much so that I married one 17 years ago... LOL. This is what came of that :-) Peter Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/2680-natalia/?do=findComment&comment=24948'>More sharing options...
mitchell Posted August 4, 2006 Share #15 Posted August 4, 2006 I get such a kick out of it when people post different versions of the same image. I learn so much from looking at them. I encourage people to do it more. Not because the reworked images are necessarily going to be better, but because we will for sure learn from them. (I don't because my PS skills are weak.) At first I thought I liked Stefan's version the best, but on reflection, it's clear that Peter's original is my favorite. All the others seem to sacrifice some of the person for some impersonal image ideal. Thanks everyone, Mitchell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_drabek Posted August 5, 2006 Share #16 Posted August 5, 2006 I think often the mark of a great image is when people want to fuss with it to make it more "perfect". I also like the original best. Hard to imagine an unpleasant shot of this young lady. DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_peter_m Posted August 5, 2006 Share #17 Posted August 5, 2006 I am with Mitchell, this is a great learning experience. I must say I do like the original the best, the only thing I could see is working on the eyes a bit , not quit as much as in Brent's version but somewhere in-between. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoArchival Posted August 5, 2006 Share #18 Posted August 5, 2006 Peter, your daughter is beatiful!! You and your wife did good work;) Is your wife "slavic"? P.S. I think I like the 1st of the model shots w/ or w/o the eye sharp/brighten. AdeL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petert531 Posted August 5, 2006 Author Share #19 Posted August 5, 2006 My wife is indeed very 'slavic' from Lodz, Poland. I met her in Berlin when there was still a 'wall', while living in Germany shortly after graduating from school. My daughter is therefore half slavic (I am typical Canadian mutt of Scots/German) and at 6 1/2 speaks 3 languages already-proud Dad. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertwang Posted August 8, 2006 Share #20 Posted August 8, 2006 Wonderful, I'm actually learning Russian right now. It is a wonderful language. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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