petert531 Posted September 7, 2006 Share #1 Posted September 7, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Adriana Lovely young lady. Terrible childhood accident with dog left major scar on right side of face. Here are a few pictures I like from her session. Nothing very inventive here, just wanted to show how much fun it is in the studio. LOL Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fotografr Posted September 7, 2006 Share #2 Posted September 7, 2006 In my opinion, the top image is one of your best lighting jobs yet. The model is strikingly beautiful and I can't imagine the scar detracting from that at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertwang Posted September 7, 2006 Share #3 Posted September 7, 2006 Exquisite. Score another one for the Russian ladies! How did you find them? I wish that I could have that kindof success. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic vic Posted September 7, 2006 Share #4 Posted September 7, 2006 peter, i like your previous works, sure, but those getting just a little boring :-) they are good for her, they are good for u as different faces, but not as photographers work. photo 1: just try to get more experimental, no worries, u have 36 frames, or 12, just get wilde and try, u will see how surprising it will be. photo 2: in minimalistic sets like u present here (especially studio work), every additional object u insert into the frame should be seriuosly concidered. it is not only concidiration of that additional object, but also of the correlance of it with the main object (the lady in this case). for experiments, i woud suggest to put first some additional objects that have some meaning or some aesthetical or structural relation to the main object. not cigaret or those kind of little things, something bigger, something that almost competes in its size with the main subject size in the frame (at least 1/4 of the size and up to 1/2). small obeject is different story. exeriment and u will find some solutions. so far, all frames of this kind that i remember from u are simply not balanced visually:-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gverdon Posted September 7, 2006 Share #5 Posted September 7, 2006 > Terrible childhood accident with dog left major scar on right side of face. That's exactly why I would like to see a portrait with this mark of her life story, her very own personality... I miss this living POV. Besides, I doubt I would find this beautiful woman less beautiful because of a scar... My 2 cents. Cheers, Gérald Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted September 7, 2006 Share #6 Posted September 7, 2006 Peter - Even though Vic has far more experience in this area than do I, I disagree with him. First, I find both of the images to be most appealing, even beyond the fact that you model is classically gorgeous. Second the light & pose in #1 are superb. Third, I think the yellow tioghts are appropriately jarring, moving the longer shot away from the trite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petert531 Posted September 8, 2006 Author Share #7 Posted September 8, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks for the encouragment. I will try and answer some of the questions Adriana is from ModelMayhem, a web based model/photographer service You will find me on there as well. I am now very selective of who I choose from there, I have had mixed experiences, of course. I had a great email conversation with her and discovered her to be an intelligent charming young lady, which is the main reason I elected to shoot with her. Remember I have to get clothes and makeup and organize things so a shoot is a big commitment, it's a 'project'. I am very proud of this shoot because I pulled something out of her. As I have expressed before, this work is not Bresson's 'Moment', on the contrary you have to make it, not wait for it (that just about killed me to learn). That is the challenge!!! I love photojournalism so much, it is my roots, my love, but this is more 'art' than that. Laugh if you will but I had to put all the elements together including finding the clohtes in the store and (very importantly) convincing Adriana that she is gorgeous, when she may feel otherwise (due to her scar) and getting something special from her. She (and her parents) loves the pictures, which is the greatest payment ever. As for the minimalist approach, short of nudes (which I dream of doing, but are harder yet still, you have NOTHING to work with but light and body, see sieff or roversi or demarchelier for my gold standards on the topic) I can't imagine much less. Take a picture against a white backdrop, you have very little to work with. It is so hard. Add an interesting environment and you already have a decent start to a picture. I just can't shoot head to toe, why, too much negative space. Sorry for the tome, but I really encourage all to learn this art form. You won't be sorry-you will see figure and light in ways you never did before. You will understand different qualities of light, of the CHOICE of exposure (there is no RIGHT exposure). I am just beginning to understand all this. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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