Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]nice photo - the highlights at the foreheads seems a bit blown out. more fill light could have helped. eric - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Smart" <tom@sleepytom.com> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: [Leica] formalish portrait critique > Having no experience taking formal portraits, I've been reading what I can > find about doing them; including location shots. When my two daughters and > two friends went to a local teaching salon to get inexpensive makeovers I > took them to a local university for a portrait. This isn't a Leica shot, > but I'd like some critique if anybody is willing to give it. > > I used a Mamiya TLR with a Norman bare bulb flash. I chose a location that > would provide directional light, as a studio might provide, and a background > that added depth without too much distraction. The location isn't exactly > what I had in mind; they were doing some construction and there was dust all > over the tiling, but perhaps that added some character to the girls whom I > had pose barefoot. I took an incident reading from the shadow side of the > faces, set the camera at that f-stop and added the same amount from the bare > bulb. There was a little less light than I expected, so the f-stop had to > be lower than I would have liked for the depth of focus. > > I'd be interested in any comments about posing, lighting, technique, etc.. > The jpg came out a little more contrasty than the original, which shows just > a hint of detail in the highlight of the hair of the girl in green. > > http://www.sleepytom.com/paw/PAW2.asp?i=100314 > > Thanks a lot. > > Tom Smart > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html