Thursday, March 10, 2011

Todays Shoot - Jai (NSFW!)

This shoot was in the works for a while. Between one of us being sick, or a snowstorm, I believe this shoot was rescheduled something like four times.

We started with split lighting - two 3x4 softboxes on profoto compact 300s - but i didnt want really harsh shadows - I wanted to soften them a bit from my last few shoots - so i brought the lights out just a bit more to give it a more even light spread. - and i also turned down the light a bunch - ive been told time and time again to shoot at a mid Fstop (like f8-10ish) rather than my normal F16-22... ok - sure - why not? ill give it a try... SO! these are at F10... can you honestly tell a difference between another shoot that was at F16? - thats a legit question - i really want to know what YOU think.
















































































































































We added corpse paint and kept the same settings, which in hindsight I feel are about a stop too bright - but whatever - I was experimenting a bit - so these are still F10 - using the 70-200 lens






















































I boomed the dish directly above - pointing straight down at the model - but had it a bit closer than I normally do - however I turned the light down all the way to shoot at F14 rather than 20-22... again - can you see a difference here from these shots to others ive done?






















































Lastly I turned the dish toward the model a bunch more, turned on two parabolic rims, and shot with triangular lighting for a set on white and a set on black - I LOVE! how her hair just pops out in these shots - these were at F14 as well.


























































































SO! what do you think? - is there a big difference between shooting F10-14 and F16-22? - honestly interested in what you have to say about it - let me know!

Awesome finally working with Jai - and its looking like we will be shooting again when it gets warm out to get some shots outdoors!

2 comments:

  1. there is only a small difference betwen f14 and 16-22...a difference that probably only other photographers would notice...try a lil 5.6 action and the crowd would go wild

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  2. i felt like the pics with the black back drop really popped well and looks like you did something different this time around. i like them a lot.

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