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Shane Carter

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Still learning, third try with strobes, looking for critique/suggestions please. Trying for a 30's-40's lighting look, quasi-Hurrell style so lots of shadows, 10% grids, barndoors, light umbrella fill...anyway, was trying. This is my oldest daughter so she was a trooper to tolerate Dad learning when all she really wanted to do was head out for the eve. Let 'er rip. <smile>

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Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

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Shane,

Congratulations on this shoot! i'm getting ready to travel but I just wanted to say how very impressed I am. let me know if you intended this to be in B&W and what your process was to convert to B&W, just for others to use as a learning reference for the thread. Was this the 85mm but stopped down?

Did you smooth the skin, briefly, very briefly, I realy like the pictures, but hope to come back tp them later. For Nicolas Claris' sake, why B&W? What is it about color you wished to leave behind or about B&W that you sought?

Asher
 
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Shane Carter

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Asher Kelman said:
Shane,

Congratulations on this shoot! i'm getting ready to travel but I just wanted to say how very impressed I am. let me know if you intended this to be in B&W and what your process was to convert to B&W, just for others to use as a learning reference for the thread. Was this the 85mm but stopped down?

Did you smooth the skin, briefly, very briefly, I realy like the pictures, but hope to come back tp them later. For Nicolas Claris' sake, why B&W? What is it about color you wished to leave behind or about B&W that you sought?

Asher
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Hey Asher, thanks for chiming in, especially when you are in a hurry! There we intended to be B&W from the beginning. I'm working on my final project for a studio class and going for a Hurrell look. I always shoot in RAW and have a preset for B&W that I used. Of course you can change that in RAW (I use DPP for conversion to tiff). I used advice received here and used a red filter on the conversion, USM at 4 and 0 contrast.

This was with a 1Dmk2n while my Mk3 is getting the new sub-mirror replacement. The Mk3 would have produced cleaner images for sure. The lens was a 70-200 at about 100mm for most these. F22 on the main light, up high with a 22 inch dish and 30% grid. Hairlight was a 11 inch dish with a 10% grid, and fill with an umbrella. Learning how to best use this equipment...had it for two weeks now, any lights at all that is. :)

Happy travels!
 
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Husain Alfraid

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Shane Canfield said:
Still learning, third try with strobes, looking for critique/suggestions please. Trying for a 30's-40's lighting look, quasi-Hurrell style so lots of shadows, 10% grids, barndoors, light umbrella fill...anyway, was trying. This is my oldest daughter so she was a trooper to tolerate Dad learning when all she really wanted to do was head out for the eve. Let 'er rip. <smile>

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Greay lightings...i loved 1st and 3rd one:)
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Shane Carter

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Husain Alfraid said:
Shane Canfield said:
Still learning, third try with strobes, looking for critique/suggestions please. Trying for a 30's-40's lighting look, quasi-Hurrell style so lots of shadows, 10% grids, barndoors, light umbrella fill...anyway, was trying. This is my oldest daughter so she was a trooper to tolerate Dad learning when all she really wanted to do was head out for the eve. Let 'er rip. <smile>

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Greay lightings...i loved 1st and 3rd one:)
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Thanks Husain. :)
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Marcus Peddle

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Excellent photographs. Studio lighting is something I want to learn in the future. The only fault I can see is that the catchlights (is that what you call them?) in the eyes of the second photograph look a bit too strong.
 
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Shane Carter

New member
Marcus Peddle said:
Excellent photographs. Studio lighting is something I want to learn in the future. The only fault I can see is that the catchlights (is that what you call them?) in the eyes of the second photograph look a bit too strong.
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Oh, missed your post Marcus! Thanks and yes, the fill light caught the white of the eye in that one and gives a odd reflection. Good catch. :) Thanks for chiming in and post some studio stuff when you get to it. :)
 
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