University Area: Aug 5, 2006

[ricemusic]

Working with a local model this morning in Houston. Thought I would share two of them.

[specialist]

very interesting shots. hmm your model is beautiful.. hmm and young too?.. hmm if you dont mind me asking, what kind of lighting did you use/bring?.. shots are really great!

[ricemusic]

420EX and a reflector.

[ricemusic]

Any other thoughts?

[Digital Prophet]

I really like the second one. It looks wonderfully spontaneous. And great light. I love natural light. Mainly because it's free. But also a bit b/c it looks good. But mainly because it's free. What can I say? I'm cheap.

At first I couldn't put my finger on what I didn't like about the first photo. But it is the pose. And I think the problem stems from her head position. Leaning her head into the gate kind of slumps her posture and lowers her arms. It almost looks like she has a tummy ache.

Pretty girl with good expression. Where did you find her? Teen model vending machine?

Prophet out.

[ricemusic]

Thanks for your thoughts. She's from Humble. She's 14, cute girl. Has a lot of expression in her and I think she'll only get better over time. And you are right, the pose has some problems in the first shot. I was so concered about timing the train correctly I wasn't paying enough attention.

[wyatt]

Love that second shot! Just a touch too heavy processing, and that could be 'cus of the smaller size conversion.
Wyatt

[stacyreeves]

Not a huge fan of the train in the first one.. It's distracting to me, and it seems out of place. The foreground looks like a cute park area, but then there's this random train crashing through it. The post-processing kind of makes her face seem a little large, like it was photoshopped on.. Maybe that's just the lighting or something.. I don't think the pose is all that bad, though. Not a fan of her expression in the second one either.. At the risk of sounding trashy, it looks sort of blow-up doll-ish. I think it's her eyes.. It just doesn't look genuine. Love the lighting though, very nice and soft.