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11/02/2004 03:58:31 PM · #1 |
All of these images were taken on the 3rd of October, and several vied for a place in the Free Study. I spent the whole day working on my taking headshots (I took full a full body and then would zoom in to get the faces) and I'm very pleased to get these 8 out of about 170 or so of the best shots I had (I took over 300 total that day).
I would love any comments you may have. I tried to bring out their eyes and the color (since the costumes are so colorful).
  
  
 
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11/02/2004 04:07:42 PM · #2 |
Mana is the only one that cought my eye - good pose, no highlights, fialry clean background. The others seemed to have either lighting or background distractions. I think a wider aperture and cleaner backgrounds would go a long way. I'm no lighting expert, so I can't give much guidance there... Not sure what the flash triggering capabilities of the Coolpix would be, but if they're limited, you'd probably need some kind of external directional lamp.
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11/02/2004 04:13:04 PM · #3 |
The backgrounds and lighting was hard because I kept moving around a garden area outside of a hotel. I only had two of those people that I could pose to my will and take places, the others I stopped and asked for a shot. I had trouble with exposure because sometimes it was in the direct sun, sometimes shade, and sometimes darker shade. I didn't mess with flash because I only have the on camera one and it tends to wash people out when it's light outside.
I liked Mana too, as did a couple other people I asked here, and it was the one that would most likely have been entered in the Free Study, but I couldn't remove the distracting elements of the background enough to suit me.
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11/02/2004 04:34:12 PM · #4 |
I think they are all great portraits, but Mana did stand out. I think its the power of the singular color. You have a great eye for color, I think these are really nice! :)
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11/02/2004 05:12:28 PM · #5 |
| Those are good shots. I bet your friends are going to like them. My favorite is the gal in blue. |
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11/02/2004 07:21:36 PM · #6 |
Thanks everyone!
Sonja, you're right! The first one ("Momiji") is my favorite paritally because my friend and her family love it. ^_^ "Mana," "Princess Garnet" and "Super Sailor Moon" have been hits within the community of other cosplayers. People that know them and ones that don't. A friend of the girl in the "Princess Garnet" really loved it and she's a model (at least semi-professional I think) so that makes me really happy!
I think you're right too, Dana. The blue really does stand out nicely, and that's one reason I took the photo to begin with. ^_^
If you guys are interested, the gallery with the rest of the photos (142 right now but I'm still uploading) is right over here.
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11/03/2004 06:31:47 AM · #7 |
Bump for the morning crowd.
Message edited by author 2004-11-03 06:31:57. |
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11/03/2004 10:26:54 AM · #8 |
| Nice portraits. I like Mana and Sailor Venus (nice coordination with the background color!) the best, but they are all consistently good shots. |
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