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10/28/2003 12:28:08 PM · #1 |
I liked Mag's Autumn fashion shoot and figured I'd post a link to my first beach photo shoot. Link to swimsuit photos
I'm interested in getting your feedback on these.
Thanks,
Kev
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10/28/2003 12:45:52 PM · #2 |
Kevin:
Some nice stuff. The only suggestion I have for you is to get a bit closer to your models. I don't mean with the zoom, I mean with your feet. It seems like sometimes the poses are a bit unnatural, which may be nervousness, which might be making you feel uncomfortable about approaching them. I'd go with closer up and closer cropped and experiment with your aperature a bit to get more of a variety of shots. Also shoot from some more extreme angles rather than straight on. Out of all your model shots, I liked the one in the gazebo the best. You're lucky to have these models to work with and you're doing a good job of choosing locations. I recommend burst / continuous sequential shooting mode to get more natural expressions and even poses. |
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10/28/2003 01:11:07 PM · #3 |
Hey Kevin,
Nice efforts there !
The thing that really struck me the most was that you've shot alot of these with strong backlighting. The effect of this is to plunge the most important features of the model into darkness and shadow.
The other thing is that many have a softness to them that doesn't appear to be an intentional 'romantic' look. My guess is that your shutter speed was on the low side and it introduced a tiny amount of camera shake.
I would recommend, when you're shooting in backlit situation that you do one of 2 things. 1) Use fill flash. The Canon EX flashes do amazingly good at providing fill that doesn't look blatantly 'flashed'. In fact, many of my autumn shoot pics use a 420EX for fill in Av mode. Or, 2) Use a reflector. The hard part about a reflector is that you really need an assistant to manage it. You can put it on a stand but this is only effective in a non-windy situation (not at the beach :)) ..
I'd also recommend getting a posing guide, and practicing some of the poses yourself with your own body in the mirror. That way when you want to convey to the model what you want, you can demo it yourself and you'll have had some practice doing it.
Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing!
Kollin
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