First studio shot....
Thanks to Judi for the use of her studio and lights, and to the models, butterflygirl, crafty, Judi and Kita for their patience. I'm a little disappointed with my efforts in processing, but I don't have time to redo it and besides it's been a great experience, and I've learnt a lot.
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The image shows 5 x 5D's and the image was taken with a 6th 5D. I am holding a 5meter remote in my hand (hence the one hand missing from the shot), to take the photo.
I found it interesting, the reaction I got from simply having a 'redhead' in the mixture and the assumptions that came through the comments. I really had to restrain myself from contacting thegrandwazoo for that elusive '11' score that I could have done with. At first I thought he was Site Council and couldn't vote, then I went to his portfolio and saw he was a Nikon user, and then I realised that there was a certain redhead on his team. Great communication UNTOUCHABLES.
Thanks everyone for all your great comments, even if you thought I was the redhead. I am really happy with my score, especially for my first studio portrait.
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I just love this Barbara, and only wish I was well enough to come up and visit you all in Emerald. Please remember if any of you are down this way, at Caloundra, on the SUNSHINE COAST', please come and visit me.
LOL fooled me. Judi was the only one I recognized, with all of her exposure here, but I thought with the 5 photographers I may have picked the wrong one. Great shot. I'm jealous of all the great equipment.
I 've seen that girl before!!..I am talking about the reallly pretty one on the front :-). Isn't she the model in the ribbon winner shot of the upside down challenge?
Ok first off, thank god you nailed the definition of portrait, far too many snapshots and candids in this challenge. So, I am going to explain what I like and (unfortunately) what I do not like.
Lets start with the "do not likes" first, the reason being there are not that many of them. THe biggest faux-pas here is the lighting, its not uniform enough across all the models, the young girls face at the front is quite shadowed in this shot and as we go up towards the back the lighting gets brighter. THats about it for the bad stuff, quite painless eh?
OK, the square crop and the general composition are very nice, I love square crops, they are defintely very 2007 in the Simms household. The pose is great, and by that I mean it oozes fun and light-heartedness. You are all arranged in a pleasing manner and I'd imagine this shot would look far better if we could have 720 pixels each way. As mentioned before this is actually a portrait, which in a portrait challenge is a good thing. As always you will get marked down by the anti-Judi brigade of which there are only a few bitter members. Other than that its a good solid entry, not your best by a long way, but pleasing and fun and nails all the technicals (except that lighting at the front). I predict a solid finish in the top 15, maybe the top 10.
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PS, this commenting business is taking me ages.. gotta try to get my point across in less words. :) seeya.
I realy like the idea and the general setup. I like the execution less though. The image is not very sharp and several details of the positioning of the group are not very good imo. For instance, the lady with the glasses blocks my sight on the lady with the white shirt, forcing her to lift her arm in order to get her camera in the picture. (6)
There is one sure fire way to improve on this shot. It would make this an all time high score on this site never to be beaten ever. I'm sure that you know that deep, DEEP down in your heart if you had used NIKON, yes that's right NIKON you would have an image that would be untouchable, an image that would stand the test of time.
That being said, you will do fine just the same, I mean how can you go wrong with the five BEAUTIFUL young ladies you have here. You can't that's all there is to it you can't. (nikon,NIKON,nikon.....)
Hi Judi. You've got friends (and daughter) with some good horsepower there. Good composition and background. On the thumbnail I thought it was a remake of the Charlie's Angel's poster.
Judi, you grabbed my attention... then you lost it. You seem to be the only one in good light (though uplighted) & all the rest suffer. A reflector right under the camera could have put some light in the faces in front. Its a good idea, just not so well organized.
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