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Low-Key Rembrant Light
Low-Key Rembrant Light
JoelHSmith


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Color Studio Portrait (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D1X
Location: My Studio in Warsaw, IN
Date: Jun 24, 2004
Aperture: 8
ISO: 125
Shutter: 160
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 24, 2004

 Sharpening
Saturation of the pupils
Added white to the eyes
Fixed Blemishes

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 92
Avg (all users): 5.7459
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.6119
Avg (non-participants): 5.7966
Views since voting: 2346
Views during voting: 410
Votes: 244
Comments: 35
Favorites: 0

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 07/13/2004 09:35:45 AM
Model looks a bit like Jim Morrison, with shorter hair.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/04/2004 10:31:42 PM
Classic High School shot. Nicely done but the lighting seems a bit dull, leaving the subject's skin a bit dull looking. I started at a 6 but am raising to an 8 for the classic style and pose.
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 07/04/2004 10:04:02 PM
Classic pose, nice colors, very crisp. I might have turned his head just a bit, to avoid the deer in head lights look, but a very good picture overall. - 8 - .
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 07/04/2004 03:00:25 PM
Awesome job of capturing a 'school picture' looking photograph! Nice catch light and nearly flawless (though a little dull) lighting! However, the pose is a little unimaganitive and I can't get a feel for his character. It doesn't tell me much about the subject. Does that make sense?
TC
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 07/04/2004 02:54:56 PM
Lighting: The lighting is great.
Pose: Works well, but the stare is unsettling.
Background: well toned, but would be less distracting if more OOF.
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 07/04/2004 02:09:13 PM
Great shot, love the way you captured the eyes, great background selection, contrasts well with the dark hair. Great lighting.
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 07/04/2004 02:54:16 AM
I don't thnk your color scheme quite goes with your title (more blues than reds/browns to me), nor is it quite as low-key (a "dangerous" thing to try at DPC anyway), but I like it quite a lot the way you have it.
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 07/02/2004 12:32:07 PM
It looks too frozen like my kids school portraits.7
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 07/01/2004 08:58:19 PM
This young man does have an air of the young Rembrant. It is a very simple honest portrait. It doesn't say much about the subject however - a bit of a year-book photo, but a good one as far as those go.
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 07/01/2004 07:15:25 PM
Nice Portrait!
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 07/01/2004 02:51:01 PM
this guy needs a haircut!
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 06/30/2004 05:39:10 PM
Looks like one from school
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 06/30/2004 05:28:43 PM
Most helpful suggestion I can think of for this is that the pose is very traditional and that it is hard to generate a "wow" factor with a standard pose. This is a well done portrait that is up against some great ones. Best of luck.
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 06/30/2004 12:22:03 PM
Crop a little more.
 06/30/2004 10:30:50 AM
Very proffessional looking. The one thing that bugs me is his expression. Why no smile? 7 vote
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 06/29/2004 10:18:15 PM
Duude!
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 06/29/2004 10:17:52 PM
You have a great looking model in a very straight on formal portrait. Background does look studio-like. There's evidence of two light sources - but it's not a strong demo of Rembrandt.
 06/29/2004 09:16:33 PM
This reminds me of a school picture...a well-done school picture, mind you...lighting and pose are great, background is as well. None of my school pictures were ever in focus this well. :o)
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 06/29/2004 06:05:30 PM
Looks good - 9
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 06/29/2004 02:08:03 PM
Great overall lighting. Seems a little flat though. Maybe boosting the color sat a touch too?
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 06/29/2004 01:44:44 PM
Everythings great except maybe his eyes are open too much ... like he's about to be hit by a bus :) Great job, though.
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 06/29/2004 01:18:16 PM
It's a traditional portrait. The problem with traditional portraits is that they lack intrest.
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 06/29/2004 11:01:12 AM
Good shot, nice light, no wow voted 6
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 06/29/2004 05:21:29 AM
Hmm, can't think of anything wrong with the pic. Maybe if you had a supermodel on it instead? hahah j/k. 8
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 06/29/2004 02:59:13 AM
a nice, old fashioned, traditionally taken, high quality portrait shot. techinically i would say this is without flaw, though i would add that the guys eyes seem a bit tense (guy needs to relax a bit) and also, does he know he looks like Shaggy from Scooby Doo? 10
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 06/29/2004 12:05:45 AM
Good. Subject could tilt or turn head so eyes are not so "staring-centered".
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 06/28/2004 10:06:56 PM
Great shot! good job!
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 06/28/2004 08:40:18 PM
Very nice lighting.
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 06/28/2004 07:43:31 PM
looks like a school portrait. kind of boring
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 06/28/2004 05:13:59 PM
not a lot of interest as your model is looking directly into the camera's lens
good luck though
 06/28/2004 02:43:06 PM
Background is too similar to the model's shirt...makes for a flat monotone portrait. The face is well lighted though.
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 06/28/2004 09:54:04 AM
Well done. A little more light on the background would have been better I think.
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 06/28/2004 08:32:20 AM
nice attempt to copy a rembrandt
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 06/28/2004 01:38:21 AM
"..and I would have gotten away with it, too, if weren't for those meddlin' kids..."

Very highschool yearbook looking--not too imaginative--but it looks like you know how to light this kind of portrait. His stare is a bit fixed and unnatural looking--just like in a yearbook.
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 06/28/2004 12:53:40 AM
Looks a lot like a high school year book photo. Nice background and light.
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