Saturday, October 2, 2010

Week 11 - Fabulous Inside and Out

After attending ILLUSTRADO Magazine's seminar for Fashion Photography Aesthetics, I was inspired to do a glamour shot.

I've researched some facts on glamour photography and found out that it is sometimes associated with pornography. But the fact was it is an entirely separate venture. Glamour shots are suggestive and erotic but not explicitly pornographic. The true glamour shots produce an air of romance and sexiness without crossing the boundaries of good taste. In totality, a glamour shot is wholesome.

As much as I could, I handled the background with care because I want to focus on my model and not the background. Having a cluttered, busy background may detract from the allure and sultry mystery of my model. I thought of having a plain background is more appropriate for glamour shots.

A White backdrop cloth was used in these shot. I applied what I've learned from some tutorials of Zack Arias and demonstrated the effects of using an umbrella diffuser. As for the lighting, I did a play of shadows across the model's face providing an air of mystery.  A slightly opened umbrella concentrated the light on the model's face.  A flash aiming to a backdrop could have some ring effect (sort of vignette) on the model's image.  I've also learned that to control the flash power, the aperture should be adjusted.

I hope I pleased my model in doing my week 11. After all, she’s already fabulous inside out.  Her eyes speaks with her values.  Kudos for you Tita Zadee and it’s a pleasure having you as a model.

Here is what I produced.

 
Gear: Nikon D90, Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens, 2 Nikon SB-25 Speedlight, Manfrotto Light Stand, Prodigy umbrella and white cloth as backdrop
Settings: f6.3, 1/160sec., ISO 200, fill light flash power 1/8, back light flash power, 1/16 
Post process: Spot Reduction and Skin Softening with Lightroom 2 and watermarked with Picmarkr  


Gear: Nikon D90, Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens, 2 Nikon SB-25 Speedlight, Manfrotto Light Stand, Prodigy umbrella and white cloth as backdrop
Settings: f6.3, 1/160sec., ISO 200, fill light flash power 1/8, back light flash power, 1/16 
Post process: Spot Reduction and Skin Softening with Lightroom 2 and watermarked with Picmarkr

5 comments:

  1. Nice focus on your model. She's pretty by the way.

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  2. As your first try on glamour photography, it was a good idea to fill the frame. A glamour shot is about the model and nothing else. Well done.

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  3. For a weekly project, you do have good resources. What I honestly like on your blog is you do research first for your project. That's one thing I'm lazy of.

    For sure you'll go places with your hobby.

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  4. You do have a good composition. I have read that you don't want to overprocess your shots, but in this case... a little dodging and burning on the eyes could bringout a lot of attitude from your model. her cornea is a little bit yellow. for the rest, you did great.

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  5. thanks everyone..

    xylo... will do what you say when i figure out how to post process with photoshop. great advice.

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