Looking to the Future
Uploaded: June 17, 2004
Taken for senior portrait portfolio. Aperture: 4.0, shutter1/90, lens Canon 75-300 @ 135mm, location: lakefront neighborhood park, time of day: 10:00 a.m. Bright sunny morning, not a cloud in the sky :-( Positioned subject under tree to avoid bright sunlight. Used a reflector disk on white side to bounce some sunlight back into her face. It was also very breezy out, yet with her hair, which I love, the strands across her face work well, I think!
Josh Hudson June 17, 2004
Nice Portrait. Thank you for putting the extra effort to do it right. If I could suggest. If you used the silver or gold and got more light, you could have added a polarizer or a small ND filter and that would have equalled out the background so it wasn't so blown out. #138688Louise A. Starbird June 17, 2004
Hi Josh, thanks for your advice. I avoided using the gold reflector as I was worried about a yellow tone - as her skin tone is pretty as is. I didn't even think of the polarizer - why not I don't know. I will next time though. Again thanks for the constructive criticism. Always trying to better my craft! :-)Dale Ann Cubbage June 17, 2004
Louise, this is lovely! The lighting on her face is beautiful. And I love the trendils of hair in her face too! Having a pretty model doesn't hurt! Just lovely!da #602614
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