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Koriandrr

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Did my first concert photography gig! It was pretty intense. Lights change literally every second. Also red lights are the reason why so many concert photos are black and white lol.

I'm pretty happy with these shots:
P2120952-1 by Rossi Ivanova, on Flickr
P2121205-1 by Rossi Ivanova, on Flickr

and a small photoshop experiment with the band's logo:
P2120824-1_shop by Rossi Ivanova, on Flickr
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Full gallery here.
Feedback very much appreciated, it's my first concert so anything would help me improve :)
 
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Astral/H3X

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Koriandrr said:
Did my first concert photography gig! It was pretty intense. Lights change literally every second. Also red lights are the reason why so many concert photos are black and white lol.

I'm pretty happy with these shots:


Full gallery here.
Feedback very much appreciated, it's my first concert so anything would help me improve :)
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I like the first shot, the second shot, I would make a bit tighter (It looks like it's 16:9 ratio, I think a 3:2 would help give it a bit more tightness to it), and the third looks awesome!
 
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Koriandrr

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H3XAntiStyle said:
I like the first shot, the second shot, I would make a bit tighter (It looks like it's 16:9 ratio, I think a 3:2 would help give it a bit more tightness to it), and the third looks awesome!
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Thanks! It is 16:9 lol. You mean more like this?
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brerwolfe

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turtlesbonanza said:
Very cool shots.

Made me a want a drone but just googled the DJI inspire....it's a little out of my budget!
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Thank you!

The Inspire is my second quadcopter and I love it. My first was the Phantom 2 and I just had a GoPro on it. It worked great and I got all my mistakes out of the way before upgrading. It's a great tool. It's a better toy.
 
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Monkaii

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I really start to enjoy how traveling with a photo camera makes me focus more on all the details around me. A day shopping in Den Bosch, the Netherlands;

Sint-Jan met de adelaar by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Stained glass - St Jans Cathedral by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Jesus - St Jans Catherdral by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Karina - Jong musicerend paar bij de fontein by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Den Bosch - Canal by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Candles lit for prayer - St Jans Cathedral by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr
 
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JadedWriter

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Monkaii said:
I really start to enjoy how traveling with a photo camera makes me focus more on all the details around me. A day shopping in Den Bosch, the Netherlands;

Sint-Jan met de adelaar by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Stained glass - St Jans Cathedral by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Jesus - St Jans Catherdral by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Karina - Jong musicerend paar bij de fontein by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Den Bosch - Canal by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr

Candles lit for prayer - St Jans Cathedral by Kevin de Jong, on Flickr
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Nice shots, especially the in cathedral ones.
 
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RayStorm

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JadedWriter said:
Yes, I know about the lamp, I would've preferred yanking it out the damn wall but I couldn't, it's what it was, sorry. Room full of shit on the wall so either way something was going to be somewhere. I fixed up 9419, but the rest I wasn't touching.
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Well, you could move your position or your model to avoid things growing out of heads. It looks like that would be possible with 72, 78, 82. Since I'm kind of photographing vicariously through you I hope you don't mind me commenting quite frequently on your model shoots.
 
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JadedWriter

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RayStorm said:
Well, you could move your position or your model to avoid things growing out of heads. It looks like that would be possible with 72, 78, 82. Since I'm kind of photographing vicariously through you I hope you don't mind me commenting quite frequently on your model shoots.
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I probably could have moved around better. I will admit the shooting area was pretty tiny. I probably should have moved the model around more. I do need to learn how to take charge more during my shoots. I think I'll eventually get better with that. Will just take some more experience and confidence. I'm pretty sure the heavy criticism is making me better any way. It's just telling me to think more while I'm shooting.
 
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JadedWriter

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Monkaii said:
Thanks! Unfortunately I could throw away many of the indoor photos due to the low lightning. Will have to do some reading on how to handle these circumstances better.
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Low light is a huge pain. It's like you can either grab a tripod or up the iso and fix as much as you can in post processing.
 
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hEist

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Thanks @ alundra311, ricardo_sousa11, VisceralBowl

Love the processing of the video @ricardo_sousa11

brerwolfe said:
Some aerial shots from the last couple weeks (DJI Inspire)


2016 Farmers Insurance Open - Torrey Pines Aerial by brerwolfe, on Flickr


2016 Farmers Insurance Open - Torrey Pines Aerial by brerwolfe, on Flickr


Bixby Creek Bridge - Sunset by brerwolfe, on Flickr


Bixby Creek Bridge - Sunset by brerwolfe, on Flickr

The more I look at this one, the more I feel like it should have a warmer tone:


Bixby Creek Bridge - Overhead by brerwolfe, on Flickr
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What camera and lens? The images look so smooth, great job.
 
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SolidusDave

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JadedWriter said:
I like the red panda, light giraffe and ducks in the water. I love the colors in the water with the duck picture especially.
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Thanks! I guess those are the more artsy ones? I don't usually go for it (I basically only shoot nature/animals) but I was very lucky to have everything come together in the duck photo.

I watched "The Salt of the Earth" a couple of days ago and got back into the photography mood.
 
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JadedWriter

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SolidusDave said:
Thanks! I guess those are the more artsy ones? I don't usually go for it (I basically only shoot nature/animals) but I was very lucky to have everything come together in the duck photo.

I watched "The Salt of the Earth" a couple of days ago and got back into the photography mood.
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Where do you go to shoot animals? I've always assumed people just go to the zoo unless they work for Nat Geo.
 
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SolidusDave

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JadedWriter said:
Where do you go to shoot animals? I've always assumed people just go to the zoo unless they work for Nat Geo.
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You're correct, otherwise that wouldn't be feasible at all. You probably won't ever spot a e.g. snow leopard in the wild unless you wait for a few weeks/months :D

Though I try to get most of the local wildlife (and strays) as well on trips, but it's much more challenging than in the zoo or a safari park etc. Especially as I like to take portraits of them. On the other hand you learn how to avoid glass reflections and small metal bars/grids...

That and it's very convenient to just visit the local zoo whenever you feel like taking pics. Hopefully it's a good one though because otherwise it can get sad.
 
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JadedWriter

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SolidusDave said:
You're correct, otherwise that wouldn't be feasible at all. You probably won't ever spot a e.g. snow leopard in the wild unless you wait for a few weeks/months :D

Though I try to get most of the local wildlife (and strays) as well on trips, but it's much more challenging than in the zoo or a safari park etc. Especially as I like to take portraits of them. On the other hand you learn how to avoid glass reflections and small metal bars/grids...

That and it's very convenient to just visit the local zoo whenever you feel like taking pics. Hopefully it's a good one though because otherwise it can get sad.
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Lol Jesus. Yeah I don't think I'd want a bunch of pics of sad lifeless animals. I should try the zoo one day though, I'm just cheap and they're a bit far away.
 
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ricardo_sousa11

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Following the previous post on Dark Souls, heres some footage I filmed this weekend !

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These are all videoframes, wont do anything with them, as they were supposed to be a part of a project, but im not gonna do it, but at least theres some cool scenarios.
 
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lt519

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Sorry for the long post of pictures!

So I got my new a6000 and barely had a chance to play with it before I had to head out for the weekend. Of course I didn't have it on me when this was happening in Rhode Island due to the cold weather. I thought it was really cool so I took a phone picture. Basically the water was right at freezing point and because the air was cooler it caused this eerie fog to rise out of the water and form the clouds in the background:

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Then some from my new camera just around the house (of course animal and plant pics), can't wait to play with it more later!

DSC00049 by lt519, on Flickr
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DSC00056 by lt519, on Flickr
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Brought it outside to a building they were tearing down to see how well the camera could grab falling objects and spraying water. Did pretty well just using auto settings

DSC00228 by lt519, on Flickr
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DSC00230 by lt519, on Flickr
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Bonus pics with old camera from vacation.

DSCN1415 by lt519, on Flickr
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DSCN1398 by lt519, on Flickr
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JadedWriter

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lt519 said:
Sorry for the long post of pictures!

So I got my new a6000 and barely had a chance to play with it before I had to head out for the weekend. Of course I didn't have it on me when this was happening in Rhode Island due to the cold weather. I thought it was really cool so I took a phone picture. Basically the water was right at freezing point and because the air was cooler it caused this eerie fog to rise out of the water and form the clouds in the background:



Then some from my new camera just around the house (of course animal and plant pics), can't wait to play with it more later!





Brought it outside to a building they were tearing down to see how well the camera could grab falling objects and spraying water. Did pretty well just using auto settings





Bonus pics with old camera from vacation.
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There's nothing more fun than fucking around with a new camera. I've had my D7100 since August and I'm still learning new stuff. Have fun.
 
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captive

Joe Six-Pack: posting for the common man
Can i just say since i've been frequenting these threads the quality both technically and artistically has consistently gotten better, and i mean from everyone from beginner to pro who post here.


SaitoH said:
Few photos from the last month:

DSC_1981-Edit by Jkreutz, on Flickr

DSC_2035-Edit by Jkreutz, on Flickr

DSC_1394 by Jkreutz, on Flickr

DSC_0764 by Jkreutz, on Flickr

plow pano 2 by Jkreutz, on Flickr
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your first three are winners, what lens were you using for the eagles? I looked and flicker said 150-600, im not familiar with a 150-600 from nikon. So i assume you were using a TC?

jd196 said:
Hasselblad 202FA/203FE
Kodak Ektar, Fuji Provia100F
50mm, 80mm



Image83 by Javier DeJesus, on Flickr



Image70 by Javier DeJesus, on Flickr



Image72-2 by Javier DeJesus, on Flickr



Image97 by Javier DeJesus, on Flickr
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thats some really nice film work. The first two especially, they remind me of breaking bad.

JadedWriter said:
Lol Jesus. Yeah I don't think I'd want a bunch of pics of sad lifeless animals. I should try the zoo one day though, I'm just cheap and they're a bit far away.
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you have to just go out. I routinely see hawks in my own neighborhood in sugar land texas which is just a suburb of Houston. I've seen a Osprey over the Galleria, which if any of you know houston is about as urban an environment as it gets.
So you have to go outside, but its also luck and effort. My first Owl i ever got took me months to get a good shot, i had seen it a couple of times but never got a shot off, and he was skittish as all get out. My second Owl was dumb luck, my friend spotted it from our boat, the driver took us over and this Owl let us get within 15 feet of it and just sat there while we fired off shots. We weren't even looking for Owls.
 
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JadedWriter

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captive said:
Can i just say since i've been frequenting these threads the quality both technically and artistically has consistently gotten better, and i mean from everyone from beginner to pro who post here.

you have to just go out. I routinely see hawks in my own neighborhood in sugar land texas which is just a suburb of Houston. I've seen a Osprey over the Galleria, which if any of you know houston is about as urban an environment as it gets.
So you have to go outside, but its also luck and effort. My first Owl i ever got took me months to get a good shot, i had seen it a couple of times but never got a shot off, and he was skittish as all get out. My second Owl was dumb luck, my friend spotted it from our boat, the driver took us over and this Owl let us get within 15 feet of it and just sat there while we fired off shots. We weren't even looking for Owls.
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I really have no idea how to find owls and hawks in my area, I'm in New York. I'm not really equipped with great birder lenses either since everything I have is for close in modeling shots. And yeah everybody here posts really amazing work in here. I just see stuff and I'm like "man I'm bad at this" at times.

Edit:

I just checked and they are in NYC, I guess having a day job just does not help and my longest lens is an 18-105 so that's probably not cutting it at all.
 
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RayStorm

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captive said:
your first three are winners, what lens were you using for the eagles? I looked and flicker said 150-600, im not familiar with a 150-600 from nikon. So i assume you were using a TC?
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Tamron and Sigma offer those tele-lenses.

Fuser said:
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1600/24980796561_c0dd6f5920_b.jpg[/][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/E4t7uZ]5C5A2716[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/peterjohns/]Pete Johns[/url], on Flickr[/QUOTE]

I'm afraid that watermark is a tad distracting from the picture.
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snaffles

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JadedWriter said:
I really have no idea how to find owls and hawks in my area, I'm in New York. I'm not really equipped with great birder lenses either since everything I have is for close in modeling shots. And yeah everybody here posts really amazing work in here. I just see stuff and I'm like "man I'm bad at this" at times.

Edit:

I just checked and they are in NYC, I guess having a day job just does not help and my longest lens is an 18-105 so that's probably not cutting it at all.
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Yeah 105mm is going to be too short for most birding. Not that you couldn't get nice photos with it, but it would take some crazy luck and persistence. You will generally want at least 300mm as a starting point.

Fuser said:
5C5A2716 by Pete Johns, on Flickr
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This is a really nice shot, whereabouts is it?
 
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jongkookie

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Got my film back today!

I asked them to develop the last 7 shots which ended up to be shots of my Miata so here's two shots that I'm really happy with:




I scanned them with my basic HP all-in-one printer at 600DPI and as a .tiff file, photoshooped my license plate out then exported them at HQ JPG. I might scan the rest later, so I'll probaly post them up when I do.

And I also got a contact sheet, so I scanned that as well:



For my personal thoughts... I'm pretty happy with them and I kinda wished I printed all of the roll. Looking at shots I have, good or bad, I like being able to "hold" the picture. It feels new yet familiar lol. But on the other hand, I also realized that I NEED a full-frame DSLR. I was alternating between my N8008(film SLR) and my D3200(DSLR) when I shot the last 7 and the difference is huge.
 
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SaitoH

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captive said:
your first three are winners, what lens were you using for the eagles? I looked and flicker said 150-600, im not familiar with a 150-600 from nikon. So i assume you were using a TC?
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Thanks. I'm using the Tamron 150-600 --Sigma has a similar offering. A pretty capable lens and for the price, it's hard to beat.
 
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M52B28

Banned
This particular image is one I am looking for advice on.

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Remember, Facebook has compressed these images to hell and back, so it's going to look strange. Now, is the photo too cramped? I cropped it down due to the various people standing around in the background.

What do you all think?

Here are a few more compressed images from Facebook.

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RayStorm

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M52B28 said:
I would love some criticism of my work. I've been trying to dabble in the world of automotive photography.

Here's my Facebook page.

Project: Prism

This particular image is one I am looking for advice on.
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I was not aware that you could just embed/hotlink facebook images. That's neat! But to your specific question: No, I don't think it looks too cramped, but I would photoshop that black triangle out (which I guess is the hood of a car), thats on the left edge roughly at the height of the spoiler of the Porsche.
 
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Koriandrr

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Darkness said:
Just some studio stuff
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Love this! What was your lighting setup? It's very soft. Two large softboxes?


ricardo_sousa11 said:
Following the previous post on Dark Souls, heres some footage I filmed this weekend !



These are all videoframes, wont do anything with them, as they were supposed to be a part of a project, but im not gonna do it, but at least theres some cool scenarios.
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holy shit dude this is so amazing I am loving your shots :D
 
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Fuser

Member
RayStorm said:
Tamron and Sigma offer those tele-lenses.



I'm afraid that watermark is a tad distracting from the picture.
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Only playing around with watermarks at the moment however it's supposed to be blatant as I've had an image 'stolen' recently. I'm not a pro and don't want to be, but I could do with making the odd photo sale to help pay for all the kit I keep buying!

This is a really nice shot, whereabouts is it?
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Thanks! It's in Iceland, Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon.

The lagoon is just about visible on the left of the photo and I got some good shots from around there, but this one was works for me because of the figure walking up the hill. It gives a nice sense of scale and how remote the location is..... that said as remote it is it's actually full of tourists, so getting this photo with just the one figure took quite a lot of patience!
 
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RayStorm

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Fuser said:
Only playing around with watermarks at the moment however it's supposed to be blatant as I've had an image 'stolen' recently. I'm not a pro and don't want to be, but I could do with making the odd photo sale to help pay for all the kit I keep buying!
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The question is: Is a watermark that actively detracts from the image really the right way to go? I would argue it's not. I would make it way more transparent or smaller than it is, as of right now the first thing my eyes fell on was that watermark. And I found it hard to actually look at the picture without it always being in my view. And that seems a bit counterproductive to what at least I want to do with my pictures.
 
JORMBO

JORMBO

Darkness no more
Koriandrr said:
Love this! What was your lighting setup? It's very soft. Two large softboxes?
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First one is just a standard 3 light high key set up on a white backdrop.

For the second one she is actually laying in front of a large window. There's a light in front a low power to add a little fill. It was shot at 1.4.
 
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