having a nice gown hanging in the closet I decided to do a last-minute Cinderella try-out for my first dp challenge. I only had my model Rebecka for about 20 min so I did a quick set up in the park with 1 light with demi mola beauty disk.
(while rushing.. I forgot to check my ISO which was set at 1600 *opps*
so it could have been a bit crisper)
I shot the background separately with natural light / slow exposure.
in edit I added filter for skin and contrast/levels to dress and grass. extended models locks a bit and highlighted shoe in the background with levels :)
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I really like the action of the scene - Cinderella in her white ballroom gown rushing to get away before the spell breaks. Her hair is all aflutter and she has gathered up her dress so that she can run better. We can see the one leg with the shoe - tis a shame the other is not visible so that we can see that the foot is bare. Cinderella is very prominent in the scene especially with the dynamic contrast of the white popping off the very dark backdrop. Because of the backdrop being dark and Cinderella's flight keeping a hold on my eye's focus, I almost missed the detail of the lost shoe in the back. I think the composition would be much stronger if her bare foot had been visible and mayhap have a bit more light to illuminate the lost shoe.
This isn't a nursery rhyme or fairy tale. I am aware you are portraying Cinderella...but the challenge description does state "Your title should reference the work you are depicting."
Like a Chanel #5 ad. I love the lighting on her dress (you really managed the highlights very well!), but I think lighting the shoe in the background a bit and bringing it into focus would make it clearer that she's Cinderella. Love the sense of movement!
#2, tied with another.
I'm assuming the background was poorly lit on purpose. Right now it looks like you were trying to get make it look like a carriage or something more than it probably was. I gave you the benefit of the doubt else I found have knocked this down a couple of points. I don't like the look on her face because there doesn't seem to be any urgency given the title. I don't know what she's feeling, but urgency isn't it. Still gave this high marks because I thought it was better than most other entries even after my complaints.
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