I think this is a nice portrait, but I find the small catchlights in her eyes really distracting for some reason...
When I do headshots I like to use a 60" octabox or 48" square box as close as I can get it for the fill/catch light.... Gives nice diffuse catchlights, although it might be a bit difficult in your case, I see you're already shooting at F/11, so I imagine you have the same problem I do with lights too powerful for filling sidelit headshots. (Must resist urge to buy more gear...)
The catchlights in image id 386973 are about as small as I'd have them, and that was a 40" brolly about 3 ft in front of my Daughter, but it's the key so I have it turned up a bit. (Must post some of my studio work on here).
To solve this problem for me I'm in the process of building a huge (8ftx6ft) scrim. Out of PVC pipe and white nylon.. Going to make some gobos for it that look like windows/trees/buildings and light it (bounce or through) as a fill for moody headshots... It's a good plan.. |
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