Cover shot for a local magazine. All the other photos I took that day were shot indoors but this one I wanted some nice wind so I shot outdoors. Unfortunately, it was a bit too windy at times so I needed two people to hold the light stands even though there were plenty of weights on them.
Lighting Setup
- AB1600 in beauty dish (above camera right)
- Sigma speedlite in beauty dish (camera axis left side)
- Quantaray speedlite in small softbox (model axis left side)
Post work
- Retouched the coat and model (clone/heal/liquidfy).
- Boosted detail (Color Efex Pro Tonal Contrast, dodge/burn, curves).
- Duotone conversion (Silver Efex Pro)
That's pretty much it. There's also a lot of refinement going on. For example, the coat was originally green so before I converted it to monotone I adjusted the saturation so that I can get the right balance in tones with the rest of the image. Despite the refinements there are still things I wish I had fixed.
I can see this on the cover of any number of fashion mags... You are a consummate professional. Outstanding work - as always dude! You amaze me with your tones and composition.
It is a great work of creativity. I like the tone and processing, more or less. But there is one thing that stands out as breaking the spell you are weaving; that is the shadow under the jaw. It makes the face look more like a mask than a face, if you see what I mean. For me, that takes away the naturalness of the situation.
great quality image. Is it to advertise the jacket? Otherwise I don't quite get why you cut the top off her head.
It's sure to do well anyway so don't mind me.
Crop/framing isn't for me. If it were a fashion shoot maybe, but otherwise not sure I'd sacrifice a beautiful model's face/hair while keeping all of a jacket. Sorry. Still a 7 for lighting and interesting lines of her pose.
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