[orangepeel]

I did some portraits with Alex & Ingrid, my next door neighbors.. This is what we came up with: -

#1 Ingrid


#2 Alex


#3 Double Trouble


#4 Alex


#5 Alex - Colour version


Couldn't make up my mind which of the last two I prefered although I think I slightly lean towards the colour one.

[Dabhand16]

I like this set, OP. Always have liked this lighting.

I prefer the mono in the last two, but I suspect you are liking the warm tones. Both have their pros and cons. Either way I think that either cropping the arm out of the picture from the bottom or maybe cloning if you want to retain some of the length of the image improves it a lot.

[Dave]

I wondered where this was going when I started to read the 1st sentence

By kind of lighting ....works for me BTW, how did you light them ?

[orangepeel]

cheers dudes.

Originally Posted by Dave

BTW, how did you light them ?

floor standing livingroom lamp. to the left or right of the subject. put a black backdrop from my light tent behind them to clean up the background.

[Charlotte]

Originally Posted by Dave

By kind of lighting ....works for me

You got a cold Dave?

Only one word I can think of to describe these, peel ... dramatic. Very dramatic. Not sure if I "like" but I am impressed

[sawdust]

I like thw BW ones the best just using basic lighting cracking stuff

[bob]

very impressive, simple lighting, cracking shots, think i prefer the B&W

[skipper954]

I like the monos better.

For my taste, I prefer seeing just a tiny bit of the faces in the shadow. The contrast between seen and unseen is just too great for me, and I have trouble imagining the dark side of the figures.

On the other hand, maybe that is what makes the impact of these images.

Terrific job with simple lighting. I would really like to know your settings. Did you use a tripod?

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[orangepeel]

Yeah tripod was a must. The hardest part was getting them to sit still There's a lot of fuzzy pics

e.g.



Which is a pity coz I quite like it.



It's only the first shot that's missing it's exif. Here it is: -

Exposure time 1/8 s
F-number f/9
Exposure program Aperture priority
Metering mode Spot
Focal length 70 mm
Exposure mode Auto exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Focal length in 35mm film 105 mm

The half face was exactly what we where looking for. The original shots have not got just enough detail on the dark side to produce full face images but we where trying to get these moody low light shots anyway so I wasn't fussed about that.

If I wanted full face with a darker side I guess we could have setup a second, dimmer, lamp at the other side.

[skipper954]

Thanks. Excellent job, just what you were looking for.

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[Sonsey]

I also think these work better in B&W, deceptively simple and very effective... great work!