Comments on: Melissa Rodwell Shoots Fashion For Genlux

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:29:06 +0000

Love the video and melissa’s blog as well as the whole fstoppers site. :)

quick question: is the beauty dish gridded or not? (5:06-5:15 min mark) in the final photo the light fall off on the wall around the model is very quick/controlled. it looks tight enough that i would guess gridded but then again since the light is so high and angled down i could be wrong. any ideas?

By: Melissa Rodwell

Melissa Rodwell — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:11:07 +0000

Sure! When would you like to? I’m still in LA for another month but will be living in NY soon!! (….and can’t wait…)

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:03:21 +0000

Thanks for speaking up Melissa. How would you feel about Fstoppers shooting a video on you?

By: Melissa Rodwell

Melissa Rodwell — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:57:29 +0000

Just me stepping in here….thanks for the article and the nice words about the shoot! For this shoot I used a Nikon D3 and I switched between my 85mm and 24mm lenses. Both are fixed lenses. I never use zooms, just prefer the fixed lenses at all times. Can’t wait to meet the FStoppers in NYC!

By: Richard Flores

Richard Flores — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:53:25 +0000

Awesome shoot, very nice shots!!!

By: George

George — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:36:15 +0000

Besides the imagery and styling, I love the attention to details such as the spotlight on the empty bird cage and use of the feathers and smoke. The balance in contrasts and lights on the subject while using the window lights to fill is well done. As always, Melissa, I love how you show the beauty within your gothic and dark sense of style and imagery.

By: c.d.embrey

c.d.embrey — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:13:28 +0000

@ Richard Grebby, It’s the strobes that make it possible.

Look at the candle flame in the video, it’s just a fuzzy ball because the video camera is exposing for the ambient light. Exposing for the higher light intensity of the strobes allows the candle flames to look like they do to your eye, i.e. no flare. It’s all a matter of balance.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:22:16 +0000

Yeah, I recently took a workshop from her. It was great.

She told me to quit buying gear. ; )

By: Richard Grebby

Richard Grebby — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:33:19 +0000

Saw this a while ago and thought it was amazing. Anyone have tips for getting those ambient lights and candle flames to look so perfectly exposed and still use strobe?

By: Tkae

Tkae — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:18:13 +0000

You rubbing it in Lee? “CURSE YOU FSTOPPERS GODS!!!!!!”