I had my first studio shoot with the french model Morgwen Coste during a workshop with Morten Krogvold. I was limited to 1 light and a softbox. I would like some feedback on how to improve the lighting, especially in the second image.
These photos were taken just outside of a small town in central Portugal.
I really enjoy creating something different with drones. I've had the Mavic now for about four weeks and I absolutely love it.
Client came and needed headshots immediately. Set up a single Broncolor Para 133 in the dining room. Delivered 20 pics. Setup, Shoot, Edit and delivered within 30 minutes.
This is a water reservoir for the city of Curitiba, Brazil
Here are a couple long exposure shots using my original 50 year old Minolta SR-T201 and kit lens shooting Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II. Both images were taken just at the end of blue hour.
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The second one is very nice. The first is just a little boring to me.
To be honest, the lighting on the second lighting is pretty good. It's just flat because you need to edit by adding some contrast. I looked up Morten's website and the majority of his photos are on the contrasty side. I can show you with a quick edit if you like.
Please do, I'd like to see what's possible
Here's a quick-n-dirty edit just to give you an idea. This obviously is subjective.
Use the arrow keys to go back and forth between the original and the edit.
The majority of the edit is from the curves, brightness, and contrast settings. Don’t take the below settings literally since they can differ from image to image.
Also, there were also some dodge and burn done. Some burning of the arm since it’s so bright. And, dodging of some of the brights on her back.
Thanks for the tips. What is best, working with harder light or adding contrast in post?
"Best", like a lot of things in photography, is subjective. For me, I like to set things up so I have options, which usually means I go for an initial flat look. Then, grade in post so I can control everything. Taking your photo as an example, you can see you have a full range of tonality and contrast you can achieve with just 1 light and softbox. And, I was working off a jpg not a raw file. :)
Even if this was shot with harder light, it's likely you'll still have to edit. There's no escaping editing if you want your images to look the way you want.
Liked them both !!