Beauty and the Light
A single light - Broncolor Para 133 helped sculpt shadows and highlights of this photo
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Santillo Photography
Waiting ... in Paris
... a 'grab' just after I changed lens and model was not posing
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Last: Jul 27, 2026
Dean Wilson
Photographing Pareidolia
"Pareidolia is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none.*"
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Last: Jul 26, 2026
Radu Dinu Cordeanu
On the road
It looked like a pursuit, but in reality, it was a peaceful movement.
Sunil Kulkarni
Needs Work!
I see these comments on many photos - BTW - those who are putting comments like "Needs Work" should elaborate to say what is needed according to them.
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Last: Jul 24, 2026
4 Comments
Hi, Don!
The picture is beautiful! The model is awesome, the background and the dress combines well each other, the makeup is simple but clean.
The pose maybe is not the most flattering. Her left ear is a little bit distracting for me, it catches my attention too much.
And I would add some separarion between the model and the background, maybe a rim or a hair light.
Thank you!
Thanks. Hard to do a hair /rim light using just one light. :-). I burned the ear a bit but it is naturally there. Cheers!
Yeah, that's my point. Dark hair + dark background, better to use 2 lights setup.
Agreed. I wanted the photo as shot though. One light.