Beautifully lit man. Alone its a great picture. If it were for more professional purposes i would say pose his upper body a little differently so he doesn't look like he's leaning back but because its simply a profile shot I would add a bit more light on the right side of his face so everyone can see him better. However as a stand alone photo i dig it and love the skin contrast with the background.
Thanks, and thanks for the posing tips. I used a house lamp as my main slightly camera right, and tried to fill with a silver reflector. The back drop is just a fleece blanket I hung from the stairs in my living room.
I really like it. A suggestion would be to mess with the color temp in camera raw. That is if you shot it in raw. If you did not I would recommend you do that next time. I think the yellow skin is coming from the color temp of the lamp. But really like the dramatic light quality the lamp has.
This reminds me of a Joey L creative live seminar. In it he talks about how you can Come up with creative lighting with stuff around your hotel room. What he did was take a desk lamp and.. I think foil and baking paper. He covered the inside of the shade with foil to make it puncher, but then he covered the outside with baking paper and used it as diffusion. It worked pretty well.
Beautifully lit man. Alone its a great picture. If it were for more professional purposes i would say pose his upper body a little differently so he doesn't look like he's leaning back but because its simply a profile shot I would add a bit more light on the right side of his face so everyone can see him better. However as a stand alone photo i dig it and love the skin contrast with the background.
Thanks, and thanks for the posing tips. I used a house lamp as my main slightly camera right, and tried to fill with a silver reflector. The back drop is just a fleece blanket I hung from the stairs in my living room.
Is that his actual skin tone?
I slightly played with it in PS. Nothing much though
I kind of like the pose, but does his face appear a little yellow?
It may be. I'm still learning Photoshop. I may have done something, but I tried to leave it as much as possible.
No worries....PhotoShop can be a handful! :-)
I really like it. A suggestion would be to mess with the color temp in camera raw. That is if you shot it in raw. If you did not I would recommend you do that next time. I think the yellow skin is coming from the color temp of the lamp. But really like the dramatic light quality the lamp has.
Thank you. I will give that a shot when I get home tonight
This reminds me of a Joey L creative live seminar. In it he talks about how you can Come up with creative lighting with stuff around your hotel room. What he did was take a desk lamp and.. I think foil and baking paper. He covered the inside of the shade with foil to make it puncher, but then he covered the outside with baking paper and used it as diffusion. It worked pretty well.