Hi all.please could I hear your thoughts and any cc on this please? It's my first attempt at a self portrait using off camera lighting. I used a beauty dish with a speedlight for my face, a soft box on a constant light on my (sitting ) left with a reflector on my right. Thanks ☺
Hi Paul,
Overall I like it. Self portraits are never easy. I have never made a serious attempt at one but even doing a passport photo for myself is hard enough.
I think the board is a fraction under lit. Your arm is nicely lit but too bright, distracting from your face and ideally I would have prefered your right hand darker, to keep your face more the focus of the shot. I am talking small tweaks to what is a pretty good shot. I like it, well done.
Thanks Ian, I think if I'd spent longer positioning the reflector and maybe using the silver side instead of the gold side I could have lit the board better.