This is a my 1st time using OCF after watching TONS of video on line.
Im using the godox ad200 with a shoot thru umbrella. I had a 32" soft box, but didn't set up for that.
Im looking for any advice from one who is willing to share.
1st time using OCF
William, thanks for the comment!
Very nice mixture of the flash and natural light. 45 deg over and and up? I like it. maybe if it was toned down a bit you wouldn't have the bright line on her nose, but you could retouch that too. I'm pretty new at this myself, but it looks nice to me.
OK, so now I have to ask, whats the 45 deg over and up?!
I see what you mean for the bright line, I'm still trying to fine tune post process.
But I really appreciate the feed back John.
One of the standard positions for your strobe is 45 degrees off center of your model, and then a bit higher up. If you haven't had a chance, you may want to dig around - there are some good pages on different types of lighting you'll hear people refer to like "split", "Rembrandt", "butterfly", "short / broad" each of which has it's look and purpose. Now this is all from me as a new person myself learning this stuff. Not that you have to use one of the standard setups, but you may find it useful to use as a starting point.
Thanks for the tips. Ill dig more into it, really appreciate it John.
Two thoughts for your consideration.
First, you could use a higher shutter speed to reduce some of the background ambient light. The light green of the background seems to draw my eyes from the model's face.
Second, you could turn the model's body away from the light and turn her face back into the light. This would have the advantage of making her body appear slimmer. By short lighting her face, you have done a good job of keeping her face slim. By turning her body with her left shoulder more toward the camera, it would do the same for her body.
For a first go at off camera flash, you did an excellent job.
Practice using a reflector to fill a little into the shadows for a slightly different look.
You have a good start. Practice as much as you can and don't be afraid to try new and different techniques to see how they look.