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Michael Kloetzer's picture

back to the roots

simple one light portrait
http://instagram.com/michael_kloetzer

Canon 5D Mark II
50mm · f/3.5 · 1/125s · ISO 50
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26 Comments

Great light, looks close to natural light. Love the simplicity.

Thank you

Great photo. I'm big on hair and impartial to photo's that do it justice.

you mean 'partial' I'm sure..

Drawn to her right eye, is it unnaturally bright? He hair does look great, she really is beautiful. Love the lighting and pose.

Thank you Joseph. I try not to overdo dodging and burning.

Great shot. Love the lighting and pose. The way her hair curls around her left eye is great.

Thank you

Love it :-)
Single light source and no reflector?

Thx. Softbox above and round white reflector below.

such a delicate beauty and photo

Thank you

Love the lighting

thank you

Beautiful !!

Okay here's my opinion I love the lighting, I love her face the way her left eye is framed by small portion of her hair, the way the hair falls gracefully across the left side of her face and down her left shoulder. I love the triangle created by her arms almost everything about this makes it a spectacular photo the only thing about it that I don't like and this just goes back to my original training as a photographer and that is that she is dead center of the photograph. If she was little bit offset I think I would've liked it even more. I gave it a 4 out of 5. Like I said that's my opinion

Great light and all, yes, blah, blah, but you did a fantastic job pulling out a curious moment in this image! Love it!

Thx

Lovely lovely, lovely. Model, lighting, retouching.

Thank you

Great look. Loving this portrait.

Thank you

This is an excellent image. I can view the catch light in the model's eyes. I believe this type of lighting is called broad light which causes the triangle light on the model's face away from the light source. The shadows are excellent. I am new to this sight. If there is one thing I could suggest is that you might want to consider cropping the negative space on both sides of this wonderful model.

Thx

This is an awesome photo, I just wished they're was more lighting on your model's face to highlight her eyes. Awesome photo nonetheless.

One of my faves!