Lucy - please comment

[PhilipHowe]

This afternoon, I tried my hand at my first outdoor off camera flash shoot with a lovely model under the arches in Castlefield/Deansgate Locks.
This is one of my favourite images so far, used my flashlight off camera with a snoot and honeycombe grid.

I would welcome any comments you have.

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[-KT]

This is such a good photo, love her expression, pose and the lighting on her face. Nice model btw.

Only negative is the shadow looks a bit odd on that patch of wall, looks like the shadow is too big for her body =) I'l prob make that less ovious.

[Paul Jones]

Hi Philip

I like the mood and style of this shot.

I think the skin processing is great.

The shadow on the wall adds to the effect, for me, though I think if you had raised your main light up a touch higher it would have maybe worked better and also given you a nicer loop shadow under her nose.

The other thing I wondered about was whether to include a bit more of her surroundings and more of the lower half of her body, maybe by dragging the shutter to let in a touch more ambient light.

A very nice image overall.

[PhilipHowe]

KT/Paul,

Thank for the comments, they are appreciated.
The shadow is a little bit exagerated, I admit, but I like it. The problem is it is not a wall she is standing by, it's a column that supports the railway bridge above her, so it is probably two metres in diameter. I may try and extend that though.

My ideal would have been to have the same textures but a lot more space.

The hight of the light was actually dictated by the fact Lucy is 5'11" and wearing 4" heals. The person holding the light up high for me was probably nearer 5 foot! I did want to play around with the shutter speed, however, I'd overran and Lucy had to be somewhere. I therefore had to use ETTL to get the shot quickly, so I was stuck at 1/200 psec.

I should have longer this weekend, when hopefully, I will be doing another shoot, so I'll play around again.

Thanks.

[Paul Jones]

Good stuff, Philip.
You'll have to post some more images from your next shoot.

(I think there's only me and you posting for comments at the moment...)