{"id":7399,"date":"2011-03-07T19:44:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T23:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=7399"},"modified":"2021-02-19T02:08:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T06:08:06","slug":"photo-sessions-shawna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photo-sessions-shawna\/","title":{"rendered":"photo sessions – Shawna"},"content":{"rendered":"

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photo sessions \u00a0– Shawna – using a variety of photographic lighting options<\/h1>\n

Shawna is the delightful model I used while I was in Las Vegas a few weeks ago. She helped us out during the mini-workshops<\/a> I offered, as well as some photos of my own.\u00a0\u00a0I’ve posted a few photos from these already, but thought it might be interesting to show a further selection of images and discuss them …<\/p>\n

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With the photo above, I went for a kind of cross-processed look, with a preset I created for Bridge \/ ACR or Lightroom. I dropped the Saturation a bit, and pulled up the sliders in the Split Toning tab. Adjusted to taste. To punch up the contrast, I added a duplicate layer set to Overlay blending mode, but pulling down the opacity. Also adjusted to taste until I liked the look of the final image.<\/p>\n

Lighting was with a Lastolite 24×24 Ezybox softbox<\/a> held up on a monopod, to camera left. I purposely posed Shawna so that the light comes in over her shoulder. The short lighting<\/strong> gives a more dramatic look.<\/p>\n

1\/640 @ f2.8 @ 200 ISO … TTL flash set to +0.33 FEC<\/p>\n

The on-camera speedlight was set to Master, controlling the Slave speedlight in the softbox. (The Master’s own output was disabled.) The FEC was set to +0.33 to compensate for the bright background. Strong backlighting usually affects TTL flash, pulling it down. So a positive FEC is usually needed.<\/p>\n

I had to go in to high-speed flash sync mode to be able to use the wider aperture and still take the background exposure into account. (The out-of-focus area in the background is traffic on the Las Vegas street.)<\/p>\n

Nikon D3; \u00a0Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S II<\/a> (B&H);
\nNikon SB-900<\/a> (B&H);\u00a0Nikon SD-9 battery pack<\/a> (B&H)
\nLastolite 24\u00d724 Ezybox softbox<\/a> (B&H)
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I had the new Nikon 35mm f1.4G<\/a><\/strong> (B&H) on hand to play with, so did some available light photos of Shawna in a hotel room. The photo above was taken at f1.4 and the lens is still surprisingly crisp at such a wide aperture. \u00a0I love the way the sharpness immediately falls off towards the background, even with a wide-angle lens like this.<\/p>\n

1\/80 @ f1.4 @ 800 ISO\u00a0… available light
\n(B&W processing via Nik Silver Efex 2)<\/p>\n

Nikon D3;\u00a0Nikon 35mm f1.4G<\/a><\/strong> (B&H)<\/p>\n

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For this photo, the 35mm came in handy again because of the limited working space we had, and still getting a near-full-height shot of Shawna. This image was shot at f2 to give just that little bit more bite to it than full aperture would allow.<\/p>\n

1\/200 @ f2 @ 800 ISO… available light
\nWe opened the curtains further to allow more light in, hence the change in settings from the previous photo.<\/p>\n

Nikon D3;\u00a0Nikon 35mm f1.4G<\/a><\/strong> (B&H)<\/p>\n

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Still working with the available window light in the hotel room, but using the 70-200mm f2.8 to give a tighter composition.<\/p>\n

1\/80 @ f2.8 @ 800 ISO\u00a0… available light
\n(B&W processing via Nik Silver Efex 2)<\/p>\n

Nikon D3; \u00a0Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S II<\/a> (B&H)
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1\/80 @ f2.8 @ 800 ISO\u00a0… available light
\n(processing via DxO Film Pack 2, with different effects on various layers, blended at different opacities.)<\/p>\n

Nikon D3; \u00a0Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S II<\/a> (B&H)<\/p>\n

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Working in a lobby on a floor higher up in the hotel, I positioned myself in relation to Shawna and the background to get this natural frame around her. I liked how the darker edges contained the image, with the brighter tones towards the middle. Even better, in looking at the final photograph, the blue tones off-set the warmer tones, also pulling you into the frame.<\/p>\n

Lighting was with an LED video light.<\/p>\n

Canon 5D mk II<\/a> (B&H); Canon 85mm f1.8<\/a> (B&H)
\nLitepanels MicroPro LED video light<\/a> (B&H)<\/p>\n

The Canon 85mm f1.8 is a great lens – superb optical quality and fast AF at an affordable price. \u00a0Better yet, this lens’ bokeh is wonderful, unlike the Nikon 85mm f1.8<\/p>\n

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Working outdoors with Shawna during one of the mini-workshops<\/a>, the idea was to find the background exposure in manual mode on the camera .. and then use off-camera TTL flash via a softbox to give punchy lighting. Simplicity.<\/p>\n

Nikon D3; \u00a0Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S II<\/a> (B&H)
\nNikon SB-900<\/a> (B&H);\u00a0Nikon SD-9 battery pack<\/a> (B&H)
\nLastolite 24\u00d724 Ezybox softbox<\/a> (B&H)<\/p>\n

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This is one of those times where the image nearly works .. but not quite. I love the lighting here (via a handheld LED video light), and I also really like Shawna’s pose … with one exception. From my point of view, where I was grabbing a few frames while the other photographers attending the mini-workshop were shooting, the positioning of her hand isn’t ideal. Her hand is half-hidden from this angle, and is shaped in an odd way. My mistake – I should’ve caught it while framing the shot, and directed Shawna to bring her hand hand higher up. \u00a0Perhaps on her shoulder.<\/p>\n

Nikon D3; \u00a0Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S II<\/a> (B&H)
\nLitepanels MicroPro LED video light<\/a> (B&H)<\/p>\n

Similar to the photograph right at the top, I also went for a kind of cross-processed look, with a preset I created for Bridge \/ ACR or Lightroom. This time however, I warmed the image more. I did the same kind of processing I normally do for portraits<\/a>, but here I left Portraiture at 100% opacity to give an air-brushed look to the final image.<\/p>\n

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And to pull the previously posted images in as well …<\/p>\n

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Lighting via an on-camera speedlight as bounce flash<\/a>. (Further details in the link)<\/p>\n

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Lighting via a handheld\u00a0LED video light<\/a>. (Further details in the link)<\/p>\n

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Lighting via multiple speedlights controlled by PocketWizard FlexTT5 units<\/a>.\u00a0(Further details in the link)<\/p>\n

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Using the found available light .. improved by carefully posing our model<\/a>. \u00a0(Further details in the link)<\/p>\n

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The idea with posting these images as one set, is to show a variety of lighting options, and how we can bring diversity to images with careful consideration of posing, lighting, backgrounds … and post-processing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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