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LauraMaria

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Striking in black and white

Striking in black and white
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Canon EOS 1000D

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/160

upload_date

May, 2014

Views

886

Likes

+163

Awards

Fall Award 2020

Superb Composition

+32

Peer Award

+15

Top Choice

+14

Outstanding Creativity

Exceptional Contrast

Absolute Masterpiece

Superior Skill

All Star

One Of A Kind

Top Class Lighting

Master Editing

Magnificent Capture

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

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Top 30 rank

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Top 10 rank week 1

Behind The Lens

Location

My home Studio

Time

Afternoon (GMT London)

Lighting

I sadly have no studio lights so have to work with the natural lights coming through my studio window as well as my Cameras built in flash.

Equipment

Canon EOS 1000D 18-55mm Standard with built in flash.

Inspiration

Because the model had a naturally pale complextion, a very androgynous look and very emotive eyes I was inspired to think outside the box in terms of compostion and really experiment with my focal points. Because the model had such interesting features I was inspired to compose a shot (this shot) to marry together all of her features.

Editing

I enhanced the brightness and contrast.

In my camera bag

Canon EOS 1000D, 18-55mm Standard Lens, 70-300mm Tameron Lens, 8ND filter and UV filter.

Feedback

I always choose a theme for a shoot based on the model I am working with. I always try to choose there most interesting features (eyes, skin tone, lips) as my focal point and then build the compostion around the chosen focal point/points. In this photograph my focal points were her eyes and her skin tone. To emphasise the skin tone I shot in black and white to enhance the contrast between the black hat and black drop and her face. To compose the photograph so your drawn into her eye I used the rim of the black hat(prop)to come across her face and hide one of her eyes. To achieve a similar portrait to this photo, postioning yourself is very important!! For this shot I wanted to convey an emotion therefore I wanted my model to be looking straight into the lens. so I had to position myself and my camera straight on, face to face with the model (so don't be afraid to get very close to your model).

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LauraMaria

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Striking in black and white

Behind The Lens

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