The look
The look
The look
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akhtarkhan
December 23, 2013
Gorgeous eyes well focus and captivating. Nice detail and the catchlight in the eyes, nicely compose. Good eye contact......superb close up capture and almost B&W. Congrats on the feature.
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photographcl
December 30, 2014
i think you want to catch the eyes...very good....but i think it was more than good to catch at least hair and eyes...
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Behind The Lens
Location
In my old, very small, apartment in Umeå (Sweden).Time
It was taken in the middle of the day. Thanks to a couple of black sheets i was able to block the sunlight from coming in through the window. Therefore I could control the light with the flashes.Lighting
I used a very standard setup. Two flashes with a 45 degree angle on the model.Equipment
Camera: Sony DSLR-A300 Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f2,8 Flash: Two Visico Intelligent 300 LR flashesInspiration
I wanted to try out my new studio flashes and since the room was to small to go full figure portrait, so I thought I'd go the other way; making it all in the details. So I placed the models eyes, and nothing else in focus of attention, and created a somewhat diagonal line between the eyes.Editing
Most of it is made in Adobe Camera Raw. There I increased exposure and contrast and made it a little bit cooler. I also cropped it on the upper and bottom side to make the eyes bigger in relation to the rest. In Photoshop CS5 I used the filter Glamor Glow (in Color Efex Pro) with a cold tone and then unsharp mask filter on the eyes and eyelashes.In my camera bag
At the moment I always carry my Sony A99 with the Tamron 28-75 f2,8. In addition to that, an extra battery and something to clean the lens with.Feedback
Just focus on the eyes, but don't let the model know the rest will be cropped out. In that you get the full expression of the eyes, which in most cases let's you know more than enough. Then, just make sure the sharpness is on the eye closest to the camera and shoot, shoot, shoot.
