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J.C.Celmer
February 11, 2015
That's a masterpice, Peter !
Welcome among us in ViewBug !
A Brazilian hug !
Welcome among us in ViewBug !
A Brazilian hug !
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Svenergy72
March 05, 2017
Stunning! The power of simplicity...the light tones of her skin, the deep red lips, the black hat and background all captured so well balanced, excellent lighting for the perfect " Femme Fatale" :-)
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Location
The photo was taken in my home studio in Malaysia, I have a large area that lends itself well to a studio, although my wife seems to think otherwise.Time
The image was taken around mid morning, because it's a studio shot I was under time constraints.Lighting
In this shot I used a single Elinchrom 500 BRX with a 22" beauty dish with sock, the subject was about 4ft in front of a grey backdrop it was shot at 1/200 sec at f16. The light was placed slightly to camera right.Equipment
This was shot with a Canon 5D MK III, EF70-200MM F2.8L with the focal length of 70mm. ISO 200, 1/200th sec, f16, handheld. An Elinchrom 500 BRX with 22" beauty dish & sock.Inspiration
I team up with a make-up artist on occasions for fun, she supplies a model and the make-up and I supply the images, mutual back scratching. On this occasion she had a model who had done some full length portraits but ran out of time for the headshots, so we got together with the sole idea of producing this shot. I'm not a fashion photographer, so I enjoy these kind of shoots. The idea was to produce a mysterious image while highlighting the just the lipsEditing
Because of the basic nature of the shot I did very little post-processing aside form removing blemishes in the skin and a little dodge & burn on the lips.In my camera bag
My trusty kit is usually the 5D MK III, the Canon 70-200L, the wonderful new Sigma 50mm f1.4 Art. I have a 7D for backup. My Color Passport Checker and Sekonic L-358 Flash Master. I have 3 Elinchrom 500 BRX's and a range of modifers. I shoot tethered to and MacBook Pro through Capture One.Feedback
This image is very simple to recreate, it's a single light set-up and could be produced just as easily using a speedlight. The idea is to use a fast shutter to knock out the background and a soft light source close to the model. The hardest part was getting the light to the correct position so the hat wasn't casting a shadow too far down the face.
