Zigging the zag
Elaine Ford.. shot in studio, using Lightblaster for background image. very basic mono conversion .. that all.. its that easy.. ...
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Elaine Ford.. shot in studio, using Lightblaster for background image. very basic mono conversion .. that all.. its that easy..
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Action Award
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Top Shot Award 21
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Contest Finalist in People And Patterns Photo Contest
Runner Up in B&W Masterpieces Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in B&W Masterpieces Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in The Battle Of Professionals Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in High Contrast In Black and White Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Fashion Photo Contest
Peer Award
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Vince542
May 27, 2015
Absolutely splendid, I love the Zebra colors my football team colors in Italy Juventus!!! Thanks for sharing
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Rtist4u
June 11, 2015
I wish she wasn't wearing anything up top--just the hat & the socks. But well done none-the-less! LOVE, love, love the lighting! (Should have taken out those few hairs on her left --our right--shoulder!) Nice effect.
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Breezer
November 16, 2016
Everything about this shot is amazing and original. Mu eye was drawn straight to thid photo only. Excellent. I am very envious and wish it was. shot by me....... Maybe one day i will be this good & if not, i am sure to have fun trying.
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Location
In my studio space (in reality a friends hotel, i get to use one of their function rooms if they arent busy) .. white vinyl backdrop as a background,Time
We had a half day shoot.. trying out a few different ideas (this being one of them).. i think this was one of the later ideas that we tried..Lighting
For this shot I used a "Lightblaster" to project the chequered background not the white vinyl. The Light blaster uses a standard camera lens (24mm-70mm on this @24mm) . In front i used a Elinchrom quadra in a octabox as the key light. with a speedlight lower down to project some fill light into the shadows. All quite simple really.Equipment
Canon 1Dx on this image, i think it was new to me so i used there, i would normally use a 5D mk3 for studio work. I used the 70-200mm f2.8 lens at 100mm - which is one of my favourite focal distances to shoot portraits.Inspiration
I had seen an idea on another site somewhere which i wanted to try - but i wanted to make it my own so changed the styling a bit and i knew the Lightblaster could give me a very different background so just worked on this with a few other poses and this one just came about as part of the shoot.. i think thats the nature of shoots - you get inspiration from other images - then when you come to a shoot you create your own loosely based on the idea.. it evolves.Editing
a bit of work on skin, mono conversion and this particular one a tighter crop - boosting contrast to get the black as bold as i could. All done via lightroom and then photoshop.In my camera bag
Mainly Canon gear, bodies and a range of lenses, and speed lights, Elinchrom quadra flash, triggered with pocket wizards.. i try not to take too much if i can help it..Feedback
Experiment - try different lighting ideas - get some bold clothing / styling.. look for some mystery in the posing.. rather than straight face on shots.. keep things simple and don't be frightened to go in close - cropping in tight has made this image ... the wider shot is popular but this one gets the most comments..
