I must admit, this portrait was a race against the sun—and the sun ultimately won. Danielle and Eric were my last models of the night and light was quickly fading. I moved away from the warehouse so that I could get a little more ambient light into the photo, but that was not enough. I had to shoot the photo at 1/15th of second. Very slow shutter speed for a hand held shot, but the flash helped to make the photo sharp by freezing Danielle and Eric.
In the photo I wanted very little separation between them. I moved them as close together as I could. I had Danielle closer to the light for two reasons: her skin tone was a little darker than Eric’s so it would look more evenly exposed if it was closer than Eric; and, Eric had a white shirt on, which would be a lot of white too near the light source.Considering the falling light and the short amount of time that I had with them, I was pretty pleased with the result.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D3X, Nikon 28-70mm f/2.8 shot at ISO 200, f/8 and 1/15th of a second with Nikon SB-800 in small softbox at camera left.
Post Processing:
Lightroom—Set black and white points and cropped photos.
Photoshop—used nik Color Efex Pro soft focus filter to give the image a little softer look.
Photo looks like it was taken in a studio in front of a backdrop. Without the backstory I would never think it was outside and taken with falling light. Is shutter speed of 1/15 a misprint?
ReplyDeleteMel
Nice however it seems be a ordinary photo. Nothing stands out about it.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
Pleasing but nothing extra ordinary. Wish it had more zap to it.
ReplyDeleteTanya
Not one of your better photos.
ReplyDeleteCharles M
I agree with most of the other people, seems a little ordinary. You could have taken this one in studio in front of a backdrop.
ReplyDeleteEddie