Over the holidays, a group
photographed Lauren (pictured here) and Sarah down at Galveston beach. As always, both ladies were
beautiful and a joy to photograph.
At sunset, the light was
great. Here, I tried to
underexpose the ambient light by about two stops and then just splash some
light on Lauren’s face by using a Nikon SB800 with a snoot and an orange gel
(to simulate the light of the sunset). I also made sure that my flash was dialed down by about a stop.
Camera settings: Nikon D3, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 at 200mm, f/4 and 1/125th
of a second
Post Processing:
Lightroom 3: Set black point, added contrast with a
mild curve.
Photoshop CS5: Dodged and burned various parts of
photo and saturated background color.
Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
Stunning pix. You did a great job matching the light on her face with the ocean behind her.
ReplyDeleteEllen
This is a beautiful environmental portrait. The sky/water background almost looks like a painted backdrop. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteChu
Larry I love this one. She looks so beautiful with the scarf. That must have been after I left darn it! Oh, and congratulations on your award! Very well deserved. Hope to see you soon.
ReplyDelete