Before I discuss today’s photo, I
would like to answer my own question in the last post—“Can you guess what that
one thing is?” That one thing that
I wished that I had done was to also shoot this in portrait mode. I think such a shot would have made
Emili more the subject of the photo while still giving the photo that high key
look that I wanted. I also think that both of Doug's suggestions are excellent ones and I would use them for my next bicycle rack photo.
Today’s photo of Jordon is one in
which I wanted to show the richness of the colors and her famine side by surrounding
her with soft floral. The setting
for this photo (see below) was less than 15 feet from the bicycle rack, but had the look
and feel that I felt Jordon deserved.
I selected a near wide-open aperture of f/3.3 to soften everything
except her face. I felt that this aperture gave me the depth-of-field and
sharpness that I needed for the portrait.
Because of Jordon’s white jacket, I
had to point my flash above her head so that just a minimum amount of light
would be on her white jacket. I did not want the whites of her jacket to "blow-out." The
light’s orientation also contributed to the softness of the light on her face.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D3, Nikon 85mm f/1.4 at ISO 200, f/3.3 and with
shutter speeds 1/60th of second with an Elinchrom Ranger Quadra
flash with a 17” beauty dish attached.
Post Processing:
Lightroom 4—set white point, added
clarity and vibrance, used adjustment brush to add details to eyes and hair and
soften skin.
Jordon and the background work beautifully together. I am surprised that you were able to get so much of her in focus at 3.3.
ReplyDeleteTed
Nice photo.
ReplyDeleteSya
Good use with what you had to work with. I do not think that too many people would see this as a portrait location and then do such a good job with it.
ReplyDeleteAllen