Actually, when shoot in studio or some where with clean background it is better use smaller aperture like f8, f11 or even f16. The model from head to toes will be sharp.
Even if you mis-focus on model breast, it won't be so visible. .

That's what i did. I maintained a f number of 11 throughout the whole shooting. Some exceptions on some photos though.

#5, #6, #7 is my picks..
kinda radical indeed...

must learn to teach my model this kind of posture...hehe

lao . purposely focus there or... backfocus? lol

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Thanks for viewing. Will upload more soon.

Cool. u're very adventurous with ur creativity. keep it coming man.. very high key indeed, but do u think the grainy effect adds depth to the photos?

thanks man

You mean add more grain? I didnt add any at all... i think its the sensor's noise =/

Great Jobs... How do you setup those lighting?

Amazing, ur skills can match the pros already!

This post has been edited by travis_ckf: Jul 20 2007, 09:51 PM

Wow... nice creativity man.
I lap it...

Here's how


huh? no la not till that extend le but thanks XD


Thanks

ohohoho... a very graphical guide u haf here...

juz wondering, are all d poses, initiated or suggested by u, or upon the model's creativity... to me, itz refreshing... especially this one:

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7345/se...oot00020py3.jpg

cooperate lo. She's good at posing i just ask her to stop or switch from pose to pose

Thx for sharing about the lighting man... Thats really alot of preparation and equipments...
Do you use any wallpaper on the background and the floor? It seems perfectly white...
Or you use those strobe to light up the background and the floor until they become flat white?

This post has been edited by lvyk: Jul 21 2007, 02:40 AM

thanks for the lighting information
still playing with lighting... but in macro la, not yet portrait
will learn from u...really amazing what lighting position can do

thanks you sifu

originally. a mistake is made. which is the background wasnt white enough. the 1st set was the original set. Though i can jack up the RAW in adobe raw - which i did in the 2nd set.

didnt used any wallpaper at all. It's the studio's wall yeah, you can use those strobe to blast the wall so that it can be pure white

It wasnt perfectly white. I did some tweaking in photoshop. because it wasnt high key enough Here's how i did it.

Open the image in photoshop.

select background layer, duplicate it twice.

on the 1st duplicate, which is above the background layer, set blend mode to screen.

on the top layer, set blend mode to overlay for a high contrast mood. Or to softlight for a more natural feeling.

then go to layers > new adjustment layer > levels

tweak the gamma slider to the left to reveal the details, but not too much. then tweak the right slider to the left a little bit, around 5.

then flatten the image. you're done


haha.. macro im not so sure yet. but a friend of mine did this setting:

oh yeah, make sure the poker card is those 100% plastic type

There's once i was in ikano there's a popular sale at the ground floor. i saw a book on various ways of lighting for certain effect complete with guideline and pictorial support. didnt bring enough money that time its around 40+

cant find it now haha...

This post has been edited by R a D ! c 4 L: Jul 21 2007, 07:08 PM

when r u getting the flash ring?

huh? want to get that meh? though i know its good for portraits...

btw, how much for 1 a?

lol bro .. i love your cartoon drawings more than the portrait

edit : anyways ... it's amazing what light can do .. great job ! Need to learn frm u

This post has been edited by Peisqo: Jul 21 2007, 11:29 PM