Critiques Please!!!!!!

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maybe a small splash of hair light?

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Good idea!!

Don.

[Mister_Pickles]

I'll critique. The first one isn't your best work. Not even here. I think you cropped the book, and there is too much stuff down towards the bottom. I don't like the reddish dress or whatever it is.

The 2nd one is pretty good. DOF is good, as the cnadles are blurred good. There are whacked fingers on the bottom. The background seems too dark to me.

The last is a good shot. I'm not in love with it. Not a huge fan of the close shot of women in turtle necks, grabbing them like they are too tight. She shouldn't wear pink polish with green should she? If not, she gets blamed for one thing. Dang models.

[RHWeiner]

You asked for a critique. Now, remember I'm not a Commercial/Editorial photographer but, I think that the emphasis is still too much on the model.

The first 2 photos might have worked better if she was concentrating on the book instead of looking at the camera. With that you get a story...with these as they are you get some comfort shots of your wife.

Others have commented on clothing, colors and lighting...I'll not add to that.

[hipchildreth]

I can't be sure what didn't look right but a fun thing to experiment with on the D70 is to try changing the flash sync mode to 'rear curtain'. It causes the strobe to fire at the end of the exposure instead of the beginning... useful with slower shutter speeds by allowing the shadows to fill in with ambient light and then freezeing the subject with the keylight. I'm pretty sure you're manual camera guy so you can ignore the 'slow' sync mode which does something similar but in auto-exposure modes.

You may already know this part... The formula for mixing light is simple. Aperture controls the flash exposure, shutter speed controls the ambient light exposure. It's the same principle as for manual fill-flash. Play with it, look it up, play with it some more and it'll come to you. Just remember that formula... books will obfuscate the hell out of it; when things look really complicated, go back to the formula.

Admittedly these aren't great shots but they ARE good examples:

Rear curtain sync to get the candles and christmas lights...

D1X 28-70mm f13 / .5s

Rear curtain but I accidentally moved the camera during the exposure...

D1X 28-70mm f19 / 1s
...kinda weird if you look at it a minute.

Enjoy,
Chip

[moscato_images]

I was going for this with my post a few days ago about mixing ambient and strobe lighting. i like the idea and hope to use it to my advantage someday soon.

[lobofw]

Thanks Chip,
This is definitely something I'm trying to play with.
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I'm pretty sure you're manual camera guy so you can ignore the 'slow' sync mode which does something similar but in auto-exposure modes.


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I've been use to the FM2, and this D70 is a whole new animal. Guess I need to read some more and figure how to sync at rear curtain. Think I know what I'll be doing tomorrow evening. Experimenting [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Thanks for the tip.

[lobofw]

I need to learn for an idea I have. I have a setup with Tiki lights, a deck and a pond that would make for a good romance shot. I'll keep experimenting. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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I need to learn for an idea I have. I have a setup with Tiki lights, a deck and a pond that would make for a good romance shot. I'll keep experimenting

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I could model for ya!!

[lobofw]

uumm, when you and DeAnn are back in DFW area some time let me know. You can escort DeAnn and help with the lighting. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Just kidding, I could use all the help I can get. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[hipchildreth]

Eeeeuwwwwwwwwwwah!