A few from yesterday's studio shoot with the 18-135
I would take a closer look at the flash power or distribution of the light perhaps - in the group shots the light falls a bit unevenly, slightly underexposing those faces that are set back (eg the top girl in the first, the rear two in the second). On the shots with the black background the flash looks a little overpowered to me.
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The dark background shots are specifically 'well' lit. There are two lights above and three reflectors below and to the sides. It's meant to be a 'make over' 'beauty' shot aimed at eliminating wrinkles and blemishes in the skin. I may well have overcooked it slightly but the girls liked the results which is a partial result.
I'll find out if I got it right when I get my professional critique next week

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No. 7 for me - lovely composition and lighting
Thanks but I can't help smiling when I read that. Little Honey was just running around, standing up, sitting down, jumping and dancing whilst I valiantly tried to keep her in focus. As such the composition on this one was pure luck

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I like these but would crop 4 and 7 to remove the dead space (if that is allowed)

Anything is allowed. I would agree on number 4 but I feel that the 'white space' helps to make the image in Number 7. As always; we all like different things. It would be boring any other way.

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I will also confess that number 5 was a combination of 3 different images (against the same background) merged in photoshop CC. Trying to get 3 kids to all jump to the same height, at the same time and all with a good pose was juts too much

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I will also confess that number 5 was a combination of 3 different images (against the same background) merged in photoshop CC. Trying to get 3 kids to all jump to the same height, at the same time and all with a good pose was juts too much

I hope you realize you've disillusioned a lot of people


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I thought I would share a couple of the images here for your comment and information. Normally I would have used my DA* 16-50 but this has had to go away, to SRS, for a warranty repair of the SDM
Anyway here are some of my efforts:
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Camera was a K3, ISO 100, 1/125 @ f8. Lighting via 2 or 3 Elinchrom D-Lites using a combination of softboxes and large and small umbrellas. I also used a Lastolite Tri-flector.
As always C&C very welcome.
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