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Rachel

Rachel
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Photographer: Greg Mennegar
Folder: e-30 Shots
Uploaded: 29-Jul-2010 15:37 CEST
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Camera: Olympus E30
Exposure time: 1/200
Aperture: 6.3
Focal length: 120
Lens: Zuiko 12-60
Focusing method: Spot
ISO: 100
White balance: Manual(One Touch)
Flash: external
Image format: RAW
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Image resized to: 1066x800

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It's a good shot, a bit daring. I wonder what feedback you will get.

Technically the image is perfect in term of lighting, colours, exposure etc. I like the idea of a "mug shot", with a woman like this looking straight into the camera. Would be interesting to see other photos of this lady from different perspectives, because she has a provocative body and I'm sure you can get some very creative results.

Alfred Molon at 16:55 CEST on 29-Jul-2010 [Reply]

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Alfred Molon wrote:
> It's a good shot, a bit daring. I wonder what feedback you will get.
>
> Technically the image is perfect in term of lighting, colours, exposure etc. I like the idea
> of a "mug shot", with a woman like this looking straight into the camera. Would be interesting
> to see other photos of this lady from different perspectives, because she has a provocative
> body and I'm sure you can get some very creative results.
>
This was one of over 300 shots. I probably won't have time to work on them for a while, but she is an exceptional model and we had a lot of fun and shot a number of different looks.

Greg Mennegar at 17:22 CEST on 29-Jul-2010 [Reply]

Flat Lighting

Hi Greg, can't say I totally agree with Alfred. IMO the pose is interesting as Alfred has said, exposure is fine but, the lighting does nothing for the photo, the model's assets or me the viewer. 2:1 or 3:1 or even Butterfly/ Paramount lighting would make this a more interesting and imagative shot. Looks like two umbrellas were used with no kicker or hard lights which looks flat, a pity with this model. Right now it just looks like an erotic version of Sears catalalog to me, a technically fine shot, but no soul!. I have said many times before, look to the Masters and then make the shot your own.

Randall Beaudin at 18:27 CEST on 29-Jul-2010 [Reply]

Flat Lighting

Hi Greg, can't say I totally agree with Alfred. IMO the pose is interesting as Alfred has said, exposure is fine but, the lighting does nothing for the photo, the model's assets or me the viewer. 2:1 or 3:1 or even Butterfly/ Paramount lighting would make this a more interesting and imagative shot. Looks like two umbrellas were used with no kicker or hard lights which looks flat, a pity with this model. Right now it just looks like an erotic version of Sears catalalog to me, a technically fine shot, but no soul!. I have said many times before, look to the Masters and then make the shot your own.

Randall Beaudin at 18:28 CEST on 29-Jul-2010 [Reply]

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Randall Beaudin wrote:
> Hi Greg, can't say I totally agree with Alfred. IMO the pose is interesting as Alfred has
> said, exposure is fine but, the lighting does nothing for the photo, the model's assets or
> me the viewer. 2:1 or 3:1 or even Butterfly/ Paramount lighting would make this a more interesting
> and imagative shot. Looks like two umbrellas were used with no kicker or hard lights which
> looks flat, a pity with this model. Right now it just looks like an erotic version of Sears
> catalalog to me, a technically fine shot, but no soul!. I have said many times before, look
> to the Masters and then make the shot your own.
>
Thanks for the comments and feedback Randall.

I generally shoot with fairly high ratios and love shadows. This was shot in a very small area and I was intentionally trying to create a rather harsh and flat look similar the current Maxim "style" with the model pushed all the way back to the wall with some shadows outlining her.

I generally prefer the style you mentioned, but I don't like to confine myself to a certain look all the time. Different things resonate with different people. You may find images more to your liking here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geeman39/sets/. For the most part, my nudes and implied nudes tend to have more dramatic lighting. I'll need to add you as a friend for you to be able to see them.

I do a lot of Chiaroscuro lighting and certainly find inspiration there, but I also like to explore contemporary styles.

Greg Mennegar at 18:41 CEST on 29-Jul-2010 [Reply]

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Now were cookin'! Much more interesting, like the "ViVi Louise shoot. Very Vargas Girl looking.

Randall Beaudin at 18:50 CEST on 29-Jul-2010 [Reply]

Lighting

Hi Greg, I wanted to respond to your comment " Maxim "style" with the model pushed all the way back to the wall with some shadows outlining her." Are you familiar with Profoto's 1800WS Ringlight? I am assuming that you are using a generator, and even if it's another make IE: Speedotron Ect: it can be modified for your power pack. If you are using small units then make your own with a white plastic bowl and cut-outs for flash units. This will give you a look that is hard to beat for fashion. One slight aside about the Profoto unit, It fires through lingerie !

Randall Beaudin at 19:02 CEST on 29-Jul-2010 [Reply]

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Randall Beaudin wrote:
> Hi Greg, I wanted to respond to your comment " Maxim "style" with the model pushed all the
> way back to the wall with some shadows outlining her." Are you familiar with Profoto's 1800WS
> Ringlight? I am assuming that you are using a generator, and even if it's another make IE:
> Speedotron Ect: it can be modified for your power pack. If you are using small units then
> make your own with a white plastic bowl and cut-outs for flash units. This will give you a
> look that is hard to beat for fashion. One slight aside about the Profoto unit, It fires through lingerie !
>
I actually shot this with a couple of $60 monolights (http://www.adorama.com/FPBF160.html) and either some silver reflective umbrellas or brolly boxes (I can't recall which I used). It was a location shot with very limited space. If I bought a ringlight, I would probably get the Alien Bees ringlight. I have a beauty dish for my Alien Bees, but I don't like lugging it or them around for location shoots. I've actually been thinking more along the lines of something like this: http://www.kaceyenterprises.com/?page_id=461. I've been doing a lot of strobist style shooting lately.

Greg Mennegar at 19:10 CEST on 29-Jul-2010 [Reply]

Flash Accessories

I actually shot this with a couple of $60 monolights (http://www.adorama.com/FPBF160.html) and either some silver reflective umbrellas or brolly boxes (I can't recall which I used). It was a location shot with very limited space. If I bought a ringlight, I would probably get the Alien Bees ringlight. I have a beauty dish for my Alien Bees, but I don't like lugging it or them around for location shoots. I've actually been thinking more along the lines of something like this: http://www.kaceyenterprises.com/?page_id=461. I've been doing a lot of strobist style shooting lately. I noticed on the Adorama site that they offer snoots and barndoors for the units that you used for this shoot. These tools would give more definition. With regards to Kacey Baffle Bowl Reflector it seems like a good deal since it is set to work with many different model flash units. I had both Bowens and Profoto's version of this about 35 years ago and seem to recall they were both in the several hundred dollar range! You might want to try using without the baffle cap too!

Randall Beaudin at 19:31 CEST on 29-Jul-2010 [Reply]