Purple Dress Shoot - testing new gear (20D, 24-70L, 580EX II)... C&C Welcome

[alfandango]

This was the first opportunity I've had to use my new gear (20D, 24-70L, 580EX II)... Was a great (but wet) day in sunny Birmingham.

Comments please

[Robert_Lay]

Some are better than others but they are all nice. My big problem is with #1 - her left arm looks really painful.

She doesn't seem to be very natural in the next two, #'s 5 & 6, but when we come to #7, the last shot, she seems to fit into the scene much better.

I think #'s 2, 3, and 4 are the best of that group.

The lighting seems to be working for you in all but #'s 5 & 6.

[Flo]

I agree about the lighting.....the last two don;t work so well....

The model is lovely.but she didn;t come through with the "attitude" you needed with these shots.she just looks bored ?

[AginKajun]

I'd call this series,except for #1, "Legggggggs". Beautiful model.

[swjim]

I really like your use of lighting in #4 with #3 being my next favorite. #'s 2, 5 and 6 look a bit underexposed to me.

[Bill Boehme]

The color balance is seriously off in most if not all images and most of them also seem to be very underexposed. The overall result is that they look almost like they were shot by a Nikon with a CCD sensor. Personally, I think that they would look considerably better by increasing the exposure about 1.33 EV and using a White Balance card during the shoot to correct for color bias which is very heavily biased towards orange. The effect is that it makes all of them appear dull and lifeless.