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Aug 20, 2009 03:46 |  #1

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Aug 20, 2009 11:07 |  #3

In the individual portraits she is a bit underexposed and the lighting on him is too hard and from the side so that it casts a bad shadow from his nose. In the first couples shot the light is too far to the side again so she is casting a shadow on him. I cant tell on the last one if its underexposed or whether you've applied some PP thats given them bad skin tones.

What sort of lighting are you using?




  
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Aug 20, 2009 11:22 |  #4

It was using a 580EXII, I'm still learning so these are all things for me to look out for! cheers


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Aug 20, 2009 11:31 |  #5

penfolduk wrote in post #8493333 (external link)
It was using a 580EXII, I'm still learning so these are all things for me to look out for! cheers

Are you using an umbrella or softbox at all? Anything to soften up the shadows?




  
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Aug 20, 2009 11:40 |  #6

no just the bare flash, I do have a stofen tho, would that help?


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Aug 20, 2009 11:52 |  #7

No, the stofen is only good when you use it indoors where you can bounce. The key to softening shadows is to make the apparent size of the light source bigger. The easiest way inside is to bounce it off the ceiling or wall. Outside you need something like an umbrella or softbox to make the light source bigger.




  
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Aug 20, 2009 13:57 |  #8

gonzogolf wrote in post #8493238 (external link)
In the individual portraits she is a bit underexposed and the lighting on him is too hard and from the side so that it casts a bad shadow from his nose. In the first couples shot the light is too far to the side again so she is casting a shadow on him. I cant tell on the last one if its underexposed or whether you've applied some PP thats given them bad skin tones.

What sort of lighting are you using?

+1... I would be inclined to warm the skin tones as well... that last shot has them coloured as if they were zombies (sounds harsher than I mean...) The third shot is nicest in my opinion.


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