Actor / Actress Agency Photoshoot

Had a busy day on Wednesday as I was asked to take some pictures
for agency portfolio updates.

The backdrop needs work (small space to work) but here are a few that I have been working on.

Comments welcome :thumb:

1.

They are all very nice but I must say the girl in #4 is going places! What a doll.

your lights are a bit hot

PhilF wrote in post #14553485
your lights are a bit hot

Hot a light & my PP skills

Im still learning to shoot in small places.

These were single softbox & subject was approx 2ft from backdrop.
I was approx 6ft from subject.

Any tips would be appreciated.

StanNJ1 wrote in post #14553467
They are all very nice but I must say the girl in #4 is going places! What a doll.

Thanks bud,

She is a very pretty little thing & took direction very well.

Full of beans too

With the exception of the last one, they look a bit soft as well. What were your settings?

PHughes wrote in post #14559461
With the exception of the last one, they look a bit soft as well. What were your settings?

The originals are not soft im pleased to say.

Settings were f11 @ 160

Re-sized using Faststone (low quality) & hosted via Photobucket.

Im guessing the host etc is why they look soft

snoop69 wrote in post #14559431
Hot a light & my PP skills

Im still learning to shoot in small places.

These were single softbox & subject was approx 2ft from backdrop.
I was approx 6ft from subject.

Any tips would be appreciated.

IMO, possibly the best idea might be to scout an alternate location at which to shoot your images. You are stacking the cards against yourself when trying to shoot portraits in cramped spaces.

Sometimes, a bit of extra space can be gained by posing your subject in one room and shooting from another room or hallway through a door. This would of course be predicated by the layout of where you are shooting.

Re softness: I have seen a lot of images that looked pretty soft but, the softness resulted from the image host.

I use smugmug.com and have had no problems with softness nor with uploading full size images. I have been very happy with smugmug and consider it well worth the small charge they require.

IMAGE LINK: http://rpcrowe.smugmug​.com …91856698&k=A9PU​r&lb=1&s=A

snoop69 wrote in post #14559489
The originals are not soft im pleased to say.

Settings were f11 @ 160

Re-sized using Faststone (low quality) & hosted via Photobucket.

Im guessing the host etc is why they look soft

That explains is. Good to hear.

Nice set. The girl in #4 is a real cutie.

too much skin softening. Looks smudged in some and uneven in others. ditto on the bright lights.