My Alien Bee and a little girl

The lighting looks really nice, and the girl is definitely a cutie!
But, for me at least, the setting of the couch, with the background walls, and windows, and clutter takes them from portraits to more of a snapshot feel, even with such great lighting

What's so special about the lamp?

They're all darling shots. I absolutely love #s 2 and 3.

Great job!

Very nice job.

What a fun series! Makes me anxious to order my AlienBees. Just a few weeks... just a few weeks...

Great job on these. She's a real cutie!

phamster, I think they are awesome. the lighting is fantastic. Used radio trigger?

RacingThoughts wrote in post #8343415
Very nice job.

thanks i try very hard on every shoot.. the lighting part of it took the longest to set up and fine tune. then snapping away is the easy part

710 Studio wrote in post #8343452
What a fun series! Makes me anxious to order my AlienBees. Just a few weeks... just a few weeks...

Great job on these. She's a real cutie!

you will love your bees, i had used it in a light rain fall and it was totally fine.. thought not recommended. ha ha.. get the beauty dish with your bee.. it is my favorite modifier next to my westcott 28. which works with the bees too.

swimchic wrote in post #8342982
The lighting looks really nice, and the girl is definitely a cutie!
But, for me at least, the setting of the couch, with the background walls, and windows, and clutter takes them from portraits to more of a snapshot feel, even with such great lighting

well i dont have a studio.. and i can't control their interior home decor.. it was also raining outside too.. it was the best i could do at that time... snap shots really?

kevindar wrote in post #8343598
phamster, I think they are awesome. the lighting is fantastic. Used radio trigger?

i use my cactus v2 aka sold by alzo to trigger these.. i have on order some cactus v4's too.. along with my PW's i have to find out which system i like better.. i will report out after using the V4's

thanks everybody..

phamster

I dont like the first one really. Your lighting is nice and editing looks good. The shots with her eye contact are great. She has beautiful eyes that really connect with the viewer.

Love #8 Pham. She has such adorable eyes.

Those are really nice. The detail in some of them is really amazing.

phamster wrote in post #8343676
well i dont have a studio.. and i can't control their interior home decor.. it was also raining outside too.. it was the best i could do at that time... snap shots really?

Sorry Pham! Not "just snapshots" because your lighting is really good, but for me the setting just makes them have that "pics taken at home" feel. It's too bad it was raining outside! It's just that on the couch, with all the stuff going on, and her looking away in a lot of them just gives them that "non-portrait" feeling. Not trying to be mean though, just hopefully next time you can control the setting a little more - some homes are very hard to work in!!

phamster wrote in post #8343676
you will love your bees, i had used it in a light rain fall and it was totally fine.. thought not recommended. ha ha.. get the beauty dish with your bee.. it is my favorite modifier next to my westcott 28. which works with the bees too.

Thanks for the modifier pointers. This helps me, actually. I'm trying to piece together a "build-your-own" package and I've been really indecisive about my modifiers! So, your recommendation is well appreciated!