One for a hair competition :)

Phate · 16 Apr 2009 at 22:01

Hello all,

Well I posted an image a couple of weeks back for a competition and frankly it was rubbish.

So I had a chat with my friend (who is entering it) and we decided to find another model and reshoot.

Ok, so 1 new model, haircut, setting and shoot later....we came up with this...

Special thanks to Johnny Clulow for adding the final touches to it and really bringing the image to life

So thoughts? comments? all welcome

Jake

A.N.Other · 16 Apr 2009 at 22:12

That's in a completely different league. Good work

My only real thought is that there's some strange ghosting/darker areas around bits of her - e.g. down the shoulder on the right and following into the hair hanging down. There's what looks to be obvious blurring on bits of hair at the top of the head, as well. If I were to be particularly pedantic, then I'd also say that the lighting has merged her nose with her cheek, which is something you can touch up slightly in PP.

oldbag · 16 Apr 2009 at 22:18

Nice hair, really sharp. Maybe me, but the ear looks a bit odd.

A.N.Other · 16 Apr 2009 at 22:21

oldbag said:
Nice hair, really sharp. Maybe me, but the ear looks a bit odd.

Indeed. Her ear is quite hot.

Zefan · 16 Apr 2009 at 22:25

Very cool, both the picture and the hair!

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 16 Apr 2009 at 22:59

Yeah the ear was a worrying element when processing this image. My processing has deffo made it stand out more but due to the flash being so close to the ears on both sides its just blown it out. Making it look like a premature growth!

ScarySquirrel · 17 Apr 2009 at 10:37

Great photo phate.

I would be interested to know how your lighting was set up if you wouldn't mind sharing.

Phate · 17 Apr 2009 at 11:06

ScarySquirrel said:
Great photo phate.

I would be interested to know how your lighting was set up if you wouldn't mind sharing.

Thanks dude

I only had one flash to play with and my ST-E2 to get the flash off camera...

I told the model to stand perfectly still as did I, we then took 1 shot with the flash coming from the left and one shot to the right, then merged the images together in photoshop.

However, we didn't expose the flash directly onto the model....I modified the flash to diffuse it to try and give a softer light which did work nicely.

The modification was simple...took a sheet of A4 lengthways and wrapped it around the flash to make it like a huge cone was attached to it, this gives you 2 more options when using a flash. It can create a spotlight kind of effect, or if you hold it next to the model pointing upwards it gives you a nice soft piece of light across the model.

I can post a picture if people aren't sure

Phate · 17 Apr 2009 at 12:19

Incase people want to know..
Take 1 image...

take another...

Add some glue in photoshop...

Added help from someone who really knows what they are doing and et voila!

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Oh and here's the mod to the flash...you can't see it very well but it gives you an idea. Just noticed if you look in the 2nd pic on the examples you can see the paper attached to the flash in the top right of the pic.

Also allows you to do stuff like this...note this requires a very steady hand or patient friend to aim it

knowlesy · 17 Apr 2009 at 13:08

it reminds me off mirrors edge, the picture is very soft I like it

teaboy5 · 17 Apr 2009 at 15:38

Does the flash trigger allow auto control or do you have to set the flash manually

Phate · 17 Apr 2009 at 17:14

The flash was working on ETTL