First studio / model shoot

[Beepcake]

A guy on another forum kindly organised a studio meet / model shoot at his studio in Warrington - never done any studio work, or shot any models, so it was an interesting experience.

The full set that I've processed is here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjrobbins/7473570586/in/set-72157630358079132/lightbox/

Some samples:


IMG_1464.jpg by sjrobbins, on Flickr


IMG_1408.jpg by sjrobbins, on Flickr



IMG_1525.jpg by sjrobbins, on Flickr


IMG_1519.jpg by sjrobbins, on Flickr


IMG_1479-Edit.jpg by sjrobbins, on Flickr

 

[iamtheoneneo]

1/2 waste of space - chavgrounds to the max (studio togs really need to move away from this clinical look)
3 - is good though could be brilliant with a fill light to the left, not necessarily to remove the shadow but to soften it up.
4/5 - great shots.
6 - not a fan especially with the top of the hair missing.

great job though, especially for first time, theres 2 on your Flickr that are much better than 1,2 and 5.

 

[Beepcake]

1/2 - I'm not a fan of cheesey white blown out backgrounds, but that's what I was there to shoot in part, so nerr
3 - I did adjust the lights after I took that one, which killed the background shadow a lot, is that the one you mean?
6 - I actually cropped it like that, makes the eyes "pop" more

Next time I'll take Zak Arias' advice and do some gardening before I do the outside shots .. that little branch coming down the wall annoys the hell out of me

 

[GSXRMovistar]

1/2 - Hate the term chavgrounds, seems to be the latest thing photo wise in fashion to hate regardless of why it's being used. Yes I'm not a fan of the generic mobile family studio pics but other uses for certain fashion shoots it can be used well.

Anyway with the above out the way my comments:-

1) Exposure seems good but the legs and boots have lost detail (although could be my crappy work monitor). Not a huge fan on the placement and would prefer to see a tiny bit more base shadow around the feet to prevent that floating look. Pose is good, whilst face on it doesn't make the model look wide in any way. Could possibly have a reflector to fill in the shadow on the right side of her face allowing her eyes to pop (this could be corrected PP though).

2) Again exposure seems good, would clone out the small red mark on her neck plus increase the exposure on her eyes a little to bring out the brown colour against the black pupil. Not a massive fan of visible bra straps, I'd be tempted to crop a lot tighter to remove the nearside bra strap and top of her vest.

3) I quite like this one, not sure if I would want more exposure on her eyes or leave it as is. Not liking the flowery top parts of her vest, rather than cropping (as I like the crop) you could possibly clone them out to match the netted part of the top.

4) I like the framing and look of this shoot. What I would change, place left arm behind the model as the arm is getting muddled with her top and her hand is blending against the wall (again could be this monitor). Alternatively have her elbow sticking out a little further to break it away from her torso. Clone/heal brush the branch shadow and is possible lose that harsh curved shadow line in front of her face on the wall.

5) Very nice, nothing much to fault on this.

6) Probably my fav, love the sharp high contrast BW conversion works really well with her clothing and makeup. I also like crops that intersect head/hair lines, and agree it helps draw focus to her eyes.

Anyway just my thoughts and well done on your first studio shoot.

 

[Beepcake]

Thanks for the comments GSXR - there is still detail in the boots, and the legs aren't clipping, but I think the material the leggings were made out of just didn't reflect much/any light so there's no detail there.

As for (4), there's several on a similar theme on flickr, I didn't want to paste them all here - posing wise I positioned her but her actual poses mostly came from her (mainly because she knew what she was doing more than I did )