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Claudia
Claudia
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Challenge: Color Studio Portrait II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Vaterstetten Germany
Date: Apr 12, 2006
Aperture: 10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2006

Getting to know my new lights. Here I have a keylight Above left, and a hair light firing through a white umbrella behind Right.
Thanks to Claudia for moddeling for me.
Soehow this image is missing punch but I don't have time for a reshoot.

Statistics
Place: 83 out of 199
Avg (all users): 5.7283
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.4528
Avg (non-participants): 5.9257
Views since voting: 1020
Views during voting: 363
Votes: 254
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0


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04/27/2006 05:10:20 PM
from the Critique Club

You must read this with the understanding that I neither understand nor appreciate the art of the 'studio portrait' in any sense ...

She looks shockingly like an old girlfriend of mine - now, that's scary enough in tis own right. I've no idea what's supposed to be wrong with this shot - usually those that score in this range have a few obvious drawbacks, but here - well, it seems an honest, accurate, relaxed, even perceptive representation to me. What's to criticise, or for that matter critique? There's an amusement about this face, a sense of wit and alertness that I find quite approachable - but that's about the model rather than the photograph - and as a photograph it's just a technicaly assured piece of competence - but then, in what sense is not all studio portraiture exactly that? I think you did a good job with the lighting - but I was once a lighting designer, and all that stuff seems second nature to me, and therefore by definition not praiseworthy: because oit serves a purpose, and is not an end in itself.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/23/2006 04:20:34 AM
Very nice. I like how you have highlights in the hair which prevent that part of the image from being bland.
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04/21/2006 06:46:59 AM
Choice!
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04/21/2006 01:55:49 AM
Very nice and natural shot.
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04/20/2006 10:36:47 PM
I love the catchlight in her eye... I love catchlight period. Nice job.
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04/20/2006 03:53:45 PM
Beautiful face with very nice expression.
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04/18/2006 11:09:04 PM
Great expression. Nice light in the eyes.
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04/18/2006 08:18:57 AM
Nice one.....
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04/17/2006 06:57:15 AM
Lovely pose and lighting, gorgeous face. Really nice and relaxed pose... Well done, hope you do well with this...
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04/17/2006 01:13:01 AM
Nice pose. The lighting and focus are good. Not crazy about the background. It would have worked a tad better for me had it been more subtle or maybe a solid color. 7
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