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They're beauties Shaheed! Definitely worth me experimenting, but one of the looks I'm after is a close crop.
I've taken the Schoeller style and tried to make a comparable lighting set up. The only issue is my softboxes (and I think he uses panels?) look to be a fair bit broader than his, judging by the width of the catchlight bands. This has caused the light to really flatten out and almost look like head-on lighting, which obviously I don't want. It might also be because I have the lighting setup a lot closer than in his videos, so maybe just back things out a bit. It was just enough space to squeeze my camera in between the softboxes
Schoeller-style close crop portrait by Paul M, on Flickr
At least my wife is finally getting some benefit from me surreptitiously buying lots of gear
Although she was a bit shocked to see how sharp the macro lens actually is... Oops!
This is not as shallow a DOF as I want, but again as part of the journey it's an interesting step.
Edited to add - Mrs Pjm1 was putting me under time pressure (needed to cook dinner!) so I just shot and she ran... I've obviously overcooked the backlight on her hair, but it's not the end of the world given this is just testing and playing...
I've taken the Schoeller style and tried to make a comparable lighting set up. The only issue is my softboxes (and I think he uses panels?) look to be a fair bit broader than his, judging by the width of the catchlight bands. This has caused the light to really flatten out and almost look like head-on lighting, which obviously I don't want. It might also be because I have the lighting setup a lot closer than in his videos, so maybe just back things out a bit. It was just enough space to squeeze my camera in between the softboxes
Schoeller-style close crop portrait by Paul M, on Flickr
At least my wife is finally getting some benefit from me surreptitiously buying lots of gear
Although she was a bit shocked to see how sharp the macro lens actually is... Oops!
This is not as shallow a DOF as I want, but again as part of the journey it's an interesting step.
Edited to add - Mrs Pjm1 was putting me under time pressure (needed to cook dinner!) so I just shot and she ran... I've obviously overcooked the backlight on her hair, but it's not the end of the world given this is just testing and playing...
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