Calling all experts to provide feedback on this beautiful picture, how was it done? Please see the first picture on this web site, the kids with the umbrella:...

cony25

Please see the first picture on this web site, the kids with the umbrella:

http://www.bp4ublog.com/featured/featured-photographer-jackie-jean/

Can you tell me how the lighting was accomplished and everything else, how much is photoshop and how much is the true settings in the camera?

Appreciate your feedback.

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

Creative thought and lighting for the most part.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

cony25 wrote:

Please see the first picture on this web site, the kids with the umbrella:

http://www.bp4ublog.com/featured/featured-photographer-jackie-jean/

Can you tell me how the lighting was accomplished and everything else, how much is photoshop and how much is the true settings in the camera?

Appreciate your feedback.

LEDs under the girls' dresses.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

Reading the article, it becomes clear that she uses natural light.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

cony25 wrote:

Please see the first picture on this web site, the kids with the umbrella:

http://www.bp4ublog.com/featured/featured-photographer-jackie-jean/

Can you tell me how the lighting was accomplished and everything else, how much is photoshop and how much is the true settings in the camera?

Appreciate your feedback.

For detailed answers, you would need to ask the photographer those questions, only he/she is able to answer! I think there was just a little bit of PS involved in the umbrella image, just the usual black and white point adjustments and maybe just a hint of enhancing the air bubbles, other than that, the photographer did everything in-camera, using flash and a well thought out composition! A really nice image!!

Basil Loc: New Mexico

Natural light. My guess would be the girls are standing in a spot of sunlight that is shining through surrounding trees.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I agree, light through a gap in the leaves from the right rear. Plus the rest is getting good light from an open sky.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

robertjerl wrote:

I agree, light through a gap in the leaves from the right rear. Plus the rest is getting good light from an open sky.

One thing that is interesting is that the out of focus trees in back ground suggests a large aperture (shallow DOF) yet the bubbles in foreground are all in focus.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Basil wrote:

One thing that is interesting is that the out of focus trees in back ground suggests a large aperture (shallow DOF) yet the bubbles in foreground are all in focus.

They are also much alike, that part could be PS or a ton of good luck.

cony25

What do you mean LED? flash or continuos light?

jerryc41 wrote:

LEDs under the girls' dresses.

cony25

Could this be an overlay on top of the picture?

Basil wrote:

One thing that is interesting is that the out of focus trees in back ground suggests a large aperture (shallow DOF) yet the bubbles in foreground are all in focus.

cony25

It i s interesting how much goes into a picture,,,I don't think is luck, I think the photographer knows what she is doing....among all of us, we should be able to figure out what it took to end up with a picture like this...

Rongnongno Loc: FL

jerryc41 wrote:

LEDs under the girls' dresses.

No led lights.

It is natural.

As to the bubbles either a light machine, folks blowing, or a composite.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

cony25 wrote:

Please see the first picture on this web site, the kids with the umbrella:

http://www.bp4ublog.com/featured/featured-photographer-jackie-jean/

Can you tell me how the lighting was accomplished and everything else, how much is photoshop and how much is the true settings in the camera?

Appreciate your feedback.

Anything you'll read here is a guess. So my guess is late afternoon "golden hour" light, with some filtering through the trees, and just skylight, possibly augmented with a large reflector, 4'x8' to provide that lovely soft light.

You'll see a lot of that light quality here:

http://www.duenkel.com/

He will also mix ambient light with with gelled-to-match monolight or speedlight. But large DIY reflectors will give you a gorgeous light quality.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

cony25 wrote:

What do you mean LED? flash or continuos light?

I think he was being facetious